The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-22
SUICIDE!
NOR Pinned MILLER!
His Body Found in . Box Car
On the Switch in Barrette
Stock Yards.
His Last Goodbye to Friends.
A Troubled Soul at Last at Rest
A Troubled Soul at Last at Rest
The Coroner's Inquest, Etc

Another sad, sad man, laboring under
his errors and writhing under his tortures
has rashly and unbidden ushered himself
BY his own hand before his God. He BE-
fore whom he went uncalled, il alone hii
Judge, and We Who are left behind can only
throw the mantle of charity DER the corst
of the self murderer. and let the grave hide
within its narrow walls the imperfectionf
of the mortal Who shall soon crunble into
the earth that gave it birth.
The particulars of the suicide ~ gather
Cd BY . BAzoO reporter. are a follows:
About ten o'clock this forenoon word VA
brought to this city that
ADEAD NAN
had been discovered in a car on the switch
n the stock yard, about mile and half
southwest from the city. A reporter from
this Office accompanied Coroner Evans TO
the scene, and found the report too true.
In an empty box car On the switch men
toned lay the body of . man in . distorted
position. On the ground, in front of the
door Of the car, was
AN EMPTY XoRPRA PACKET
marked, "Morphia 10 gr."
This told the fatal story, and the name
of the suicide Was ASCERTAIN ed to be Thomas
w. Miller, the Texan who got into diff
Guilty in . saloon here . day or two since.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
relating to the event were collected.
About 4 O'Clock, yesterday evening, .
young man named George Rowlett was 60
ing out toward the stock yards. and no
ticed man Who was stranger TO him fol.
lowing him. He thought nothing Of the
matter, a. there was nothing unusual in the
event.
Later, little boy, . son Of the late Elisha
Barrett, was walking BY the car and saw .
stranger Who told him TO tell his father to
come around and zee him in the morning.
About ten O'Clock this forenoon
COL. L. A. HOYLE,
Who Is running the stock yards. discovered
Miller lying on the floor Of the car. Mr..
Barretts little boy looked in and saw the
same man who had spoken to him yesterday
evening.
Col. Hoyle after discovering the body
left the car and sent word to the
city to give notice TO the authorities. When
he vas some distance from, but in plain
sight of the ca, he noticed singular action
on the part Of
A STRANGE HoRSENAN.
The stranger suddenly gallopped up to
the car. rapidly dismounted and ha.tily en-
tered the car. After being inside few
moments he re-appeared and, mounting his
horse Galloped away.
Col Hoyle then sent word to the city and
notified Dr.. Evans of the result.
THOMAS ". MILLER,
was originally from Marshall, Saline coun-
", Missouri but lately from Dallas, Tex
n, from whence he came . few days since.
1t vas supposed that he expected to meet
his wife here.who is now in Clinton. Fail
ing in this he drank heavily. and becoming
dependent, committed the rash and fatal
act. Indeed, it appears that several times
he stated he would commit suicide, and
Yesterday told Gen. Bacon Montgomery
that be weuid do 60.
Miller was about IS yean of age, S feet
8 inches high. long black beard and black
nustache. He had on = gum overeoas
his nose Vas broken in the recent ARRAY,
and q be had not changed his clothing
since, his bosom was saturated with blood.
Upoa his person Was found the following
Letters, postal card and piece Of printed
matter cut from Clinton paper.
Yesterday evening Miller borrowed .
lead pencil With which, it is, supposed he
wrote the following:
THE following, written acrawled and
hurriedly seems to be meant - an expla-
nation.I
To many that may feel Why did this
act: Ny name is Tom W. Miller, live .
to myself. 1: Laura had OF done
different, would have made q man above
average.
Nav God bless her is my only prayer.
TON. W. MILLER.
Marshall, No.
n. B.-Bacon Montgomery,
Goodbye.
ToN. MILLER.
take 10 gn. sulph. morph.
1.-THE following lie postal card
Mr.. Maxpia. Mar.kaR, No u:
DEAR BOY-I wipe out to-day I cart
hear from Laura, and hell is preferable to
this existerce, Good bye,
Ton w. MILLER.
This letter, it will be seen, was from his
mother.
PLEASANT HILL. Dec, 6.
Ny DEAR SoN-Just received your letter
can't tell you how thankful 1 am % nv
Heavenly Father for your release, come
right away. want TO zee you 20 much.
Harry and are living alone. Henry has
gone TO try to get something 10 do; tried to
keep him bat he would 90. For several
weeks Harry has been talking about you,
wishing you would come home. When ve
got your letter he jumped up clspped his
hands, said goody, goody, I an 70 glad.
We will Be looking for you until you come.
Write and let % know when you will b
here. Your a6ectionste, Ma.
J. 3 q.
The three letten below ars from hi
wife,