Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-02
OF THE FUTILE SUICIDE.

We find the following account of the cir
S. E. Tuttle in the Carson Valley News Of
yesterday: We have noticed in our Carson
exchanges recently several illusions to the
above subject. There is not great deal in
it, but still enough, perhaps, to claim atten-
ton from country editor who has nothing
else to write about The facts are that S. E.
futile, our honorable j. P, Police Judge,
Jeweler, Watch Maker, Tin Smith and Sheet
Iron manufacturer, etc, was led by the cum
ming devises of the artful gambolier to the
fatal card-table, with its accompanying vices
The result was that he lost his money, of
course, got drunk, sold one or two watches
belonging to other parties, lost the proceeds
of the sale, and then, in fit of disgust and
remorse, ashamed to see anybody, made a
Decline down the Boyd land. By chance
his wife happened to be coming up the road,
and met him near Trays slaughter house.
He was walking rapidly, apparently in deep
study, and did not notice her approach until
they met face-to-face in the middle of the
road. He seemed thunder-struck when they
met, and did not speak. His wife, supposing
that he had come down to meet her, took him
by the arm and asked him to come on with
her to the house. He instantly pulled away
from her, saying no, that he was going the
papers and keys from his pocket and handing
them to her. She asked him what he meant,
and where he was going. His reply was that
she ''didnt want to know" He then bid her
good bye, and said he ''weuld not see her
again" She insisted upon knowing what
he intended to do. All this time he kept
moving on, his wife following up and trying to
get hold of him and restrain him from carry
ng out his purpose. He finally pulled out |
'mall pistol from the rear pocket of his panta- |
oons, saying that she could not have that as |
lie had not done with it yet, adding that if |
he "must know" that he had gambled off
ii his own money, together with everything
Use he could get hold of and that he was
,oing off to kill himself He then started on
His wife then declared she would go with him,
nd he declared that she should not, at the
anne time hurrying on. She stopped and
effected for moment, and then decided to
urry back to town and send somebody after
i'm. Immediately after leaving her he
rossed the fence into Trays field and travelled
irectly for the river. By the time Mrs
'uttle had reached town, her husband had
isappeared in the willows on the bank of the
ver. Some haif-a-dozen men followed him
but failed to make any discoveries
his whereabouts. His tracks could be fol- )
wed to very deep hole in the bend of the
yer, about mile from town, where they
lsappeared. During that evening and the
ext morning the most thorough search was
ade without success His wife is almost
azy. Everybody turned out, so that there
as scarcely nook or corner in the whole
I'D but what was searched over and over
,ain. When the Aurora stage came in the
,xt day Wells, Fargo's shotgun messenger
id that he saw two men sitting near the 4
ad, out 16 miles from Genoa, and that one
them was tall spare made man wearing Il
ug- hat, which answered Tuttle's description
rfectly. There is now little doubt that our
issing "Justice of the Peace of Genoa Town
ip" is out about Bodie or some of the other
W mining camps trying to better his condi-
IN He leaves wife and two children in Tn
,noa who are quite as well off as they were q
some time before he left. He left Genoa
the evening of the Goth instant.