Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-03
SUICIDE or AM OLD CITIZEN.
n. a. Chsudier Fouud Dead wish .
BuIles Through His Brain.
Eureka Sentinel, Augu.i 1.

Eureka Sentinel, Augustl !.
The community was shocked ysstsr.
day morning to learn Of the suicide OF
Mr.. n. A. Chandler. an old and respect
ed citizen OF Eureka. and q gentleman
widely and favorably known in eastern
Nevada. At G o'clock John Donnelly.
employed by Colonel Reilly. went to the
blacksmith shop Of deceased. near the
stone quarry west OF town, and upon
opening the door. wal Mortified to find
the remains OF Mr.. Chandler. stark in
death. The alarm was given, and In Q
few moments Postmaster Smith and
others residing in the vicinity were on
the ground. The suicide was lying on
some old sacks, evidently spread down
before the commission Of ths deed. BE
had also placed Q small block Of wood
under his head TO serve a. Q pillow.
His spectaclss were carefully dspos.
tied on o box neal ct hand. The
left hand grasped the pistol which had
sent q ball crashing through his brain.
The ball entered the forehead, q little to
the right OF the center. and the whole
upper portion OF the skull was badly
crushed and shattered. The face wa
also considerably dishgured by the pow
der. From the fact that the blood about
the face had dried, and the body Wal
cold and rigid, It wal self evident that
the rash act had bssn perpstrated at an
early hour Friday evening. The last
seen OF deceased alive was ct z o'clock
In the evening. going in the direction OF
the blacksmith shop. A gentleman who
resides in the neighborhood heard the
report OF q pistol at $50 o'clock. but
paid no attention to II. A little earlier
in tho evening Mr.. Chandler called at
the wholesale liquor house OF N. B.
Bartlett, and procured . small dask OF
whisky, OF which he took Q stout drink
before leaving the house. This was
something unusual, a. be was not Q man
who drank.
There can be no question that fnan-
cial difficulties led to the commission Of
the deed. The unfortunate man was
known to be in straitened circumstances
and hard.presssd for money, though bis
total Indebtedness would probably not
exceed 80. 500. He had expected money
from a brother at Silver Reel. with
which he hoped to liquidsts some Of the
more pressing claims against him. FRI
days stage from Phoebe brought him q
letter, but no money. The rest OF the
story is told In the annexed:
Deceased was . pioneer Of the Pacific
coast, having arrived In 18i9. he had
also lived in Nevada from an early day;
first on the Comstock, thence to White
Pine and finally to Eureka. He was o
stone.cutter and builder by trade. and
had been worth large amounts OF money
and property. He was frugal and In.
/ dustrious, and Q man Of generous and
correct impulses. he was a widower.
and leaves one child, q son. on this
coast. The full name OF the deceased
was Newton A. Chandler. He was O
native Of Massachusetts,, and aged fifty.
eight years. The Coronsr's jury rem
dered y verdict in accordance with the
above facts. Mr.. Chandler was o MEM
Der Of each OF the two Odd Fellows
Lodges In this place. and also belonged
to the Knights OF Pythiss. His funeral
will take place today at 8 P. NJ. from
Odd Fellows Hall, under the direction
Of these societies.