The Arizona sentinel., 1902-07-02
Suicide of Capt. A. D. YOcum, a
 Veteran of the Civil War.

Veteran of the Civil War.
 The Los Angeles Herald of June 27th, gives the following account of the sad affair:
 Heartbroken by afliction and de- spondent through diversity, Captain A. D. Yocum went to his wife's grave in Mountain View cemetery this morn- ing and shot himself through the head with revolver, dying instantly. Cemetery Superintendent J. R. Gid dings was in his office when Captain Yocum passed. He noticed that he held paper in his hand, and glanced casually after him as he walked down through the graves to that of his wife, about 400 feet beyond the office. He saw Captain Yocum kneel on the grave and thought he was placing flowers upon it. Then he was startled by the report of revolver and saw the cap tain fall forward.
 MT. Giddings ran to the grave and found Captain Yocum stretched across it, with the blood squirting from a wound about an inch back of the right ear. Captain Yocum was dead, or nearly so. There was slight muscu- lar tremor, but that was all.
 LIFE UNBEATABLE.
 Upon the grave, held down by the blade of pocket knife, stuck in the earth, was a piece Of manila paper, measuring two feet by eighteen inches Upon it in bold characters and in the captains handwriting was the follow ing pathetic letter:
 > 'sI am sorry to shock the moral sens e. of my friends by this seeming rash act, but sixty years of relentless conflict with diversity has rendered me in- capable of further usefulness in the world, physically and mentally. My recent sorrows and bereavement have crushed me utterly. May God forgive my sins and rest my soul in peace.
 "Dear Alice and Oscar, goodbye! I go to take up the new life with mama, upon whose lonely grave I shall soon expire. loved her as few people have ever loved before.
 Brother J. D., farewell! I feel deeply for you. I know you will say I am insane. will not deny it. I fear an asylum.
 "To all, farewell! May Gods grace prove ample in this hour.
 "A. D. YoCUM."
 The reference to Alice and Oscar was made to the daughter and son-in- law of the suicide, residing at Yuma, A. T. "J. D., spoken of, is Professor J. D. Yocum of Linda Vista, one of the best known and most intellectual men of the community.
 Captain Yocum was a fine looking man of about sixty years. He was a veteran of the civil war, and won the rank of captain by gallant service. He held responsible position at Omaha, in the service of the United States treasury department, but on account of some trouble, retired be- tween five and six years ago and came to Pasadena with his family. He un- dertook to practice law, but was not successful. and then endeavored to make living at several other things, without meeting with much success. However, he managed to get along and had made many friends. On August l2th of last year, his wife, to whom he was devotedly at- tached, died at the family home on Lincoln avenue from cancer. Her death was a shock to her husband from which it is believed he never recover ed. He went away Respondent and heartbroken. With his son-in-law, Oscar Bondesson, he had invested in some lands in the, colony east of the Colorado river, in Arizona, and intend ed to make home.