The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-04-12
REFUGE IN DEATH.
40 Escape Ensanfly,a gseIl-Is news,
Mis-fssippian Deliberately
Suicides.
From The Louisville Con,uereial.

Edward 7. Jones, formerly OF Ctn
4 ton, Miss, but who has been residen
: OF j Jacksonville, Ind, for the past fou
months, committed suicide by taking
dose Of laudanum aud morphine, yeste,
day, at the Falls City Hotel, in Jeffer
, sonville.
The circumstance Of his suicide is
most melancholy affair. He has been
guest at the Falls City Hotel since h
came to Jacksonville, some months ago
During his stay there nothing pecuIia
had been noticed in his habits or conver
sailon which would lead to the belle
that he was insane. The deceased wa,
formerly Colonel in the Confederat,
Army, and is said to have been we'll con
neeted and high y respected at his home
in Mississippi
Col. Jones left three letters-one te
Mr. hleespies, proprietor Of the hotel,
one TO DR.. A. j. Phelps, Louisville, and
another to Coroner Roose. The letter.
show no evidence of mental weakness
although he states that the reason of his
taking his own life was the fear Of i'm
pending insanity.
La his letter to Mr.. Kleespies he states
that for months past he has been con-
sclous OF partial insanity, resulting from
his pecuniary embarrassment and trouble,
caused entirely by the late war. He also
states that in consequence of his mental
distress, he has been compelled to duh
the sense Of such sufferings at times by
the use OF alcoholic drinks to save himself
from suicide. He said that he had hoped
to obtain enough money in Louisville on
Thursday to pay him the small balance
which he owed him for board, but, being
disappointed in this, he became wild with
despair, and concluded to take his life
/ He states emphatically in his letter that
! his desperate resolution was not caused by
any family troubles On the contrary,
he adds; II have a wife near Canton,
Miss, whom | most devotedly love, and
| to whom | have been true during all this
long separation. He begs Mr. Kleespies
to faithfully comply with the requests
which he makes, which are that as soon
as he has found his remains that he will
communicate with DIR. A. j. Phelps, No.
326 Third street, Louisville If he could
not be found, he requested that his
cold friend" ID. w. Sanders, Esq,
corner Center and Green streets, Louis
vile, be advised of his death. He final
ly requests that his gold rings on his
little finger, left hand, and his sleeve
buttons be buried with him, as his wife
purchased them for him in Paris, France
He asked that the daguerreotype of his
darling wife" be laid upon his breast
in his grave. His baggage, papers, ETC.,
he requests to keep carefully till his
friends in Mississippi can send for his
trunk. He enjoins Mr.. Kleespies to
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quiet as possible.
AS soon as it was known by the in
mates that be had attempted suicide,
DIS. Fonts and Mcclure were called in,
and did everything that medical skill
could do tcNrestore him to consciousness,
but without avail. He fingered in an
unconscious condition till 5 O'Clock P. NJ,
when his pulse ceased to beat. His
friends in Canton, Miss, were immedi
ately advised by telegraph of the sad
affair, and telegram in answer was re-
ceived, instructing that the body be for
warded to Canton, which was complied
with, and the body was forwarded last
night on the midnight train from this
city. The body was placed in neat
coffin by order of his friend, DR., Phelps,
who was present, and instructed as TO
how his remains should be disposed of.
The Coroner of Clark county, Mr..
Roose, being requested not to hold ajury
of inquest, complied with the same.
The following is copy Of the letter
addressed to the Coroner:
DEAR SIR: Let me say that 1t Will
be utterly useless for you to summon a |
Jury of inquest as to the cause of my |
death, as l deliberately end nay own life, |
on account of business disappointments |
and pecuniary troubles, and conscious
ness of approaching, if not existing, in
sanity. EDWARD L. JONES.
The requests made by Col. Jones were |
complied with by Mr. kleespsies in every
respect.
Col. Jones was well-educated gentle
man, and is said to have been quite
wealthy before the war, but lost all du-
ring that time, although his wife is said |
to be quite wealthy at present, owning a
plantation near Canton, Mississippi.
During his stay i'll Jeftersonyllle he |
had been engaged in working up patent |
TO harness ON buggies and |
carriages, but is believed not to have |
made much money. He was not IN debt |
TO Mr.. Kleepsies more than $50, which |
he could obtain at any time from his |
friends in Louisville, but his pride and |
peculiar temperament forbade him asking |
favors from his friends
Col. Jones was about fifty-tive years
of age, and was a man OF fine appearance |
and genial disposition.