The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-18
THE DEATH WEDDMo.
Particulars of the Sad Suicide az
Alfred d. Cary.

Terrible and Probable Ratal 0riel
OF Her Who Was to Have
Been . Bride.
Last Sunday morning the BAz0o sav,
some Of the particular Of the very slrsne,
suicide Of Alfred d. Cary. II the Mobavl
Valley Hcuse. in Aohsvk. n. T., o.
Wednesday. the 5,h inst. Cary vss Il
bave been married the day follosias to
MO ETA nrpsox WARD,
Of Fort Plain, n. Y, the hone Of both, end
- the young lady l. vell.knovn ia Central
Missouri and souihesn Kansas. the BA.oo
wrote to parties ia the + ,si for full Particu.
lar, ard u this morning able To Lay them
before its readers.
Cary vas an insurance agent, engaged in
business in Fort Plain, and on the dsy pre-
vious to his suicide vaa shoui The village
- u-usl. He appeared cheerful and happy,
and:: recei,ei TIE bsndiasye Of many Of biz
friends. ell of whom knew Of hia approach.
ing marriage. - the
INVITATIONS HAD ALREADY SEEH Issued.
He left Fort Piain Tuesday evening. the
9Th inst, On the $40 train. and vent to the
"rishi'crirx village Of Aoh.vk. only fev
mile. dirian,. lie arrived there l<issen 8
aud 10 O'clock. end cent to the Mohawk
Valley Hotel. wler~ b. registered aud va
given ,oom
He ordered writing material. and said be
wi.ied 10 he csii.d Al six o'ci,ek, in order
ihss he might take The irss train and return
home in the mornirs. Ther- va nothing
arrange noticed in HE ac,ions. He ~.
called ia the u'nrn;ng % requested md ~
spon.!.d ehserfully and pscmp'Iy Not
having spI~nr-d q, eight o'clcck, the clerk
again raped st he door. and rvcsiviDe no
re-Ponse, he instructed the pc,isr to crawl
through the usnsom and unl.,ck TIE door,
which he d,3, aud il wsa ih~n found that
CARY Was DEAD
He ~sa lying partly on his left aide With
his right arm scru~s his bre .si. the han d
tightly xrssping seven shot revolver. He
vas dre~~ed, With the exception Of his cost
and boots. The bed sPpeared - though he
had not hsen between the sheets. Esideni.
y he had not stirred since the fatal sho,
vas fred. The ball entered about ooe iuch
above and . little forward Of the right ear
end penetrated the brain some four inches.
The hair .bou, the wound Was slightly
sinRed BY the barring powder.
DEATH MUST HAVE aEsrLrEp IxsfAxTLY.
His friends 1t Fl Pisiu were ieiesrsphed
to. and Coroner Suffer, Of Herkimer, en-
Panneled . jury and an i7ques, 80 held
the following verdict vas rrndered: I'VE
6nd that the deceased came 10 his death by
pistol shot wound Of the brain, inflicted
By his own hand, and for some Cause nm.
known to the jury"
The theory furnished BY the verdict Of
the coroner. jury 10 the one generally &C.
eepted n correct. Still there are many Who
prefer TO believe that
THE SHOOTING WAS AOCTDExTAL
ln support Of this lssisr theory stssn.
ton il called to the following fseis: The
mo.t searching investis .tion failed to pro-
duce the sl;gh,est cause for sn,cids and
there wss ia; one ioia Of evidence to show
that such crime Wa prem, diiaied. He
wss to all spr~~rsnce. in . hsrpy frame
al mind srd gent sbaut completing Ct
rangement. Ior his wedding With bright
snticips,iors III "a. . sincers believer
in . religious doctrine which makes self
destruction an unparionsble sin. He
going To Mohawk does not .nrport the
thenry al -rici.le home ~6uid have been
quite ~ likely piscS for . deed 1T that
kind. There sss
NOTHING STRANGE IL HIS ACTIONS
at the hvIe.. He wished To- BE- called At six,
in order that he might re.ch home by the
first train. When called. he responded
prompt. and che, rfuilv. lie -. found
partially dressed, therefore IL msy reasna-
ably be as-uioes! that he had besn M
dre.-ed. and IL undre-sel. be must have
been in bed. il mot brtseen the shesia." -
saa stated. ], IL thought no placed the
revolver under his pillow before retiring
and after PARTIAL. dressing in the morn
ing, sat down on the bed. took The weapon
from under the pillow, AID, quite saiur-
ally. took 60 examine il rather csylsa.ly,
when
n WAS ACCIDENTALLY prscRA R.vD,
siih the results stated.
II is i~possibIe 10 account Tor HE death,
bat in the light Of all the facts the latter
theory is quite - reasonable o. that Of
suicide, and one more satisfactory to ell
Who can believe il correct.
When the ness vss conveyed to Miss
Ward. her grief 80 mos, pi,isbIs. She 80
thrown into convuIsioss, and Tor time il
VA iesred death would come to her relief.
Although . number Of days have slspaeSi
since the ssd event,
nEA coKDrfiox At PRSsRxr
II moot distressing one, aud sympsthy h
extended on every hand.
On what wss To have been her Wedding
day. in the psrior Of her rDid<nre 80 .
large number Of pseaeasa. which were The
giiss of loving friends. shile in IN sdjoin-
log room, lowering between life aud death.
and snxiously watched By her fsoily and
pbyaici.o.. laid the lovely Young girl sho
vas 10 have been bride This = cne Of
the asdde~t ca.ea the BASoo e~n recall 10
mind, end j. snother exs@pIe Il how N.Y.
FERROUS are The vsys Of Providesce.
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