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Show with snicideal intent, wL-ile in great nieutal distress.. St. Georges Utah, May 31, 1S971 (signed) S.. L Ad ms, Thomas P, Coit .. u,. Edward EL Know, . ! J urorg. think sea: cely at all. I was never in such a condition in my life My wife's Postofh'ce address is Lexington, Ga., and her Tele graphic i$ Crawford,' Ga; Again let me thank you for your kindliest to me in my d stress. Most respect-fully(signed)J. respect-fully(signed)J. T. Olive." He also wrote rtwodetters to the Bev.Gl.M. Hardy Presbyterian Minister. in itliis city,, asking him to see that he had an ecomical but respectable burial. Accordingly on the 1st ok' June, , Mr. . Hardy invited the Mormon Presidency ol the St.. George Stake,, the Bishopric Bish-opric of. the St. George WArd, and others, , audi the funeral services were held in the-; Couifci House, where quite- a. number of St. George citizens. met.. All thp speakters felt to sorrow aver the lamentable affair. . The following .are extracts from the letters written toRev.G.M. Hardy "I am a stranger..- in a strange COMMITTED SUICIDE. J. T. OHver Indian Agent for this district,., committed: suicide in this City May 31, i897?. He camJ to Bt George in March, 1897,. m Special Government IMian; Agent, and since that time has been furnishing the Natives, various articles, that, they ought to have, doing his dealings with Woolley, Hinxd fe Judd, which' now amounts to $3013.00,. none of which has been- paidx Everything: pertaining per-taining :to his-business, appeared straightforward iir every way, and as yet,-, no cluo as to th&tcause of his rash act has been brought to light He stated that his office expired on the 1st of June and desired tosiaig!iten e- er thing up on.tliQ 31st of May, but about 3 o'clock of that day he deliberately shot himself in?' the- head,,close-to the right temple, with -a pistol. He appeared quite temperate.- in his habits, was not a profane man was quite economical i 11 his personal person-al affairs, nnd the whole a'fuir is shrouded in mystery. His family reside in. Georgia and hnve:been telegraphed', to in regard to the occurrence, but nothing has been hard from them as wo go to press. A number of letters wers written and left by him and one is as follows: fol-lows: "Mrs. Snow, please write my wife Mrs. L. L. Olive, of my troubles bodily and mental. I . cannot 1 land land am.very sick in mind and body and have an impulse? to take my own life, thatr seems irresista-ble irresista-ble I may be crazy. . I suspect I am. If i do -pjease see that I am economicely buried very plainly." "I am burning up with fevei now I seem 1 a ball of fire and I cant stand it" All tb evidence that is at hand showed that he was enduring great mental distress. Mr. Oliverwas highly respected by all wh knew hSm.- Wo append a.copy of theverdici renderd by the Jurors given ot tin inquissition. An- Inquisition holden at the Big House Hot 1 St. George Precinct, Washington County, Utah, on the 31st day of May, 1897, before Francis L. Daggett, Dag-gett, Justice o the Peace for -snic? I precinct, rspon the body of J. T. I Olive tL ore lying dead, by the Jurors Ju-rors whose names are hereunto subscribed. The said jurors, upon up-on their 0,1th do say that the said J. T. Olive did, on the said Slut day of Mfiy, A. D, 1897, about the hour of 3 p. m., came to h death as the i t suit of a guns1 tt wound . administered . by him&ai. j |
