Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-03
AND DEATH.
4 reasg 0ermas Bsreaved OF His
via and - Debt Takes asryeh.
nine asd Puts = Builet In His
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This morning about . o'clock groans
were heard coming from the room No. 1,
In the lodging house Of Mrs. Shsnalian.
South @ street, Virginia. A man In the
room adjoining knocked on the wall aud
asked II his neighbor was sick. "Yes,"
came the answer. "For Gods sake get
ms > drink Of water" Tho drink was
taken TO him and II was seen that tho man
Was ~seriously III. His thirst was fearful.
Presently cunvulsiona eusuei and one Of
the men who had been drawn ~ the bed.
side said that be would run for Q doctor.
The sufferer, who was by this time In con.
yulsionS. said II WAS no use - he had
taken poison. Al this there was . stam-
psds. Some ran TO the kitchen 10
light . fire and heat water. Others
rushed out for physicians. The man was
thus left alone for y moment. aud those
below heard the sound of . pistol shot.
and ON running up 10 the room found its
occupant dead, with Q small dark hole In
tbs temple. His hands were folded upon
his breast aud q self-cocking ~hvs-sho0ter
lay upon the door. The man was quite
dead.
WHO M WAS.
ANrws reporter called at the lodging.
house lthis forenoon and learned the
above particulars. Nobody knew the
mans name or anything about him. be-
You'd the fact that he had said that he ar
rived from California on Sunday morn
Ing. aud that he seemed . quiet and rather
moody person. Coroner Hodges took
charge Of the body aud the effects Of the
deceased. The suicide left q letter writ
tsn In pencil ON . page Of legal cap.
The following 10 . copy Of the misslve
which. toward this end. 10 somewhat indis-
tinct. owing. no doubt. to the action Of the
poton having begun:
VIRGINIA CRY. Oct. 2 &c.
Dear Friends of I. u. D. f.: am
sorry to inform you Of my misfortunes.
I have been about crazy Ut my landlord
aud Mr.. Shurburn Of Sacramento 10
whom ! have owed . little money. To
these two men. Mr.. Handite aud Surburn.
set me Grassy. ! have left Sacramento In
. state Of insanity. I have taken . dose
Of s~trychnins about liz o'clock. Please
send my body ~ Sacramento u You AN.
I wish 10 be buried In tho neighLorhood of
my wife who died . week ago tonight At
II o'clock. am = member Of the Schil.
Ter Lodge i05 I. D. o. r.. Sacramento.
Please send my trunks and vAliss to
Willis Ellery, care Of A. Nathan, II street,
between ID and 9Th next 70 Capital Sav-
iugs Bank. Sacramento. Cal.
ADoLrH TiKpK.
80 years and 10 months. Native Of
Hamburg. Germany.
Please send my body 10 Sacramento rs !
am. Tho lodge will take care VI me.
A. TItDI.
BRIKr AMI SAD.
Among other things found IN the sui
cids's trunk WAS . marriage certificate
showing that Tieds had married Mary A.
Eilery In Sacramento ON tho 18th Of last
July. From some tslegraphic dispatches
found IL 10 likely that Tiedo's brother-in-
law will DO here In time for the inquest.
which Coroner Hodges will hold this even
ing In Virginia. The deceased was In Gold
Hill yesterday. aud Mr.. Putnam. Of the
bus line between Gold Hill and Virginia
informs . NEWS reporter that he o up
with him yesterday. Mr.. Putnam knew
Tiede In Sacramento When he owned and
worked . number Of drAys. He asked
what the chances wers here for that busi.
meas. saying that since his wife's death
sacramento hal become lonely aud uu-
bsarabls. Upon being told that there was
no opening. be said that II that were true
he would sell out Ia Sacramento and buy
a salaan I'm virginia Mr.. Putnam says