The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-08
uECOMMITTED SUICIDE.
r. p uARsBALL FOUND DEAD
At ms REsIDENcE.
,.,,rcd az Usual. but His hfeiess Body
roandbya ser'""'-S''A"''' ana Mel
a,holia Evidently the Cause.

u. s,icl5o OF Mr.. James r. Marshall
ne chief topic Of conversation on
,,roefs yesterday. and his many
,.ero shocked 90 hear Of the rash
q. ls probable that the fatal shot
e-.l about o'clock on yesterday
10 his residence. NO. ll5 south
ran street,
MARSHALL retired AZ usual on Thurs
-iett though he complained OF feel
badly. one Of his sons went TO his
IN about 1850 o'clock. and nothing
...I was noticed. Yesterday morn
t.,eyer. servant entered the rear
.- and found Mr. Marshall lying up
t. f.gner The right hand was crossed
r fHe chest Of The dead man, and In
by. hand was claspcd the revolver with
t.b the deed had been committed.
w.. bullet entered the temple. but II is
- rrotalIe that death was instanta-
.s Ihe servant was opening the
.s. when she discovered the PROSTATE
r,-e and at once informed those mem
r-s ol the family present in the house.
Ms Marshall was ln Lexington visit
.-r her SON.. Colonel Thomas II. Marshall
.~rarlaut of the cadets of the Mill
n arrived in Richmond last night with
- SON.
vr Marshall had been suffering sew
.,I DAYS with mclanCholia. although the
.rUy attributed the rash act to sick
..ss. Str Marshall having been suf-
frer with dyseutery. Up 20 a few days
.s9 DE was iu the employ Of the old
dominion Iron and Nail Works. lie
vas storckcepcr on Belle Isle for the
rqst two years, but several days ago his
reeIuat.ou was asked for. and his sue
.tssor. Mr. G.. +. Snow, took charge OF
OBJ. C0mpany.s business. Recently Mr.
Marshans accounts have not been sails
factory. and about 500 worth OF goods
,..ro not properly entered on the books
SIR A. il. Clarke vas retcent about
hs matter when ! called yesterday, but
etated that the above was ip substance
The reason the resignation was asked
for.
Mr. Marshall was for years well-to-do
merchant ,n Petersburg, 3ut lost heaFll
ly ind0rslnc negotiable paper TOT seNei"l
friends and business firms AFTER the
,,ar Dec came TO this city and Tor sew
.ral years was of The firm OF MarshaH
md Moucure. wholesale gr0cers, on Sew
.rteouth street. near the dock That nrm
having met with business reverses, MI
Marshall engaged in the wholesale busi-
mss with other firms. and was at one
time with Mcssrs. Thomas Potts q Co.
Die left that position % go with the ola
Dominion Iron and Nail Works.
ice was about ffty-eight years Of age,
.nl married Miss Mathews, sister OF
Ur IT, l.. Mathews, OF Manchester lie
leaves five children Colonel Thomas X.
,nr6au mentioned above. William T.,
...1 rs employed by the Chesapeake ana
ohio Company: j. Randolph, VINO Is az
OBJ. Richmond Locomotive Works, Robert
D.. who is with Kingan d. Co" and MISS
-Iule Mars han.
Dne of his sons. Albert. shot himself
with a pistol i'm 1850 on north Fifth street.
Ha was then only eighteen years Of age,
and the suicide was supposed 20 have
been the result of "a love affair. Another
s0n James. met his death boy falling from
a horse and breaking his neck near Ashe-
willie. S. g.. about three years ago.
coroner Taylor soon after the body was
l.-. 0ycred yesterday. viewed the remains
and. after having heard the particulars.
decided that death had been caused by a
lall from the pistol fired by Mr.. Marshall.
SD iu0uest was held. and the remains
we've Ieft with the family for burial
The remains Will Doe taken TO Petersburg
this morning ON the g o'clock train. the
funeral services being held in that city.
THE Richmond pall-bearers will be
r..,rs james W. Pegram, a. b. Clarke,
Iair Boiling j. B. Mosby, George Jones,
Thomas Potts. John S. Munce and X. j..
Norris
Au NJ Mr.. Marshalls sons are we'll
known u social and business circles, and
me. with The other members of the
family. have the sympathy of a host OF
F....Ha