Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-08-13
DeplOrabIe Accident.
Boise City Statesman.

last SUNDAY morning The news was so
shocking that many at first refused to be
lieve the report, but upon investigation it /
was learned that the report was only too /
true DIR. Collister was summoned on the !
first alarm. and when he arrived, he found |
that life was already extinct. Upn ex-
animation he tocnd Mr. Posts shirt on |
fire, from the explosion of the gun, and he |
and Ras Beemer who was the first to ar
rive, put the fire out Mr.. Post was lying
on the floor, at The foot of the bed, just
where he fell. The shotgun was lying on
the bee, with the muzzle resting on and
extending over the foot board, about 10 to
IS inches Dr. Collister put pillow un-
der Mr. POSTS head, and ascertaining that
life was extinct the doctor proceeded to
make an Examination of the wound. The
shot entered the left breast, just below the
nipple, making a hole about three inches
across, tearing away portions of the heart
al d lungs, from which death resulted in
simultaneously.
hNiS oiN 'iO"o 10 ~ NiiNtiiOi thC
shooting was the result of accident or was
done with suicidal in,ent There is no
known reason why Mr.. Post should com
nit self-destruction, and from the fact that
he had made arrangements to go hunting
with some friends Monday, would tend to
confirm the theory that the shooting was
accidental, resulting from careless hand
ling of the gun while getting ready for
the hunt next day. Mr. Post complained
/ of being sick the night BEFORE and during
the night was vomiting and complained
of pains in his head and stomach. He
got up and dressed Sunday morning as
usual, and was so much better that Mrs.
Post concluded to go to church She had
already dressed for church and had her
prayer book in hand ready to start, when
Mr.. Post told her he was not feeling so
we'll, whereupon she said she would not
go to church, and she laid her prayer book
and bonnet aside and started over to Mrs
Richardson's saying she would get book
to read daring the morning. 1t was while
Mrs. Post was at Mrs Richardson's that
the shooting took place, and the first
knowledge she had of the terrible affair,
was the word brought hy her Chinese
cook that Mr.. Post had shot himself
Shocked and frightened half to death she
hurried home to find the news too true, and
her husband she had left only Il few mo-
&c hafnro ltrin
in deaths embrace, and in a pool of his
own blood
, The shooting occurred in bedroom,
Immediately back of the parlor The
blinds were down and the room was quite
dark. He fell at the foot Of the bed, and
when discovered he was lying on his back
with his head inside closet or wardrobe.
The gun, Mrs. Post says had been for
some days standing in the closet at the
foot of the bed, and it is supposed he took
the gun out to c.ean it, and in laying it
across the foot of the bed the hammer be-
came entangled with the bed clothes, (the
, bed had not yet been made) causing the
gun to GO off. This is very reasonable
theory. Besides, making arrangements to
go cunning, he had engaged Il team for
the party at the livery stable.
His accounts in the postotfice were part
ly made up to the close of the week and
it is supposed he would have finished his
report Sunday morning. As far as known
his accounts with the government are all
straight and made up to Aug. 1st His
reputation in the department for correct
: ness and promptness with his mouey &C
counts AID reports is good
, Following is the verdict of the CoroDer's
, jury:
TERRITORY OF IDAHO,
County OF Ada, Sc
Before T. W. Randall, Coroner of Ada
5 County.
In the matter of the inquistion upou
the body of John A. Post. deceased, we
the undersigned jurors, summoned to ap.
\ pear before 7. W Randall, Coroner of Ada
County, Territory of Idaho, on the eight
day OF August, A. D. 1886, to enquire into
{ the cause of the death CT John A. Post
, having been duly sworn according to law
and having made such inquisitinn after in
spection the body and hearing the testimo
, ny adducted,upon our oaths, each and all
do say that we find the deceased was nam
!, ed John A. Post, was native of New ork
, aged 40 years, and that he cafe to his
death on the eighth day of August, 1886
: by the means of Il gun shot wound, CAUSED
Q by the accidedtal discharge of q gun IL
n 10 own hands