Show SUICIDE OF GEO A the community will be greatly shocked chocked to learn that george A the well known mining speculator committed suicide this morning by allowing blowing out hla his brains with a revolver about a week ago mr contracted tract bd a severe which settled ou on ble huings and was obliged to take to his hio room where he be remained most moat 0 the time up to the cOmm salon of hio hie rash deed yesterday afternoon he sent bent for mr F C bassett for the purpose of talking over some business busin busi neos eee matter with him he appeared appt ared to be and said that he was consider cou sider ably better than at ar ary any Y time since hit illness for jears mr had been enga goLl in mining speculation in this territory aid was well known throughout the west he was a bright well educated man highly sensitive generous and popular with all olabee and was wa possessed of excellent ability and foresight the recent decline dealine in the mining ni market ariet lett left him a 8 pauper he had numerous invest mento and business projects which a few months ago were worth cot sidera able money jae he saw the trend 01 financial matters and sought to extry cate himself and tide ovar the abyss which threatened his worldly ruin he borrowed money with to gave himself in a short time hie obligations fell due and he was unable to meet them this fact worried him immeasurably and he went to his bis bankers and informed them that they must help him out ol 01 the in which he was placed under ordinary circumstances and at ny other time he could have gotten almost any amount of money simply for the asking but at ahlo time he could or 0 not got get a dollar and it drove him to 0 despair Aspa lr the simple meeting of a creditor to tor it whom he e could do nothing caused bilm anxiety he knew her today a gentleman with whom he had had business deal cleal tags ingo was to institute legal proceedings against him and we mental distresses distress ie said bald to have been piti fuMo behold he was also a victim ol of insomnia and last laet night he alel slet t but little he was restive and feverish and arose from his bed bad to got get a drink of water two or of three times shortly after 4 this morning le again got up lais his wife caulion ionea eu him to be careful that he be did not aggravate his cold he said that he would and went down clown stairs on 00 the ground floor he stopped stepped into one of the rooms where he be kept his rifles revolvers and ammunition for he was a man who loved shooting doting and was one ot of the beat marksmen D and huntemer hun temen in the territory and selecting a forty five caliber colts cavalry revolver he loaded it all around kutting cutting in two explosive and four regular cartridges also two explosive shells in one of the pockets pocket ip of his trousers he then left tile the house by the back ate steps and went to the barn at the rear or of ge the premises this building to is a oue one story frame structure adjoining the premises ol of the late frank H dyer it has three small email compartments oo 00 ID part men to the south mouth one being occupied by the family horse the middle one a few bales of bay and the north one by a carri age he entered the narrow darrow coni con idol ciot where the th bales of bay were and seating himself upon one of them he prepared to kill himself in the meantime mrs became uneasy at his protracted absence and tripped quickly down downstairs stairs finding vie tie bark back door open and a belt of cartridges in the cradle she became alarmed and rushed out in search ot 01 h r husband just as she reached the porch she heard beard the report of tile the revolver revolve and rand for an instant she was powerless then rhen summoning up her strength and courage she ran down the pathway to the barn anu opening the door was horrified at seeing mr sitting on a bale of hay bay leaning back war e his quivering body covered with blood and brains and the top of his hi head bead torn completely off she had suspected t the h a worst but was in no way prepared for the ghastly that met her gaze others beaird the fatal shot and saw her frantic actions anu ano bast hastened ebed to the spot to lend land what assistance they could chief of police paul who resides on the same name block and coroner tayloe arrived shortly after the body was removed by undertaker J oseph joseph william taylor to bis bin morgue on west temple street where an inquest will be held on monday next the deceased has baa been a resident of utah since his boyhood having come here from england with his bis parents at an early date he was in his bis forty seventh year and leaves leavec a wife and tour chil children iren ranging from two to twenty three years of age three of them are girls the parents of the deceased were old and respected residents of lidard Wi ilard utah both are now dead mr was a utah girl her maiden name was cordon and her home was at willard Wi ilard where her husband was t T 9 0 apoe tice engaged so a epe fater vIter the D earet 0 telegraph 01 v 7 I 1 mr 1 bearss family cah afi scarcely ecar oely comprehend 1 comprehend om M the terrible reality of tile ritu austion t 1 1 atlon in which they arr placed it ft a 0 only recently that the decreed deci eed cone embed in the strongest acy evidio the cowardice ow 0 ardice and weakness of IL ft lokim to the suicide craze an inci inal tent worthy of note in connection with jie a dread affair to ia the fact that mr mar K are slept with a small adall revolver under cle hi big lie p pillow ill ow last night as baa been custom ever since the burglarious burgl arloua cruft cru ade it d a was iLaug 11 orated in this city thre ahree yeara year sago ago thin weapon how ever be left unmolested he be did not regard it of sufficient capacity to todo do the work intended or that he be leared eared by removing it that ila he might have excited the suspicion ut hla his wite wife |