The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-12
BINCkLEY'S DEATH.
Suicid. of Il Brilliant Lawyer and
Writer.
HIS Peculiar Death-Letter in Which He Does
Not Tell the Cause Of His Rash Act.

Hon. J. NJ. Buckley, prominent lawyer
Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, lately committed
suicide. He was living separated from his
wife and was the father Of four children,
now living at Knoxville, Tennessee. The
following is an extract from letter written
by the deceased to friend, short time
before his death:
If their father had been exceptionally in
domitable under trial, the recognized fact
would be great encouragement to my lit
tie boys; therefore if my end shall seem TO
obscure it, but not in any event otherwise
then disclose this statement viz:
Longevity inherit, and. through tradi-
tons exceptionally remote on both sides, no
disease, mental or bodily. | am but Just
maturcd, without bankruptcy. without a
gray hair, m unstrung nerve, Il disease, Il
bad habit, a corrupt scent, or a stain on my
poor name. am not broken down rs
might be guessed at distance. My bust
ness condition, of late years so often DIES
pcratc. is now tolcrablc. and my Interior
prospects good. Ny plans are working we'll.
never in my life saw an hour of tottcring
reason, taltering will. or until now, eclipsed
hope. Ny lot denied me checrtulness but
could not canker me. Yet. with competen.
cy and persistency distinctly reinforced
10y trial and experience, | am about
to lay down my ashes. Why
| cannot tell. Not because do not know
but language does not grow for that kind
of truth which is stranger than fiction, and
lei no person inquire further who would
not rifle frank mans grave. There is ;
sterner tragedy than ever bic. There is
! deeper verify than ever spoke. | looked ~
nj noon and the sun fell from the sky.
/ have since not been rash. | am slain By
the invincibility Of deceit. Ny motives ar.
! quite extinct. For months past have been
but trying 10 prevent the collapse of a sud-
denly ruptured balloon. do not kill but
bury myself. ! am "A mill whose stream
has been diycrtcd-a clock whose weights
have been taken ont. At best, am sentenced
for life to the basement Of my constitution,
or else to the inaccessible attic. Neither
benefits my little boys, whose mansion am
For their good-cXclusively. solely for their
good 90. If belonged to myself, I
would have powerful motives to live
Ii my passions were in control, no doubt
my love of life would hold its own with
the rest. am not now suffering much, ]
ain simply rational; judge that ought To
disappear though only God knows am u,
letcnt as an egg, Ny intellectual life ha,
always appeared to Others incohercnt. Tc
me, it always seemed TO have an integrity
of stages, tending toward useful. symmc
trica outcome; through suffering. toll, ant
friction should my strength hold out. Oh
serving that varied extreme and prolonged
trials had rather strengthened me. and that
had growing facility for organizing my
deeper thoughts ! came atterly 10 think
was approaching a time when could d.
gcst the memoranda Of many years into 4
durable work, but q thundcrbolt ritted me
II is now Il consolation 10 rciicc; that, after
all, this may have been mere conccit
though it grew with time.
From resources Of my own, provide fol
all debts legal or honorary, to the last cent
| do most heartily forgive all who have eve,
injured me. But injuries to my children
is not mine to forgive; yet give my love Il
all men, for SO ! feel.
IOuN VI nIN,vl ry