The Weekly Kansas chief., 1883-04-19
JUDGE NATHAN PRICE.

.Indge Price nan Iflt nO'uf carry
During the forenoon, he had gone into DR..
wade's drug store. and inquired what was the
best thing to rid his office Of mice, which were
eating his books aud papers. Wade told him
that arsenfc mixed with corn meal, snd~set in
the plaee infested 10y them, the best thing
he knew of. The Judge then asked for some
arsenic, hat Wade refused, saying that If he
wanted it, he should go and get the meal, and
he would mix it for him. Judge Price then
went to Lelands's store, with matchbox in
his hand, and got of Dan. Bursk meal TO fill it.
This was about 10 o'clock. He took the meal
to Wade, who mixed what he considered the
proper quantity of arsenic with il, at the
same time joking the Judge, telling him not to
make a mistake and swallow it himself. The
Judge, with his well-known laugh, went ont,
and M into his Office, which was over Ole
olsons shoe shop, next door to the post-otfiee.
This was the last that he was seen alive by any
one. Olson says that early in the afternoon
he heard noise above, as if some one was sick;
but it soon ceased, and he thought no more of IT
until later developments. Judge Price did not
60 home to dinner; so, when supper was ready,
Mrs Price sent her son Clarence to look for his
father, aud bring him to supper. Clarence, in
his search went to the office, but found the door
lacked lie Looked through a crack in the par
titiop and couId see his father sitting in chair
osl,.en ne be thonyht. and he went home and
an renor.ed He was sent back, when some one
went up and broke open the door: then 1t was
discovered that the Judge was dead in his chair
He was sitting not far from the front window,
n small table standing at his left side, His
head was thrown back. and his eyes were closed,
os If he had died while asleep. His right arm
Law ON his Ian his left arm hung at his side. and
his fee, N, easily ou tb. door. There were
M Sims of +, strugpIe. eSe.pt that there was
some youit on his clothes and Oh the floor. as if
| IL. had h.or sick a, III, s,omacb On th. stand
s,ood the matcb-box. with 4 small quantity of
IN. ,oaoI s,;, I, II .bont n teaspoonful of the
nixtpre Law an the floor. but il was thonpht il
h,d h.o, SMILED Nv the ,ersons crowdine into
tb, room None of the mixture could be found
anywhere as if nIaeed for mice: bdt there was
some ON his tinoers on his clothes. in his mouth
.rd nose and in the raterv substance that he
had yomited nm. No examination of the stom-
ach was made. as the frieds did not wish it; but
| the Jury thought the evidence amply sufficient
TO render the verdict, .'Ded from poison, admin
| istered by his own hand" He mast have died
| AS early As two o'clock in the afternoon. Wheth-
| er he had contemplated the act before hand, or
! rot the idea from being ioked about the poison.
ran never be known; but the fact that he had
locked himself in his Office. thing which had
never been known before that day, together
with the other circumstances stated. 20 to show
that the act was intentional at the time wheth-
or /, had been decided upon for any length of
lido pr;..,. family and relatives are not
,r;IIi,, 4, b.I;ers that IL was an act of sui-
- w. t,o,,o tb.v ore correct Bnt the iurv
-. a., - a,-;io,o,, to,oro tbsr tbonobt
-. ~, ,,o ,,a,,,ro, ior.s ;s the same as
o. =, =. aIa;,'od tho, no;sor would have
sa.ad aa,,rr.;o,,s oo,,or,;or> Of. On the
,,,...;,,' 80 .,,,,rood 20 show thu,
.t.:. ,,-II NO., ,,o.ossar;I, ho so in his cass
rrI,. In, ,,h;cb The ,ra,ter could have
-, .a,,Io5 h.,.ond .,yi, nm exsm;nation of
H. .,.,,..L 70 oI;.c,ad IN We vouId not
,,,,,aooss.r;I,. cons. main IN any one. bpt we
taI;a,.o :, ,ho ond :, ,v;Il ,rova IN have been
,a,,o, % .,..a a.. facts inst n. they were de.
welcomed. ALI know his one besetting sin; but
few of those who condemned him for it, know
how he had struggled TO escape from it. If he
was driven to take his own life, it was in des-
pair at not being able TO escape the slavery Of
apetite. Let us hope that this single fact will
be amply attoned for by his many virtues; fol
in all else he was a noble specimen of manhood,
and one who was fitted to he king among men.
The funeral took place at O'Clock on Friday
and was the largest ever seen in Troy. The
Nasons and Odd Fellows turned out in regalia
but the ceremonies were conducted by the Ma