The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-14
Distressing &C d suicide..
From the Memphis Avalanche of the IOeh-I


Yesterday forenoon, Thomas Peters, son
DR.. Peters Of this State, committed suicide
BY shooting himself through the head with
with pistol. The circumstances connected
with this unfortunate and sad affair, are as
follows; Mr.. Peters passed through our
city, q week ago, on his way to his father s
plantation, below the city. His friends state
that he looked unusually well while in Mem
phlsi and no signs were discovered Of any
intention to commit an act that heaps dis
tress upon q boating father, and deprives So
ciety Of one of its bright ornaments On
ms return from the plantation, Sunday night
ne seemed cheerful as usual and still pre-
scented no indications of anything unusual
an his feelings. a few hours before his
death, he was In the store of Pitser Miller,
on Second street, where ne slept the night
before, and gentlemen who were with him,
say that he was in pleasant humor, and his
mood was as agreeable as was the habit Of
this young gentleman. A short time previ-
Gus to the shooting, he went up stairs into
the sleeping room, placed his shawl carefully
on the floor, arranged pillow, polished his
boots carefully, combed his hair, dressed
himself complete in an artillery uniform of
the late Q. s. A, In. whose ranks he was a
commissioned officer, buttOned the coat to
his chin, Laid himself down and deliberately
placing pistol with the muzzle behind the
'St1Al AACu LIS dyBCdL d4lCGJ dAJeE uGdLu,
warrants US in these statements lie must
ha1e died without a struggle, as, after the
report Of the pistol, some gentlemen rushed
up stairs, the flesh was slightly quivering
There was very little blood upon the pillow
and the shawl was not disturbed He had
written three letters, two to his parents, and
tho other one to some one whose name we
did not learn. Thomas Peters was a prOmis-
ingyoung man. Previous to his death, he
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Cofeeville Mis-, and bid fair to take an hon
Orablo position in the social worlI but with
an organization too sensitive to combat the
cruel decree Of fate-it seems so in this case:
too keenly alive to the woes of others, the
gallant and the true, the talented and gencr>
pus has, by his own hand, deprived himself
of an existence whose burthens were too
heavy for his sensitive nature to bear
" Every heart knOweth its own sorrow" and
what the lacerated heart of this noble fellow
was called on TO bear, is known only to his
God.
The remains Of the lamcntsd unfortunate
were escorted to this place by his family,
Bishop Quintard and numerous friends
where they arrived on last Wednesday, at
I'm The corpse was taken to St James
Church, and an opportunity given to the
immense concourse Of mourning relatives
and friends to once more behold the (ca-
lures Of him they so much esteemed. After
the imposing ceremonies were over at the
Church the coffin and all that remained of
Thomas Peters, was followed to the Polk
Cemetery, where it was deposited near the
sacred ashes of his sainted mother. Bish-
op Quintard oficated and caused many an
eye to grow dim as he performed the last sad
site that man pays to man. The afflicted
family of the deceased have the heartfelt
sympathy of this community in their sad
bereavement