Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-04
SAD SUICIDE
u. Z. Ball shoot Himself and Death
Results Insta nifty.


b. Z. Ball ShOOtsH Himself and Death
Results Instan tly.
We find in the Coso (Darwin) Mining
News the following ccount of the
death Of b. T.. Ball, a former resident
OF Eureka. The father of deceased still
resides here. Says the Ne,0s of last
Saturday:
AT a few minutes past four O'Clock
on last Thursi lay afternoon, the 18th
inst, our community was startled
over the reported finding of the dead
body of u man in the hay yard attached
to Lent's stable on Main street. A
large crowd rapidly collected around
the spot to view the ghas ly spectacle,
when the body was soon recognized by
friends to he the last NOR al remains OF
Is. f.. Ball, who was we'll known in this
community, and who had but a few
minutes previously mel and c~onversed
with some OF his friends at Cullen &
McDermot's saloon. He had separated
from them without any apparent or ex
pressed emotion out of keeping with
his ordinary manner, and hence the
news of his sudden death by his own
hands was received by the community
with a startling shock. All the facts OF
interest connected with the case were
gathered by our reporter, and are as
follows:
b. L. Bell was a native of Canada.
about % years Of age, and has been
living in this vicinity and at Lookout
and Panamint for some months past.
AT some time during the Summer he
was interested with others in the sale
of mines at Lookout, from which lie
realized about $4,000. Since that time
his investments and speculatiOns ave
resulted un~favorably tor him, and he
has especially OF laie been unfortunate.
INC in conversation with some friends
| on the day of his death he admitted
that he was broke, but said he was ex-
pecting TO receive some money from
an old comrade and partner by the in
coming ex press of that day; and the
fact of his not receiving the expected
remittance is the only explanation that
"a be given for the rash act. Some
time previous to the arrival of the
stage, he had gone into the hayward
ard laid down in the hay apparently
To r-st himself, where he remained
only a short time. Alter his departure,
Mr.. Farley having occasion TO visit the
spot, found u pistol lying where he had
apparently dropped it, and took it
across the street AMI leftit with Johnny
| Cullen. Afterwards Ball returned and
mentioned the loss OF his pistol to Cul-
len, who returned it to him. femarking
that he would like to fall heir TO it.
| Ball replied, "WelI, neighbor, you can
have it AFT er awhile"
This was about 4 o'clock in the after
noon and Ball left the saloon and again
crossed the street to the hay yard,
which was the last time he was seer
alive. Fifteen minutes afterwards Mr..
J. Farley being in the hayward again,
and passing around the rear OF the
pile OF baled hay, was horritied al
finding the dead body of Ball, lying
on the hay with the pistol grasped
tightly in the right hand and the blood
onzing from a wound in the right tenn
Pile. Farley gave the alarm, and the
body was removed to a house adjoin-
ing. Judge Hanson at nee summoned
q jury. consisting of the following |
named persons: III. j. Lent, w. j..
HcManus. A. J. Stephens, James FitZ
gerald, John Mull,ns and ID. IL. Birch.
ard, and an inquest was held.
An examination of the body showed
that the bullet had entered the head
near the right temple and passed en-
tirely through at the base of the brain, |
evidently causing instant death. a.
there had apparently been no move
ment of the body after the fatal shot
MAS fired, and the counienance of the
deceased ore an expression indicating
no physical pain or torture.
In accordance with the facts as above
given the jury found a verdict, in ef-
feet that deceased met his death from
the effects offs pistol shot fred by his
own hands.
The father Of the unfortunate suicide
Is now residing In Eureka, Nevada,
and was notified at mt of the sad &C.
currence.