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Show CIVIL WAR VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE ,. Spffuil tn Tli Tiihuop. ROISF, Idaho. Oct. 2". .John Curt in, . aged 71 years, ended his life some tfmp .Wednesday night near the Soldiers' Home ; hospital, in which he was a patient. His ; lifeless body was found lying on the blood-stained ground. A bullet in his brain and a .TlK-caliber revolver clasped in his hand, told tho story of his death . An inquest will be held Friday morning. Mr. Curtis had been a resident of the soldiers' home since 1 902. During the civil war ho served ns a private in K company. Fifty-first Wisconsin infantry. Ho leaves no known relatives. |