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Show SHOCKING SUICIDE. Willlim U. Jennie Ends Ills Life bj Scooting lllastll OS THE IIOOIWIEl' OF HIS HOME. Italians lares Said to Hare Caused Dtiponilcucy t-d JlrnlM Ab;r- ration. Uorontr'i hriacit. Tho most allocking and acniillonnl Halt Lake aalcldoof tuojear occurroi last night In the death of William II. Jennings, vlco president aud suierlu-toudeut suierlu-toudeut of tho Mountain titono com-1 com-1 any and superintendent of lha Cul-raer-Jcnnlngs 1'avlng company. No cauio was Uet night ndvanced lor thu coiumlstloa of tho dreidlul deod other than too close application tu business and consequent worry which It Is now believed by thu deceased's de-ceased's friends froducod tompurar) mentul aberration. Hpeaklug of thu aCi Ir Mr, II. h. A. Culmcr, who iihaiakntw Mr. Jennings Jen-nings better than any other Halt Laker, and who has been clsaoly associated asso-ciated with him socially and financially, finan-cially, ilnoo hla arrival In Utah n few yiart ago, eald that Mr. Jeuuliigt lent furhlni to conn down to thu com pauy't Flrat Houlh street oillce last night about V oMooL. He also lelo. Ihoued for Loo, F, Cultner uuolher member of the f"apnny. Itjth res-rouded res-rouded to Mr. Joiin. ijt'a call. They fcuud him In unythiug but a happy mood, JIu ajipearod tu I e entirely bu-lldp bu-lldp 1 mtulf and wan nervoui, Irritable aud discouraged. Naturally he was very sensltlvu and tho multifarious duties required of lilra of latu uf n business character wotu ytty vexing aud In tho ellghtut Irregularity hu dotectul forebodings of evil, le-ster day hu laid nlilllo Ogdeu for thu lurposuuf obtaining a big slnuo contract con-tract for his compauy aud faillug hu returned dispirited. Hu hsd u long talk with thu Messrs. Culurer last night aud tiny sought tu cheer lilm up bui hu taw only elarkneu ana Ulsappolntmout beluro him. Alter a good deal uf persuasluu lie consented Io go horuu nud allot? tbeui tu accompany accom-pany ulm. thu trip was madu In a cab. When the lane wnioli JmJslo his house llellevuu Terrace south of HlxthbouthHouth, belwum Klflnand Hixlh LatestreeU, waaieiched Hurry Culmsr allglitol from trie cab und walked atthueldnof Mr. Jonnlugs to hla front door, Georga lemalnlng at thu cab. Juit before rrncblefgibe parch Harry atop ed to ili front and rang thu door bell. Tfieiuwas no respousu aud tie rang tho toojud time which act was simultaneous with tno reiort of a pis. tol. Ha turned quickly aud jusl lu tlnio to sou Mr. Jnuutuc.s fill with it tniokuig revulvur Iu his band. Ueorgo I'., wtio was quietly awaiting await-ing thu return of hla broiner irom the house, and thu cabman aud neighbors lushed to tho siut. Tlie door was opcuedbytho servant and Mr. Jen liings waa carried Into tho dining room, lheu!ood,etrcaru!ug from hla light cur from the orillue mudu by the bullet which was h l caliber. Dr. l'iumuier wua hastily tutu, mouoi and found ou examination that tbo bill had lodged near thu baio uf thu brain und hu announced that tho wuuuded man would dlu within au hour. Mr. Jennings remained liin leml-coniclous coudltlou and died soon after midnight. Tboshootlnitlx'currcd at 10.20. lleforo bleathiug his last ho piteous y bewailed his ilesperatu act aud asked hie J oung wlfatu kiss him. Mr. Jennings was an Englishman, having been Horn In London forty-oneyears forty-oneyears ago. He lld for many years In By doe, Auilrulla, where li engaged chltlly iu contracting for the erection of I ubllo works and bulldlugs, Uewiis man of flno physique aud Eresenou aud was finely educated aud ad splendid builmse qualifications, Hu watnot related in any way to the old aud well known Jouuluga family of this city. Huleavea a wife whom ho married Iu tills city botweeu two und three years ago, and n little toy ubout a ytur old. Mn. Jcnnlugs la firoilraled with grief nnd ia)a her mbLaud muit havo been laborlug under un-der a illl of temporary Insanity. tiil. INQUEST. The holy was removed, on order of Coroner Taylor, lohlsollloelu Hkuwea' undertaking eklaUlshmuut whero au Inquest was helJ this morning beginning begin-ning nt 10 o'clock. deveral witnesses wore examined but thu teatlmouy of Mr. 11. U. A, Culmer mi the most pointed and e,avn thu key to the commission of tha terrible aflulr. Ho said that durlug the dlscusilou of business matters betweiin Mr. Jen. ulnge, himself and his brother George F tho latter nidri'eod Mr. Jennings na followii "What In tho world Is the matter with )ou, Will I can't understand un-derstand your oonduct nt ull; you ehouldu'l loot ou tho dark side of everything. Go home, cheer up and get some sleep and tomorrow you will nuwr mnu." "Hlcer, sleep, did jou say, (turning to Harry) S by Harry, I never sleep," "Never rleep. Oh ptliawl" "I tell yuu (clenching hla flails and glaring about excltejlyjl never bIvoif. When lu my bed upon my buok, when my wife thinks I am wrapt In slumber, I am silently tultllug for thereat I cannot get," Commenting further upon the matter mat-ter Mr, Culmer stated that hu was confident con-fident that Mr. Jeuuli gs's rash deed was duo directly to Insomnia. Hu knew that hu had been u victim uf that awful allllctlon for uonio time, Tho decerned had told him before that he tulleioi from aleepless. ueaa and that a sea voyago was the only thing that benefited lilm, but tnat with thu buslneaa engagements the compauy now had ou hand he could not Ihluk of taxing ono at pies-Home pies-Home ano starioJ tho buiolesj and damaging rumor that Mr. Jennings had been drinking heavily tha last day 'ivvu. Thu fact is that hu was not a1 f jgfc drinking man In tbo ordinary acceptance accept-ance of tha torn), and thu testimony bowed p'alnly that he wot not under tbo Influence of liquor to any degree whatever. A sad liaturo of the nflalr It that Mn. Jennings, who la dlitractod grenlly, onuiiet to prevailed upon to lelleo that her huibtud la deal. In llfu they weru grenlly attached to each other and their llttlo tal.o and during thu tiny she has unceasingly repeated. "On, 1 know Will Isn't Ueaa; he Is only hurt and will come hick to luoioon," Thu llinunnd i lace of the funeral have not jet been decided upou. Tim juiiv'd Mtuiiicr. At an Inqulalilon Irolden at No, la east Thlril llouiu Hrwt, eliy an I e-ouiily of H ill Ike, on tin. Jim ,1 y of Mae , Wis, before Mori o Talor, ooronei nf anld couniy upon tbo body of William II Jouuluga then and Ihsro lying deal by tl.a Jurors whom names aro heroiinto subscribed. Iho snld Jurors ou their oatba do wy from tho evldenoo presented, that theaaldW II. Jennings onnie to hla ilsaih from a r itiol shot In iho head mulcted by ids own hand, in u lit of lenqiorury Inauliliy, iiporlndurMl by Iniuniiuu. In cratlnionv wlierenf alias wild Jurors, aa well tea iheueldcuroilcr, hmolieipiintd set ihelr Imiida tho day and year lira abot owrliion Ciiaiii k Hriwaov, 1A11M I'AllllVlin, 1. J. ItAMii M ii, Jurors. Moht O rAr,ii,Corouor. |
