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Show SUOT THROUGlf THE HEAD. Lleatenant Vance Attempts Self Destruction De-struction at Fort Douglas. MJT IIMII HUT ht'llELY 1ITI.NU. Ids hcamlal Crrnlrd by hit Krcrnt Court llarllal and limnttial tbo I'auie or Ills ltaih Jet. II will bo sad anJ startllnt news to learn that Lieutenant Vauce.lha dath lag young ofllrrrol Company (J of Iho Mlxleenth Infantry, ttatlouul nt Fort Diuglts,- ahot hlmtolf at the pest Mils forenoos at 0 o'clock, with suicidal Intent. It will bo lumein. bcrod that ha was recently court inarilalcd for nn alt Red assault on the wife of a brother t nicer. The trial was In progress for days. It was carried on behind olooej doors aul tho utmost secrecy Was maintained. Ho was ably represented by United ritales Dlitrlct A lornoy Vnilan, and fondly but vainly huiml that th verdkt would li tn his favor. After the hearlnp, the Ustlmonj, which had leen co nmltlrd to pal" by steuograiilier Molluirln was tranicillHid and eont to iVashlngton. Alter having putcd through the hands of the war department It wai forwardot tolho I'rr.llenl, by whom the charges vera suttalnod and win ordered thu defendant dltrnlieed from the tervlco. Tnls proveJ a crushing blow to Vance and ha brooded upon 11 con stautly day and ulght. Though It Is said he has never expressed any Intention Inten-tion of commuting suicide. It Is believed be-lieved tha' he has contemplated taking such a sp for some time. This inornlngat Iho tlmo mentioned lia seised a 43 calllwr rovolvirand deliberately placed It at his right Urn pie and pullel thu trigger. Thu bill pierced the train ami passed ontlrily through hit heal. Hurglcat nul.l-.ncu was Immediately summoned and au examlriatlau of the wound made. An a result It was stited that Ihn ahoollnf would prove a fatal one. Vance hat been uuronscloua all day,and his death laaiHcted atauy minute. Au ellort was made to ob'aln nd. dltlonal luformatlon shortly after 4 o'clock this ufiomoon by telephone from the ollllers' dull room at the I'url, h.tnolhlngnew was elicltel beyond be-yond the fact that Vanco ii euftly dying. |
