Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-02
suicide of Capt. tl,arado l.. Mo,eIey of
Ellsworth.

Capt. A'arsdo L. Mo,eley, Of the schooner
John :. Forman. OF Ellsworth. wa. found
desd III his cabin Thursday afternoon last
shout 3 o'clock, At Bangor. by Eugene Cousins.
mate OF the schooner lmoscn He was found
sitting on the bench 10 the cabin leaning over
on his left side with his left arm doubled ~
under his body and the right arm extended 10
the floor with a revolver clutched in the hand
Five empty shells were found on the floor and
in the pistol was only one shell and that wa.
loaded Two bullet holes were found In him.
one in the palm Of his left band and the othe-
over hi, heart. " hch was the fatal one. In
door OF Il cupboard in the cabin were found
three bullet holes. thus accounting for all OF
the five shots. The dead man was placed 10
an upright position and City Marshal Greg
and Doctor G,tchel sent for. The doctor ar
rived and examined the body and pronounced
life extinct and TO all appearances the man had
been dead some little time AS the body WA.
cold. Coroner Lancaster Of Ola Town was
sent for and arrived on the $50 train ana early
in the evening coroner's jury consisting OF
the following men was impaneled Chris
topher NJ. Cocbrane, Henry F. TEN, Henry j.
Leach, Henry c. Snow. Charles French and
Adelbert Gray. Capt. Eugene Cousins was
the first man examined and he stated that he
bad known Capt. Moseley for some ten or
twelve Years. During the past few days the
two captains hsd been together considerable
and that Moseley was In a discouraged state of
mind on account Of his inability to obtain
freight. Family troubles are also said to have
something to do with his dependency. He
was divorced from his wife some two years
ago and since that time he has brooded over
the trouble considerably. Thursday forenoon
he met his wife on Exchange street and spoke
to her and she did not answer him but turned
away and this disheartened Mr.. Moseley ard
be ri marked 10 her lit would be long time
before she would have another chance to speak
TO him." During Thursday Captain Moseley
was bunting for freight but Vas unsuccessful
and binted that lie intended to take bis life but
no one paid any attention TO it. After the jury
had investigated the case As fully as they could
Thursday night, the body of the dead man W as
taken in charge by undertaken Hunt, and the
jury adjourned until 8 O'Clock Friday, in City
Hall. At the appointed hour the jury met to
was introduced however, that did not take
them long to decide upon how the man met his
death. Friday morning while undertaken
Stephen A. Hall, Of Brewer, was looking
around the vessel he came across some key :
that fitted chest in the cabin and he opened
| the chest and began to search around. The
following letter written by the deceased was
| found:
Il lam discouraged to death. am not drunk
| My friends 90 back on me. l have lived all
my life for some one else, SO now take my
| life in my own hands. All 1 leave this for so
| you can see that l die sober.
! (Signed) A. l.. MosELEY.
After reading the letter the jury took vote
| and voted unanimously that Alvarado l.. Nose
| ley met his death by suicide. The remains
were taken to Ellsworth Friday morning
where the interment took place. The owner
of the vessel Is d. NJ. Stuart, Of Ellsworth,
and be arrived in Bangor Friday forenoon. He
said that Capt. Moseey had been in his EN-.
ploy for long time and that be had seen moth.
ing but what was honest in him.