The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-12-20

His Dying Statement Letters to His
Wife And Chi!dren-He Prays
for Them all.
The Galva Illinois Journal has the follow
| ing:
On as bright and beautiful a December day
ever gladdened the heart of man, with the
golden sunshine pouring down upon him
and airs warm and b',lmy thos. of the
early spring, playing about him, whit. every
prospect seeinei ftt.d 10 make life doubly
de u and eNI,tence Itself constant delight.
Thomas CIR went forth, into IA lonely field,
aud ia yesterdays nooutIde he deliberately
cut himself oil from iif, anu nome and friends
auG every JOY and pleasure which earth
yields her children The motives which
im yciied hIn 10 the cEime Of self-desIruction
are, 10 a., yet involved la mystery. What
We're the
CANRERING GRI as
thai corrodtd his mind, what the gloomy fan
cies, ami accusing ini'tses tiI'1t Ecye.td ihcIe
and drove him TO tie>pSi s.t.ou, We can only
gut -. For the victim oi ..i~ own Disorders
Imagination, the reno. >cIui su.,ject of his
own >eii u>illgS W. can Only Inc most
profound sympathy Whine To those hear and
de.u to him ,,Ii whom this bereavement VIII
fail with such added paBgs anu such and ter
t.rriDI anu crushing " ignt we must express
the Sirmest sympathy aud administration.
MIR. Greer ws'> the owner OF a large farm in
Mercer county, situated rs near a. we can
learn, In Abingdon township, eight miles
son; hive II oi Aiedo. anu about half way be-
tween that pace aiid heItHsDuTs; and worth
moi less I. ass $1,000. Tue troubles VII Icn had
shattered his mind are piObIbiy well known
In A /, n,-ip Ia
Iimly hiutcG u ia the papers found upon hi.
body. While iabnring under considerable de-
ran ement, he eft home on the 5in inst. with
out the knowledge vi his family or friends to
take a trip To Kansas. He went as far as
IeaVeuwoIIh, where ne remained over sun
DAY, on which day he wrote two Letters 10
mar ed at l.eaSenwOiti; on Monday. On the
evening OF that day lie bought ticket from
Lcavenworih To Gaiva via the c., X. /. Il =.
ana X. /. x L. railroads. Why he should
want To come 10 GHlva is something of "A mys-
terry, unless lac deemed this the si,-ediest way
tO reach his home. He rode ON that ticket as
iar a. the crossing of the Il. * NJ raj!
road at Fairfield. Iowa, at which place ne
took the Atlantic express, coming through
Burlington and as far as SagetOwn that
line Here at O'Clock Tuesday MOI ning he
changed tn conductor Daych's branch train,
came up TO keithsburg, where he stay seems
have been long enough ior him TO go 10 the
po>toiiice and take out the letters add ressed
to his son, James Grer, which he had written
on sunday and which were found upon his
Dolly ii'er MS uetti, uiioPSueu- .oh htiiAs-
reaching here about one O'Clock in the after
49, -, nars.a -, az! On ,nso ~ -. ;i
'Sn , ";Is, 'o1,.,. H. tn 1911 si,'e
night. Yesterday morning between seven
80 - n " ~ " "Ae
s'oie anu -,.-,.
after h'ggling Tor some time about the price
and fiuaIy leaving 90 cents instead OF the
do,hL, whien was asker III i2r II: H. next
went Ia Sceiy dius store anu oonght mali an
ounce Oh lauuitnuii, ana W;ts Afterwards
sSvh ~ '.Sn, - IN. - hS l"P.uiH,
part of town. He was never seen again alive.
About thre. O'Clock yesterday afternoon
vbiI,. Ri eTpuSon ami D.N ii Jacobs WEI
vuing out In Kill A beef at W,n,wurtL's
SIa. inter houS.. they noticed the body of n
man living in the field near there, an,. on 90
ing over 10 him ,und him fallen over on his
f.c,. with his throat cut. Tn. cash was aIs,,t
TWO INCHES nrrp
sevcring the lett Ju-ular vein, and the deadly
razor was still IN his hands which were COW
cred with his blood. The vial OF laudanum
Ead Il 81 been emptied A large concOur>. of
people soon collected at the spot and esquire
EInry took possession OF the money ana pa
p found upon the body. of the former
there We're
siNrI-rHREE DOLLARS.
