Show DUST TO DUST dr P it entler butler passes from life iffe into eternity ilis his letter IS WHISKY THE MEDICINE 11 cool and calculating to the last moment chloral hydrate the way the funeral vernal sept 8 92 1230 P M to james jai nos chadwick tired cirod I 1 havo have taken hydrate of chloral with suicidal intent my effects shall be sold to pay my expenses put mo me in a plain box bury me on your farm throe feet feat depp deep my valuables shall be ba at your disposal p solid john simpson coalville Coal Co alville villo my watch also my iny library give john reader of my accounts my aly saddle bird shall given to my watch shall bo be given to john simpson Co coalville Coal alville villo my illy accounts and notes to frank mccormick inquisitive as I 1 have boon through 0 life in researches I 1 am still inquiring of that far beyond it is now toll tell georgo george adams I 1 will lot him know about that other world if I 1 can this is temporary insanity tile the cause I 1 dont know I 1 want no funeral coroni ceremonies onies unless W 0 britt wishes to pronounce unco tho timeless end of 0 zero later I 1 want no medical tre treatment atine nt I 1 arn am tired now more matter to othonial oth orial space such stich was wag tho the letter scrawled with a 1 1 load pencil that lay on a box by the abdy of P H butler upon thi alie 0 bed his mortal remains as if in a dreamless sleep one hand lay before chis ais face the other hung over the sido side of the cot on which lie ho had passed from life drawn curtains obscured the light two bottler bottlo 3 of morphine chry chrystall stood noar near by his watch lay lav on oil the letter the alie body was at tod d in am shirt ashert undershirt and drawers I 1 I 1 such was the which mot met the gaze gase of charlie i 0 carroll alfonso henr od george adams and frank mccormick when they forced tho the rear U al I 1 door to to tile the office and entered the doctor had not boon soon on oil friday although though id ills his horse WAS wag in tho the st stable ablo and Satu saturday iday morning his hia friends deac determined to investigate with the above result coroner davis was summoned from dry y fork and arrived arrivo cl about 12 0 clock dd ho c i im paneled a jury at 0 lico who pro corded with the caso case A small ferij of paper was found by them thein on oil wil which i was written with load lead pencil no alo expense be as assessed ossed to tho county comity put pitt my body in ill a plain box Cli chloral loral hydrate is tho way I 1 go 0 o to that something I 1 know nothing of P H BUTLER on tho op opposite sido side was wag written also s in ill pel pencil icil lot me 1110 dye easy thon in ill ink no faulton fault of any aily person this act is suicidal Is ig whisky tho mo medicine dicino P 11 BUTLER As soon as the jury finished its task the 0 0 of tho the M 0 took chargo charge of the body and pro prepared it for burial it lay in ill ice until sunday afternoon when tho the order and some am 0 of f tho the most intini intimate atto friends of the dee deceased paged boro bore it to its final homo home on oil tho the farm of james C chadwick had ivick there the hungry earth received ltd heri heritage taga amid tho tears of tho the living W V 0 artt br ifcic in a voice tiet libling wit with ii emotion ion paid a worthy tribute to the dead that had boon so near ilear to him in ill life blo abo mystic circle of which dr butler was ono one of the founders found erb deeply felt tho the lo loss los s of him who had proven hini himself solf a true brother ho lived as an all honest man ho was loyal and kind to his friends ind ta generous to his ellom enemies ios his knowledge and skill shill wore as freely given tn to the poor and needy ii as to the rich many an all ovo eye was dun whon when it became known that thai lie had surrendered himself to tho the silent angel whom lio lie hris has from so many homes we wd may inay not judge him it is not for us to pardon 0 or condemn lot let us le ie cembor and oni emulate ulato all that was good and beautiful in his hia clia character and leavo leave his shortcomings shortcoming to ono ona who has the authority to judge I 1 him if such steell there bo be behind tho the voil veil whence lio ho has vani vanished shod biographical it is well nigh 0 impossible to t glean any facts concerning concerning 0 tho history of the doco deceased ased patrick henry butler was born in the state of now new york 32 years ago last may ile he received liis his medical education at syracuse N Y taking 11 the degree of ph D ho he also took a course in bryant Strat tons business collego in st louis practiced at st jodrph mo in ill kansas at ab burlington colo and Coal villo utah ile ho leaves a wife and two children in kansas from whom aiom ho he sopa separated rated for personal reasons as well as save several al relatives |