Show A SUICIDE M A resident of moab took S brjch nine binl calmly awaited alio ciul thomas M pritchett justice of the peace at moab emery county beut to Net isan account of a suicide which occurred there on the evening of the of october under the following peculiar circumstances william shay a resident of that place and his family wont to bed at an early hour that evening and shortly afterwards arose and dresek himself and told his wife and her sister who was also staying at the house to get up and leave as he did not want them there any longer they did eo and as th ey left the house ho biad a bott leof sulphuric acid in one hand and a paper of some kind in the other his wife gave the alarm as soon as possible at the bouso of vm gibson and mr gibson immediately summoned jaseph wilson john and george gibson sam shop herd and the justice of the pence and hatt ned to the shay residence where they arrived at eight pm and found the lamp burning and him lying on the bed as if nothing had happened in reply to a question of the justice of the peace ua to what was wrong shay replied that he thought he had got hu dose as he had taken a quantity of strychnine about an hour previous but that it had not yet had any effect when asked why he had doue soho eaid 1 I do not want to live any longer and took it knowing what I 1 was doing and for the ex press purpose of causing death there is no need of anyone being troubled about it as there is no one to blame but myself following is the testimony of the witnesses which was sworn to before and certified by the justice of the peace we the undersigner undersigned under signed do solemnly swear each one for himself and not for another that we were at win the evening of oct from about 8 p m until sunrise on the of oct we further testify that we heard vm shay make the abo e statement to the justice of the peace we further testify that win shay seemed to have his presence of mind and be perfectly calm until the acry last moments GEORGE WILSON 5 SHEPHERD J hiis ginson |