Tin. napers arr. given below in fulI The
,,nrs,. Ms i.L,,n In Iurti>s- undprt IL inc -,
i,,b ishU,ut and durIry th, .y,nTuo Mr.
Emry rrc,iy,,I ieIe. rams from (,nrourr I,I-
M atNs al.-
AIr,in
TIE nE.nuAS-s Sr,vrvr~r
I'm, small ,,ocl,,., mn. ,nor,,,,dnn h,.,r ,o,nd
h"siiitii Poche. hi'ii'o'ahuuiu pooh iouhd
IA taE deiid man loehet was Joti,u 1own
thc IpIIo ins IN, 80. 'iioush.e' SNOW
ing pi''nis w, u,ts I s,.,'s "i ms
i 49,, -, - ~, - -; -. y, -; W n'so
r u ~, , A.; III, ne ,it .n ~, .ais pm
tiS '.'si Pn, ~, inc 'eiu "he'e nc coih"it-
T" a. tns i1''al u.eu ON S,,d
I , W i ,n ~ o'i the nth
iei' Iioiis me '.n ie,. ioi ioie oi tiie io'h.
'Si>utt"u my name inc s'iihe evening
got W ''''',nMo. 'i' AZ 'ho
CONTINENTAL HOTEL.
/ never said that all NV family knew was
ming oy,r th,. liver l;i,;n 4 I,.ft hou,, s,iJ
hey had al! heard me talking of going to- see
my sister uuriuy last sumIner ann / baL fire.
,IuruIIy there !, VOID is unintellirInIrI over
Ia M. other side. Talked of going Io h uusos
for th.. Iast several wears buI had said noih
ing Ia Ih,rn when | Ieft home ,xh,r, I
yyoS going have been sn near
rrtly ,.y.s since / Icft nome that /
h,,y,. MOI been iii 10 do business of amy kind
had a terrible, bad visionary spell that day |
landed in I..avcnworth I.van thought Inc
clerk al the hotel told me had two trains |
run in there from Chicago. / asked him the |
,xhrfbrr a w. innoinntion and he sail il
wns niI inaaination. IthoushI misht have
h,.,.n n 4. MY when loot, th,. Train and nay
ortrr,,I Them hui have no r,cniI,ct ION of do
ing 80 Tine CLERK Ioid ,n, II wusaIi imnyinn-
ii IN. and 20 il turned out. Tie reason / cIme
h,ck he nTp,-I ON ms. that I acknnwie,I1"J
mill AMI I aged To- come h,rE aud me-
tnn,Yi,d,re my fniit 81 far as I xras unity
amer IN. ch,T;,,s MA. made L nown 10 M. and
no frrthar and wo,,Id IN ff;.r the cnnsenn.nc.s
Tuus t!prrp
And further while I was writIn, thnse few
Iin,.s tne trai, Jeff me : r.,kinr ih,. lie nj
my I,roInise and Icnnc;udsj 10 hreatx the Ito
h,.t vi n m,. and this If boni n,, IA, meet vn,,
AMI al tn, friends in M. ne-t ,vorIi I vyiii
hid ynn ali f,r.,,.I Tuos I,rrrr
am sorry Thai / have no. ba.n a beiter
man nm I fbink I have moi bad:f,ir MAY.
Inns IN may IL he t,hIi,Ir.n W.T. and frfen,i,
Iork no, y.n,rard non-t mind ~. rrit,,.s nj
This ,arth NV nrot,.rIy has been ne gr,af-
-, ,.nan,r II, 9 ~. me- .ISe +, ia
me 10 ruin and perhaps the property q the /
ION "A card in This book YOU will find his /
namel advised me to 90 W. ST. but l mad no
endowment and concluded to come back /
am slipping round Galva this morning,
writing a lIitIe wherever can. I say again
81 asa,i a., hie i.i u'ii 80"
excerpt what have confessed publicly on
ineIv' for did moi know what was CHARGED
m, rev think 1-rhat,s rnis will
E,ithSburr if not in the county, can't find
there il hogs in tn, field wher. am and any
have some notion OF looking for a better
want 10 ask Mrs Douglass pardon aud hone
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