The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
JACK SOUZA'S SAD SUICIDE.
He Took His Life on Account Of Do
nestle Troubles,

Through HIS Right Ear-Death Fol-
lowed Three Hours Afterward- Mar
ried a Woman Known as Ada Gray
Who Afterward Ran Away With His
| Barkeeper- Souza Intended to Sue
for a Divorce, but Evidently
Thought Death the Shortest Way
Out of 1t.
Jack Souza, a well known saloon keeper
at South Broad and Price streets, shot
himself in the head yesterday about u 30
! o'clock, the wound resulting in his death
about three hours afterward
Souza was well known in that part of
the city and the news of his suicide spread
rapidly. A crowd collected around his
place, but Souza, who was then in an I'M
| conscious and dying condition, was re-
moved to the St. Joseph's Intirmary,
where he was attended by DR. May, and
the crowd was dispersed. The bar was
then closed up and remained closed dur
ing the day
The suicide was surprise. Joe Serpa,
the bartender who has been associated
with Souza for years, was at the time
talking with Sam Titcomb and Others in
the bar. They thought Souza was up
stairs asleep. Both heard the shot, and
the first thought was that it was fire
cracker that forgot to explode on the
Fourth of July. Serpa went up stairs to
investigate, not suspecting what had
happened, and was Mortified to find
Souza' s body stretched at length on the
floor and a pistol that had fallen from
his right hand lying beside him He
called TO Titcomb saying that Jack had
shot himself.
He SHOT TO KILL.
DR.. May was called in, and he had the
ambulance summoned, Souza was sent
to ST. Joseph's lntrmary. where an in
vestigation developed that he had placed
the barrel of a 32-calber pistol in his
right ear and fired, the bail entering his
head. There was not powder mark on
his face ana very little blood flowed from
the wound Some little ClOts of
brain matter ooled out, and from
the nature of the wound it was evident
that Soula could not live long. Every
thing possible was done for him at the in
Urinary, but the bullet had been sent to
the mark. and it was seen that there was
no hope. Souza fingered in an uncon-
scious condition until about 30 O'clock
in the afternoon. when he died. Coroner
Dixon investigated the matter, but under
,{,.o sfa
eSsary.
Titcomb and Serpa both say they were
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| lated to produce the impression that he
would never take his own life. In speak
ing of some suicide, he had remarked
what fool a man was to kill himself
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been sent 10 the nenitentiarv for endaaI,'
oring.to collect life insurance fraudulentIv
His sentence was three years. and when
released he followed her TO Savannah. but
she soon got rid Of him.
Souza' : domestic felicity might have
gone on undisturbed had it not been for a
barkeeper named Julius Rocas. whom he
employed sometime in the beginning of
the year. Rocas had not been with him
long when his relations with Sou7a's wife
became rather intimate. Souza was zeal
Gus ana one or two little difficulties
grew out of this intimacy.
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