The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-11

The suicide Of NJ B. n. Kelso r.h.
i.sn:d ~ D CoUsIKK last week. aud
me iesssr FOUND ~ HE room q the Mil.
90 nosei . untioghorg. have csused q
,8oou deal OF talk Among some or the
psoPie o. Madison township. who kncg
O. ne family dificuItiss. and BY the
t'no permission o. HE father We were
snovn me Last letter. and permitted to|
publish such portion OF II q IL deemed
sov'eao,e W. eupprsss, 10 two place..
- Vii % seen ~ the ssferisks. come
portions which could now do no good.
3ut only grstifya morbid curiosity. IiI
e very Sad, - best, when : nafurslly
os'ent young m-D. with MANY good
qosiitses. seeks relief from injurious
criticisms By taking bis ' life. With
out making IL ssdder b. letting the
worid know the inner hisiory which
YOU'D ssdden HE loved children's mem.
cry Ine rash oct had evidently been
contemplated for some time, q the letter
"a written 10 pencil without auv da,e.
.no showed from lie blurring, and from
inc marx Of its folds on it, ~envelope. on
oo'n sioes OF which Wss written ~:.openl /
In'e." That Il had been carried n ~.
POCKET probably several dave. The lssf;
or two looks fresher vriuerjs
lnsn tne rest. and most likely revealsls
~ reel cause OF bis wish 10 die -shat
! cannot get any work 10 do.' What
. "a comment upon chrjstian civili1~.
ion' : young life blighied becsuse soms :
'sve 90 much 10 do. while otLers car eet :
.otning: We believe BENZ. Il. KelsoI
vo9io Be alive to-day IL Be had snc-
'esoed 10 establish ing himself - bnsi.
ZEE, but when severely crippled bv : P
=. accident IL took away more Than q
~ o. Die prospects il life. and When q
oss wse followed BY the breaking m ~ b
- 5smiIy, and subsequent gossip. ana r
issppo'btmeut 10 aIf-promised buei-
ess aseoeisti0ns. the mental strain ~. ri
Ame too tense "
pesioe the following letter, on : stand 70
nie room, VA found Z bottle contain us
morphine, and On apple cut 10 hslves. ~
- o. which showed ii bad been scrspedl
ltn : tnife. and With which be nro- ar
IDLY mixed the fatal dose. Hia bodv c.
a saken charge or By his father and HI
seh burial q Lennon church grave sr'
'ro: where the little mound over his
ouIdertng form will b Z constant III
ssnIng agsinst gossipers and inter- pr
odlero: Nj
, WHOM n NAY coScEaS: a
! sm not guilty Of the charges made ~
einst me II e : en-. 49,
tracy to ruin mo which they have. ana
2 ny dear children, whose life is.c.
'ented Tor life (; better they were dead. y.
sney 90 not know what life 10 before ~.
~: y they we're out OF their misery liz.
~ die With peace. loved and idol 4
Q ~ vile. but you can Ell see how. -,
!ove Tor me hss shown Itself Ana n
! cannot b OF any service to nv
loren, hope 10 die soon, Tor nv liz :
nos worth the living for, moreoveri,n ~
thought Of my dear children 4 driv. 80
ne mad, and better 1 die than 20 -.
81 100 e ] should die soou. want -
enc % mourn nv death sud do not a.,
g any funeral preached, and e little 49,
so,s % sny ooe - can BE- 10 Ill lIerss
90 The soonerl<.;.
"a ~ misery The better. do moi ~
q % % buried, give ny BODY to the 49,
'ect..g room. for have been treated 49,,
&c than : dog on earth. WHY should r;,S
rested any better when I die? ~.
snrow away what money / have. - VIII
nave viii not do much good 10 HIM
ons, and can not Get spv vork Nh
Q. Good By to eli ~.
z. g hkLso. lcups