Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-12
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The Record of yesterday contains the
Sollouino.

The Record of yesterday contains the
following:
Alanson c. Bidwell. a well known
citizen and old resident of Sacramento.
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart at his residence, on
Sixth street, between n and n, about
half.past IL o'clock A. N. yesterday.
The particulars Of the event, as near
rs we could ascertain them, were
about as follows: Mr.. Bldwell had
been ailing for some time, and was
subject to fits Of mental alteration,
but had so far recovered as to be able
to attend to his business, and had lat
terly been In the employ OF Milliken
g Bros, Us travelling agent, and had
but recently returned from . trip to
Salt Lake in that connection. Soon
after his return he was taken with q
kind of acute rheumatism. from which
he suffered great pain. His old mala-
DIV had also manifested itself, and yes
terday morning, q short tune before
the fatal occurrence, he had requested
His wife to procure him some stimu-
liant to relieve his head. Deeming
coffee the best at hand, she made and
gave him some, and he returned up
Stairs. Soon ufterward she heard a
loud stamping on the floor, but, as this
was not unusual, paid little attention
to it. Upon this being followed, how
ever, by a pistol shot, she ran up stairs
and found him lying partially on the
bed, as he had fallen, and bleeding
from a cut In the face, made by con-
tact with the head-board as he fell:
| Help was at once summoned, and
when lifted upon the bed he had
breathed his last. He seems to have
| stood before the bureau looking-glass,
deliberately placed the pistol exactly
| opposite his heart and fired.
The evidence Of those who were
called to his relief Will be found below,
as taken by the Coroner at the inquest,
and the verdict of the jury. Mr.. Bid
we'll was a native Of Wayne county,
| New York. but emigrated to Callfor-
mia from Albion, Michigan, in 1850.
lie was for several years engaged In
the wood and coal business on Second
| street, near the corner Of L, but In
| 1859 was elected County Clerk, which
office he held for two years, he was
an active fireman for many years, be-
longing to Knickerbocker, No. 8; has
been President of the Board of Dele
gates of the Department, and also
President Of the Exempt Firemen's
Association. At the close Of his official
term as County Clerk he visited the
Atlantic States, and upon his return
resumed his old business as a dealer In
wood and coal, but through sickness,
and that business being overdone, he
was compelled to close out, and has
since, when able, sought other employ
Iuent ; and, rs stated above, has lat
terly acted as travelling agent for Mill
eli 6 Bros, Of this city, along the
line Of the Central Pacific Railroad
and Mt Salt Lake City. He was q mem
her of Capitol Lodge of Odd Fellows,
about 40 years Of age, and leaves a
wife and three children, aged -respec-
lively, 8, 6 and 2 years, the oldest and
Youngest being girls, to mourn hisloss.
It Is said that no had a life insurance
policy in the Northwestern for Z $4,000,
and another in some other company for
81, 900, but we have not been able to
learn as to the correctness Of this.