Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-01-27
SHOCKING SUICIDE.
District Attorney Brown Ends His Lifc by Severing the Arteries
 of His Arm.

The community was shocked on Sunday morning to learn that Robert Brown, district attorney of this county, had committed suicide. The deed was committed about . o'clock in the morning. and from testimony taken at the coroner's inquest held by Justice H. w. Fleury, and from reliable information learned from other sources the following particu- lars have been learned:
 Mir. Brown returned from trip to Kingman on Thursday evening and was under the influence of liquor. He was taken in charge by his friends and watched during the night and on Friday symptoms of pneumonia developed. Dr. Sewall was called to attend him and by Saturday morning had relieved him so that be dismissed him but enjoined on him the necessity of remaining at home for two or three days. He was restless and sleepless on Satur- day night and his wife remained up the greater portion of se.le night as .sss.e se had on the preceding night. , Towards morning, being worn out with her ceaseless vigils, she dropped to sleep when her husband took ad- vantage of it by arising and going down stairs, where he procured razor from bureau, and returning to bed deliberately committed tn deed. He had apparently rolled his shirt sleeves above his elbow, and with a we'll directed aim of the sharp instrument severed the artery of the left arm just above the elbow near where the trachial, radial and ulnar arteries unite. He had then pulled both his shirt sleeves down and but toned the wristband of his outcr garment, closed the razor and re- turned it to the case and placed 1t under the pillow. He then raised his left arm on the pillow and quietly let his life's blood ebb away. When becoming weak from loss of blood he got out of bed and walked as far as the wash stand and then spoke to his wife, awakening her from her slumber. On being awakened her hand accidentally dropped into the pool of blood in the bed and she immediately arose and awoke Deputy Sheriff H. Fl. Cartier, who lives near their residence. When Mir. Cartier arrived Brown was still breathing but too weak to talk. He imme- diately summoned Dr. Sewall, but when the latter arrived life was ex- tinct.
 Justice H. W. Fleury was noti- fed and summoned jury to hold m inquest over the remains. It was sworn in about 7:30 o'clock with W. F. R. Schindler as fore man, and after viewing the re- mains an adjournment was had until 2 o'clock p. m. at the sheriffs office. At the hour mentioned the inquest was concluded and the jury returned the following verdict:
 "We, jurors, duly summoned and sworn by H. w. Fleury, acting coroner, to hold an inquest on the body of Robert Brown, do find as follows:
 That the deceased was Robert Brown, a resident of Prescott, county of Yavapai, territory of Arizona, and district attorney of said county; that he was about the age of 42 years, a native of the state of Pennsylvania.
 That we viewed the body at the residence of deceased, and, after hearing the testimony presented, find that deceased came to his death on the 24th day of January, 1892, at about 5:O o'clock a. m., at his home in the city of Prescott, and that the cause of his death was hemorrhage of the blood from a wound on the outside of the left arm, at the bend of the elbow, and we find that the wound was self-inflicted, with sui cidal intent, while suffering from mental Arrangement.
 In testimony whereof, witness our hands this 2ith day of January, 1892. w. F. K. Schindler, foreman. Robt. E. Morrison, A. G. Houtz, S. A. Logan, W. W. Elliott, Nj. H. Gould"
 The body was taken charge of by the Knights of Pythias, of which de- ceased was a member, and removed to their hall where it remained until this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, when it was removed to the cemetery of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias southeast of town and con- signed to its final resting place.
 Deceased was man of fine ability, good lawyer and possessed of noble and generous impulses. No man ever applied to him for relief, that 1t was in his power to grant. that was denied it. It is said that, san honest man is the noblest work of God" and none can gainsay the fact that deceased was an honest man. Whatever faults ho possessed were attributable to the weakness of hu- man nature. Let them be yelled with the mantle of charity, and may inc good deeds, and the kindness of | heart, Tor which he was noted. be ever cherished as pleasant memory bf his friends. :.--..- The Idea.