The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-07-18
/. Record HARRISON County Made
Last ,Neek-Young Girl Who
Could Not Live Without
Love Broken Hearted
Old Man--Man who
Had Familytrou-
bIes.
Unsls'Ned' shsstsLeft Letters
SAVING His wife. With Whom He
pidNot Live, Had Broken ms
Heart Nelson Ash Shot
Himself.

Himself.
TIRED Of life and broken hearted,
s. EDWARD Sheets, aged74 years, ended
his days on earth last Friday morning
nv shooting his brains out. so.a
The uld man did the snockihs 80
IN 4 stable at the home Of his nephew
ID Worthy Sheets, on Dayissen's Bun,
s,here he was staying. he arose cary
Snd proceeded to the barn. '.e lsy
down On the floor aud, evidently ae'
siiheratsly placed the muzzle OF the
/. 1, ,,, 81 q his mouth and pulled the
lttsgreI The ball penetrated the
main and lodged against the skull az
the crown OF his head. The family
heard Ia the shot and hurried to the
IN. s,s, : 70 And the old man stiG in death.
me hour was betweens and : O'Clock
|, and they had not had breakfast. ~
seams That the old manarose from ms
{. bad with suicide in yiewand proceeded
Af T execute his intention without ap-
prisingthe family. .,.
They found him lying on ms oack
with his head slightly turned 10 one
side The neighbors were immeoi
ately notified and great excitement
prevailed in that usually uneventiul
community. Noone dare touch the
- ~ s4ar d time word was sent
70 Coroner w. p. Camp. BE went
out and viewed the body and TOOK
what little testimony hecould gather
alIsof which pointed to suicide.
seven letters written to various rela-
t3ves friends and acquaintances ex-
nlained the cause of his last and rasn
act They were dated July 8, three
davs before he killed himself and this
TACT indicates that he had the matter
"a contemplation some time. Among
these were letters to John Cork and
Others asking that he be given decent
burial should anything happen ana 70
send messages to friends. One directeo
thar m. S. Bell draw $3.50 he had In
the Traders bank to defray his funeral
synenses Another directed how he
Nranted tobe dressed in his coffin. a
halter to his nephew, ]. w. Sheets
.eads as follows and explains the cause
bf.his decd
aMy dear nephew, l don't hold any
lining against you at all for this deed.
hold it against Marill Sheets ana ner
children. She has broke my heart
And I don't want to live aeg more
NJ time has come, so good bye to you
ali. Don'tthink hard of me for TINS
deed. / have no place tolive and TINS
-is hest for me and all Others.
Sheets spent the day beforehis death
AT John Cork's. He went with MT.
lCork to the quarry and returned with
him 10 meals. He appeared in lis
usual spirits, but during the day $
con yersation asked Mr.. Cork to see
ltnat, he was decently buried, II any
khfnR should happen.
/ 4 1she suicide was twice married, but
IllSfs and his cond wife separated sew
sfai wears ago and at the time he
nfIed his life she and her several chill
dxen were living in Braxton county.
IA Is brother John suicided number
/ ~ years ago BY hanging himself. HIS
nahhew, James Sheets, was FOUND
daad ID his back yard herea few years
q y 49,
! The old mans body was buried in
me Sheets cemetery Saturday after
.oon at 2 30 o'clock. A large crowd
Ittended the obsequies.
saturday morning about 8 O'Clock
,son Ash, farmer aged about 32
,.sars and residing on James Grit'ln's
farm on Nolan's Run In Eagle district,
Isnicided by the pistol route. He and
his wife, accordiag to her statement,
arose about $50 O'Clock that morning.
| n 8 proceeded to clean bis revolver,
Raiie she ut the proper hour went 10
kitchen to get breakfaStg She was
thus engagedwhen she heard the shot
lin their bedroom. She went in 10
as,5 Spsband lying on the floor in
" lksbiood. She notified the
SKI r.. ,.s and when they arrived he
&: S:Snuire Brooke. of Lumberport, and
NJ nlvsician we're summoned to the
scene, The magistrate held an in
NEST In the afternoon, but the jury
ssSIsd to arrive mt verdict. They
ssssi undecided how he came to bis
Fan examination showed that the
lief entered at the right temple and
! " ~, out lust In front OF the left ear.
Ash had been married seven or
.t1hf, wears and had two small chill
Sren. He and his wife, 1t is stated,
aid not get along well together ana
s 1i maj. have caused him to end his