Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
THROUGH HIS HEART
s. R Mumaugh Ends his Life at Room in
the Thurston Hotel.
LEAVES MESSAGE IN WORDS or BIBLE
Suicide Supposed Il he Result Of
Dependency over Inability to Sc
cure steady and sstisfac-
tory Employment.

For the wages OF sin is death; but the
gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord"
Marked by two matches, laid parallel with
the lines, the above verse in a bible opened
to Romans, vi %, which was found upon a
stand In his room In the Thurston hotel,
was the only message which S. r. Mumaugh
left as regarding his suicide, which oc-
CURED about ten minutes before IL o'clock
yesterday. Death was caused by Mumaugh
shooting himself in the left breast, directly
over the heart, with a large revolver.
About fifteen minutes before IL O'Clock
Mumaugh left his room and went down 20
the Office of the hotel, where he met sew
eral friends cordially. Later he went 20
the bar and took a drink After speaking
TO r. M. Wright, the manager Of the hotel.
he returned to his room. A moment later
q revolver report rang through the cor
ridors. When occupants OF the adjoining
rooms rushed to Mumaugh's apartment they
found the door locked. Suspicious OF sui
eide arose and the police department was
Immediately notified.
Weapon in Dead Mans Hand.
sergeants whelan and Gibbons responded.
When the officers entered the room IL WAS
allied with smoke from the fatal shot. Lying
upon the bed. clad only in his night gar
nouls hlunnhukn was QedQ. a wound C1-
rectly over the heart showed the cause Of
his death, while the weapon was still
grasped in the dead mans right hand. The
left shoulder Of the night robe had been
removed that the revolver might be placed
directly over the beating heart. The bullet
passed through Mumaugh's body, and the
bed. being picked up on the floor by Ser
geant Whelan.
Mumaugh, who was about 35 years Of age,
had been respondent for the past few
weeks, owing to his failure to secure steady
employment, though he had been working
at Charles A. Tracy's cigar store, on Doug
las street, relieving the day clerk.
Tries to borrow Revolver.
He had made several requests for the
loan Of a revolver. or a razor from his
friends, but none would grant his re-
quest. In Tracy's cigar store he secured
the gun with which he ended his life.
He was formerly connected with the
city engineers department. having been
employed there for several years.
Coroner Bradley has taken charge Of the
remains and thinks that in all probability
an inquest will be held Monday.
A queer coincidence in connection with
Mumaugh's death is the assertion Of Walter
Henry, who was arrested while delirious,
that a suicide had been, or would be, COM
mitted in the Thurston hotel. He so in
formed Judge Berka when he was arraigned
before that magistrate yesterday. Within
two hours after he had made the statement
Mumaugh has accomplished his self destruc.
ton.
Mrs. Francis Mumaugh, an artist in the
Paxton block, is a sister-in-law OF the de.
ceased. William P. Mumaugh, the con.
tractor, whose place Of business is Iii,
South Thirty-second street, is a brother
Another brother lives somewhere in thu
west, but cannot be located at present. A
sister Of the suicide. Mrs. Will Hines, lives
in Chicago. but her Immediate address
could not be learned. w. p. Mumaugh ID
at present out of the city and efforts ar,
being made to communicate with him BY
telegraph.