The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-28
TOOK Ills OV|N LIFE.
William P. canady Winds Up
His Earthly cfreer.
A BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN.
financial Troubles Believed 10 Have Caused
the Rash Act-A Woman ALSO FIGURES in
the Case-Det'ils Of the ESad Death

WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-yEilliau P. Can
ady of North Carolina, x-s9rgesnt-at-aruis
Of the Senate. suicided heHe this morning
by shooting himself through the head He
has Teen ID financial troubId for some time
Canady occupied rooms at IA Kentstrees
as lodging and office quarters. In partner
ship with Colonel J. A. Hcf1ghton he con-
Quoted business of loaninIg money on Sc
curities, such as the Da1ks refused TO
handle. The first scene in khs tragedy oc-
Cured about daylight this nIorning when
gentleman roomiug above Was attracted to
Canady's door by the latt br's cries. Re
found Csnady bound and gagged, and the
latter claimed that this wds the work OF
burglars VINO had forced dim to open tho
safe and taken out the contents. When
Colonel Houghton arrived The told Canndy
he did not believe the story ana thought it
was ruse to cover the thefIt by Canady OF
5000 which Houghton put in the sale the
previous evening. Houghkon then went
out TO get policeman. Wasn he returned
he found Canady lying dbad, bashed IN
blood with a bullet hole tnfough his head
IL seems there was
WOMAN IN THE chsE,
a Miss Moore, for whom helIsft note de-
clariug that he was guilty OK no wrong and
asking God to bless ner as his last prayer.
The tragedy is the climax of decade
of wild, adventurous speculation in pro-
iects of hazardous kind, in the hope, al
ways delusive, that ejch successive
scheme would bring large W ealth
At was ABOUT 5:,5 this morning when
Charles H. Stevenson, AT employees in the
fish commission, who room$ on tue second
floor just above Colonel Canady's rear
office room, came down stairs, having been
alarmed by the outcries. HA found Colonel
Canady bound to the cicset door 10 the
room in which the safe stood and access TO
the hallway from mis- sleeping quarters.
The safe was open. Survived over the
haor there was great litter OF papers and
in the fireplace the chsrreH mass OF burnt
papers. Colonel Cansdy wIss bound to The
door win his hands behind him The
Irvine with which ne was bound WAS
very ordinary stuff, such as is used TO
bind large parcels SO that a man of ordin-
airy strength ought 10 have been able TO
break with ease. In his mouth YVES gag
made out of torn pieces of his night shirt,
which was found across the hallway. IL
had been ioosened SO lie was able TO make
an 0utcry." Colonel Canady's story was
that some time altar 2 o'ciof;!z in The morn
ing three burglars forced an entrance
through the rear window OF the room in
which ne WAC found bound and dragged
into the room in which lie was sleeping,
AT THE POINT OF IEveLvER
and then forced him TO go across the hall
way 10 the safe and open it. 1hey 40
stracted great part Of the contents and
burned some papers and departed after
binding him.
Captain Houghton was sent for and to
him Canady related the sro-y, which the
partner refused to believe. An examine
ton of the papers showed 3 considerable
mum Der of negotiable notes made by
Canady had been burned, and also every
book obtaining the record Of the indebted
ness against him.
Affirming his disbelief in the story Cap
tain Hougnton said ne would go for po-
| liceman and have the story investigated.
| Officers Hodges and Gilbeft accompanied
| him on mis- return to the house The servant
| girl told them sne thought Colonel Canady
shot himself A window ct the rear was
forced from the outside and the dead man
found lying on q cot. He had dressed him
self after Captain Houghton's departure,
and was lying 30 OF COT a. II resting, but
his clohtes and the sheet and pillows OF the
cot were
COVERED WITH BLOOD,
| 22-calibre revolver by bis side.
! The desperate man had pointed at his
head just above the right ear. and sent a
bullet clear through his brain The bullet
come out just above the left ear and dropped
on the floor. Death must have been almost
instantaneous. The body kyas removed to
undertaking rooms and anlnquest viii be
held.
! On the desk, written on q large envelope.
was the following note to Miss Moore
MY DEAR FRIEND am rot guilty OF any
| wrong. You may trust in me- The people who
| are prosecuting me are worse Than am. He is
! a villain of the very largest kind. God bless
you always. is the last PRAYER Of your true
friend, CASADY.'
A note addressed 10 Captain Houghtcn
said that after Houghton's conduct this
morning he (Canady) had 'Ino further use
for life"
POLICE ARE INvEs1tGATING
the statement Of Captain Hbughton that be
put $4,000 in the safe yesterday How
Cangdy could have made aFay with it. IN
der the circumstances, Is difficult question
to answer.
Miss Moore, whom Canady visited yes
terday evening and 10 whom he left a note
is young lady OF excellent family ant
good reputation, whom Colonel Canady
knew in North Carolina. She lives her,
with married sister. CaIady's call was
brief social one.