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Show GEO. U ILSON S AIL He Deerta His Bed Chamber and Mounting Mount-ing a Hay Stack Sends Bullet Throngii His Brain. THE CAU3E A 8HE0UDED MYSTERY Occupying a Lucrative Poition aad Ea-jcying Ea-jcying tha Comforts of a Happy Honur-The Inquest. George H. Wilson, bookkeeper for the lluuauer smelter, was found dead on a haystack at tiie rear of 21tl West Fifth South street Sunday morning. A pulseless form, a scarlet-fringed orifice below the lobe of the right car from which a sickening stream of blood and brain was oozing aud a 3'i caliber revolver, re-volver, the chambers of which were black with a booty coating, revealed the story. The cause of the rash deed is not yet clear. Tho popular belief is that his reason was temporarily disturbed. dis-turbed. However, Wilson sought his residence about tho usual hour, Saturday Satur-day night, lie complaiued of not feeling feel-ing well. His face was mautled by a pallor that was almost deathly. Ilis w ife noticed this and advised him to retire re-tire at once. It was a habit with the deceased to sleep down stair upon tho sofa during the warm nights but on this occasion he remained in the bed chamber. Ilis wife soon followed fol-lowed hira and was sound asleep when Wilson stole quietly from the bed and then out into the night with the weapon clutched in his hand. .Next door lives John Bowman, and iu his yard is a haystack, the top of which is reached by a ladder. Up this the desperate des-perate voyager dragged his way, each round carrying him a station nearer Alprnitv. It i. p.a'.v enough forfa..cv to grasp 'that which followed. Having iug settled himself on tho hay-slack ho drew the revolver and with the midnight mid-night report of the weapon tho spark of life was extinguished. Yesterday morning wheu Mr. Bowman Bow-man Rought his barn he ;aw the rifiid form of his neighbor stretched across the stack. Mounting the ladder the gight blazed forth with sickening horror. The messenger of des'.h that had torn its trail through the braiu had leit a terrible spectacle. The coroner was at once notified, and the body was removed to Kvans' undertaking under-taking establi.shme.' t, w in re it wus viewed during the day by a large number num-ber of persons who had knowa Mr. Wilson during Lis lifetime aud who were hocked beyond expression. His wife up to this time had been spared the J.vn that a sight of her rash husband must have caused. Tho regains w ere at the morgue before a neighbor unfolded un-folded the horrible secret to her. She was completely prostrated, and when a reporter made effort to see her, was informed that she was enntined toher bed. To those who did get access to her she stated that the whole affair was a shocking mystery to her. They had planned a pilgrimage to Provo ar.d Ogdcn, where they intended to spend their vacation, and Mr. Wilson was looking forward to it with keen delight. de-light. At 10 o'clock- this morning Coron.'r Harris emoanneled a jury and began his inquest ou the remains of tho suicide. sui-cide. Every w itness examined seemed to be in the dark and could give no more information than that which is contained iu the general report. Word came from the residence that the well nigh diffracted little body who had gone to bed Bn indulgent wife and awoke to find herslf a heartbroken widow was still prostrated and in the absence of her tt'stlmnnv the inouest was adjourned until this evening. It was ascertained that two boys had seed Mr. Wilson returning to his dwelling dwell-ing abunt midnight but paid no attention atten-tion to his conduct. A search is to be made for these though the necessity for their presenco in the witness chair is scarcely apparent as theevidence is now sutlifiuutto convince any ordinary mortal mor-tal that poor Miller come to his death by a gun shot wound indicted by his own hands. The funeral took p!..co from the residence resi-dence at a o'clock this afternoon, a large u umber of friends accompanying the remainj to their last tcstiug place. |
