Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-02-01
.TQN BROWNS SUICIDE
wsii Known citi.sa Puts .n End ss His Troubles by Sending . Bullet
 Through His Brain.
m Hsalth. Fiosneisi and osA.r Troables Supposed to Ha.s Prompted Him to Com
 nit the Deed.
Froa wsdassaay,. nusly.
T Tom Brown is dead, and his ds.sh

Tom Brown is dead, and his da.tk was caused by his own handa
 About half-past four,oT iive oicIock lasf ssni0g he left hia home oa Martha street, telling his wifa. 60 the latter says, thst he intended walk- ing jUst as Tar as he could and then would commit suicide. While sha did not take the threat seriouely as first she later gave the alarua' ..d Robert Brow. B H- Smith and other friends started searching parties eat In quest ot hlm- Every place wksss It was thought be might have euus was visited, the search Tor hiu hs- ing kept up curing the ni9ht.
 AS the a'ght wore on aud no tid- ings Of the missing man was beard. the impression gained ground tkai it was DO idle threat Ehal hs bed made, bat that his words were thoss of s desperate and determined man.
 Just before noon . boy, in a pary excited state of min3, came brsstA- lessiy into town and reported that be had inst discovered . dead uan under pine tree just beyond ths cemetery, east of town. He wss too much excited or frightened to look at the corpse, hence vas unabls ko tell who 1t was. The sheriff a.d others immediately repaired to ths spot and at once identified the bodv as that of Brown. He still held . e: volyer in his right hand, with his finger on the trigger. A ghsstly looking hole, just back of the rigkt ear, clearly showed the deadly n.s to which 1t had been put. Dealk must have been instantane0us.
 Deceased was formerly engaGsd in mining and was probably ons of the best known mining men on sks Pacific Coast, having been engaged in this business in Virginia essy, Gold Hill, Pioche, Nevada, e welI as other points. He came to A-i- zona as superintendent of the Tip Top mine and has resided in ths territory ever since. In later ysars he has been engaged in the hotel business iR Maricops, Phenix aad Prescott, the last mining that hs did having been on Cherry creek . few years ago.
 About two years ago he suffered a paralytic stroke from which he nearly died, but recovered sufficient ly to be able to get around, though unable to do anything. Re hss re- eeatly had financial and othsr troubles, which with his physical iuhrnity, IS supposed to have @ preyed upon his mind that ks care to the conclusion that the sasiss. way out of his troubles vas to put au eud to his existence.
 He was man of warm heart and generous imFulses and never know ingly wrongeo a fellow man. He was of qaiet though afable dispo- sitiOn and was npisersaiiy liked by all who knew him. While his friends would never have permitted him to suffer from want oE anything, hs was too proud spirited to accept t.seir charity and to feel that hs was dependent upon otkers.
 Justice Campbell impaneled . jury and held an inquest la tks Fs mains where they lay beneath the tnee, a verdict of suicide bong rsn- dersd. The remains Wsfe afssr- wards brought to Eegen's uadss- taking establishment to hs prepared for burial, the arrangensents for the funeral not yet having been made.
 4 note was found on his perscn directing that the pistol with which the act vas committed be retnrued to friend in Prescott.