The daily gazette., 1882-05-23
SECOND EDITION
REPRINTED FROM YESTERDAY
THE GEORGETOWN SUICIDE.


Fuller Details Of the Self Murder OF
Young Isaiah $. Conaway In Georgetown
While LabOrIng Under a Fit of Tenn
pprary Insanity.
% llSpeclal correspondence of the Gazette.l
GEORGETOWN, May 21.-The town was
shocked and thrown into violent commotion
this morning by the suicide of Isaiah ).
Conaway, one of Georgetown's most promi-
nent and popular young men.
Mr.. Conaway slept last night at the
Brick Hotel, and arising this morning at 4
o'clock went around to his home, where he
resides with his mother. A few minutes
after this hour the hired man came down
stairs, and hearing two pistol shots in front
of the house ran out on the porch, where
he found his employer lying PROSTATE, with
a gaping wound In his left breast, and
another sickening wound, from which the
blood was flowing, in his right temple. The
weapon-an old-fashioned four-barrelled
revolver-with three chambers empty, was
found lying by his side. The suicide died
within two minutes after the shooting, not
having uttered single word. His death
must have been comparatively painless.
In spite Of the early hour the house was
soon filled with horror-stricken friends and
acquaintances who, until they had seen the
poor fellow lying on the parlor floor life
icnsi toulV HatdiJ AOaAiAO 'hO 'SAAiSiS
tragedy.
Coroner Hatfield was soon on the spot and
jury was Immediately selected, consisting
of the following gentlemen, the first named
! of whom acted as foreman: David s. Pur-
nell, Theodore A. Polk, George Bennum,
4 William johnson, Ephraim Carmine, DR..
John w. Merrick, Charles T. Purnell, r. 7.
Hart, Rufus Wheatley, A. P. Ewing, L. A.
Pepper and james c. Dunning. At O'Clock
the jury, after the wounds had been probed
by Drs. Richards and Layton and all the
available testimony taken, rendered YER
dict that "the deceased, Isaiah s. Conaway
came to HIS death from pistol shots inflicted
by his own hand while in state of tempo
rary insanity"
The deed was evidently long premeditated
as deceased, although comfortably txeC
financially, had some business troubles anC
slight reVeTses, and has several times of lat'
spoken in desponding manner of his cir
cumstances and intimated to friends that h
might soon be the victim of selfdestruction
He even intimated to number of his famil.
that he would shoot himself, but no atten
tion was paid to the threat, as all though
such impressions and feelings would 500
"wear eff" and he would be as cheerful a
ever.
Rev. B. L. Douglass, the rector of the P
first shot, and going to his window say
Conaway put the pistol to his head a secon'
time. Last evening Mr.. Conaway paid OF
his mill hands, telling them at the time tina
1t would be unnecessary to run the saw mil
on the following Monday. Several week
ago he requested that he should be buried a
his father was.
The mother, an elderly lady, was fearful
shocked when the news was broken to hel
and it seemed utterly impossible for her
realize that her son was dead Mrs. Cons
way has one child still living in town
married daughter Besides these tw
Conaway leaves no near relatives. He Wa
30 years of age and will be buried on Tue
day afternoon in the Episcopal CemeteI
near his father.
Isaiah Conaway's sad death will long
felt. He was genial, open-hearted your
fellow, making friends wherever he wen
and among the young people especially WI
great favorite. All sympathize sincere
with the family in their terrible bereav
ment