Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-29
SUICIDE.
A sWEDE PREFERS THE UNCER-
TAINrIEs OF TiHE HEREAFTER

He Shoots Himself, and Leaves no
EOte Behind When Found His
Body is II posed Mass
what Probably Led to the Catas-
trOphe.
1t will be remembered that a fire &C.
Cured in an upstairs room adjoining the
on Sunday morning, the 10Th of the month.
The fire was thought to be the work of an
incendiary, and an Investigation was held
on the fol lowing day. The circumstance
we're so strongly suspicious that r. G..
Brown, the occupant of the blacksmith
shop, was arrested. He gave bail (S3, 000),
with H. Mueller and R. Sadler for bonds
men-they being, of course, secured
against loss-and he was released. In
addition to the fact that ~combustible
materials, turpentine, paint, oil, ETC., were
set around against the wall in an unoccu-
pied room, and that the bed clothes and
mattress were saturated with the same
stuff, when the firemen happily came
early upon the scene and put the fire out
in addition to this it was known that
Brown, though having but a doubtful
title to the property, had the insurance on
it payable to himself. All the surround
ings were looked into carefully by an ex-
c~ellent jury of three SD bstantial business
men, and they expressed their conviction
OF Browns guilt as an incendiary, and Of
there being evidence ample to prove him
guilty of the charge. 1t seems that Brown
was pretty badly demoralized by the turn
his affairs had taken. There was but little
work for him in his trade anywhere, and
the trouble brought on by the charge of a
felony against him, conviction for which
it seemed impossible for him to escape,
preyed Upon his mind until, no doubt, he
went and killed himself, preferring to try
the uncertainties of another world rather
than risk the present ills Of this. After
his arrest and release he seemed to have
no heart to work and went about almost
aimless.
THE FATAL SHOT.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Farley live in the
neighborhood of the Sacramento Black
smith Shop. Last Friday night, after they
had gone to bed, Mrs. Farley was awakened
by the sound of a pistol shot in the di-
rection of the blacksmith shop. She
talked with her husband about it, and they
made up their minds, as they heard no
other report, that some drunken man had
fired off his pistol. Brown had not been
seen by any one since about 8 O'Clock that
night, when going out to the we'll for a
pitcher of water he was met by Mrs. Far
ley, who told him that his sister Josephine
(who will be remembered as figuring in
the Mcdonald case last Summer, at that
time a splendid picture of healthy young
womanhood) had received d letter from
their brother Harry Brown at Bristol,
which she wanted him to answer. His
only response was, cts too late now"
and he returned to his room on the ground
floor, back of the shop. From that time
until yesterday afternoon about 4 O'Clock
he was not seen any more, and doubtless
lay dead and rotting three days and three
nights, nearly. His disappearance nat
urally excited
AND SUSPICION.
His sister went to the shop to find him
and could not get in, all the doors being
looked and barred. AS soon as this was
told around town others went to the shop
and they also could not effect an entrance.
Finally, R. Sadler and P. HUI got in
through a back door up stairs. They
looked all about for Brown and were led
by the stencil to look into the room where
he slept. There they enoount tered a specta-
ole which was revolving to sight and
to the nostrils almost uncomfortable. In
the miserable apartment, unfloored and
almost destitute of furniture, the purify
ing body of the dead man lay upon q bed
made on the ground, his legs crossed and
a pistol, a self-cooking six-shooter. lying
by him with one chamber discharged. The
hS1y uso c0 Far laanmnnaal that pnvthipu
like an examination of it was next to i'm
possible. 1t was taken down to Fl jul's un-
dertaking establishment, whence 1t will be
removed and buried tomorrow, under
the auspices of the Masons, Of which fra
ternity he was a member. The funeral
will take place from the undertaker's.
The Masons will meet the hearse opposite
their hall and attend the body thence to
the grave.
THE DECEASED.
r. @. r"Bob'D Brown was a native OF
Sweden, Sc years Of ago. Besides the rel
atives mentioned, he has a brother, John,
on Ruby Hill. He was short and power
fully built. We are told that he was a
good workman, and that he bore a fair
reputation among those who knew him.
There are those who doubt that the de-
ceased was guilty of incendiarism, though
the circumstantia evidence against him
was 30 strong. They think he was over
whelmed by the trouble he was in, and
thought that death was the easiest way out
of it. 1t is not even known absolutely
that he took his own life. The undertaken
stripped the corpse and examined it to the
waist, and found no mark upon it as it lay
face upward. At present he thinks he
must have shot himself in the mouth, as
he has not turned the body over to exam
inc the back. 1t is altogether a horrible
affair, and very sad any way 1T may be
looked at.