The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-24
Richmond t. Lacy, Law Y i'8
yer. Uses a Shotgun.
.MUZZLE TO BREAST:
FOOT ON TRIGGER
r. s! *! s3S NJ
Death Game at Once, and Wife
Found Him OH the Bath ,,S,
Room Floor.
WAS PROBABLY DAzED al,
BY DOSE OF MORPHINE I ::
He Had Taken Several Capsules$
Sunday Night to Induce Sleep
and Realized at Time of
Shooting What He Was ,i,sss
Doing Funeral Ser ~ Il.
vices To-day. l55..,S

In q stupor from an overdose Of nor
phlne. taken to induce sleep, Mr.. Rch-53s
mond r. Lacy. mem mber OF the Richmond
bar, a Confederate veteran. with a proud Si
record. and for many, years a prominent s%
and useful citizen Of New Kent county,
committed suicide yesterday morning II 3
the bathroom of his residence, No. EOS ASs
North Twenty-eghth Street
Carefully he placed the nuzzle Of 5SasS "A
shotgun over his right lung and with ons III
OF his toes pulled or, rather showed. tina sS
trigger. Death was instantaneous. His {s
wife, who rushed to the room as soon III
as she heard the report, found him lying SS
on the floor In his own blood. The end 8&
had already come h; SIZE Gs sSs s3SSs
B For six months Mr.. Lacy had been lin VA
fs ling health. He was greatly troubled ss
with sleeplessness. Night after nighttime
would lie awake, and the need OF rest al -S aSS
most drove him wild. Frequently his 10
wife and sons would urge him to sea-
a physician, but he preferred to be his K,
own doctor. Insomnia had been much Sgs
worse during the past week, and &he : got sSs
capsules to Induce sleep shat
way. Sunday night he. must have ia kenkSi
"a very large dose. probabl an overdose.SS
Usually he got up ut shortly after * 7Fs9
o'clock; yesterday lit was O'clock Be-
fore he woke. His wife would not d ls-ssS
tturb him, hoping the sleep would do him.538
good. d fss 88f5 1S
His chamber was down stairs. " VI He par
italy dressed, drank q cup sofs coffee and @
went upstairs Mrs. Lacy thought tiS8
than any ION the first floor. H and would 3i
sleep a gain. I r. s8i s.
He Seemed Dazed.
Z She noticed that he appeared to ba i
,dazed and scarcely realized what heawasSsss
doing. Presently, becoming just little va
uneasy about him, she went up to thslsg
room he had entered and found 1t locked.%&;s
She called him and he said something ~
about being "puzzled." But he would not 5Bs
unlock the door. Remembering the room aS
had another entrance. which could be 8si
reached from a back stairway, she hur.lt.SS5
ricd down. She was now muohs alarmed. @
Before getting up the other steps the re
port OF the gun emote her ears and She s
knew her worst fears had been realized gSSs
He had loaded one Of tho guns In tho
boys room, and, going into the BATH.
room, had apparently sat upon a. trunlS,$8 $8
resting the muzzle of the gun agalnss9 9t
had showed tho trigger with his foot.Sti
When Mrs. Lacy reached the bathroom Z
her husband was dead upon the flootts
with the gun beside him. ,98
DR.. r. ID. Garcn, the family ephyscta n, Nh
was called, In the excitement. He noti-8S
Mrs. Lacy the circumstances Of Eha 4
death, as far as she know them, and. as
plainly an inquest was unnecessary gave Ny
the body over to the undertaken to pre-
pare for burial
Rev. r. a. Goodwin. rector OF ST.
Johns Church. called at the house as
soon as he learned OF the death and did
what a minister could to comfort tina 81
bereaved family.
Was Good Soldier.
Many friends in Richmond and tbs
entire county OF New Kent will learn OF Ii,
the death Of Richmond Terrell Lacy with si
no small measure OF sorrow. He was
born In Now Kent His family was ot "
the aristocracy Of that county, There u
min W., Richmond T. and I. * H. Lacy,S
Ben Lacy was one OF the brightest rnea
of the State, and became q member OF Ys
the Supreme Court OF Virginia. T. II MI MI
Lacy became minister OF the gospel X
Richmond remained in the old home coun-$s
wa. at times Commonwealths attorney n
and superintendent of the public schools
About seven years ago he came to Fdch-s i
mond to continue the practice Of Sla W.t
Though living IN New Kent he had fre-48
quently appeared In the Richmond courta. 38 s45
1H6 pIuspCClS wv OOSS t'uSt'SS5 SSAAf'1{N
were good and they proved to be- not
false ones, Since coming here he had led III
a quiet unostentatous life, Ee and his Mi
family united at once with ST. Johns &
Church and his bright boys readily found
employment, untll his health began to &$
fall a happier home and happier man s
could not be found In the broad limits OF ~
the Commonwealth aF 8S3 v
Mr., Lacy was brave soldier when
his native State needed such. He was
n member OF Company r, Third Virginia 5ls
Cavalry, and was un n'r~ the command 5of n
former Governor G IS 7, O'Ferrnll
He was at the time o. MS death a menl-
ber OF Il. +, Lee Camp. Confederate @
Veterans.
He was devoted Mason, holding mems
bership in Henrico Union Lodge, No, l34
A. Il. and A, NJ, and In Dove Lodge, No.
81, a. +. and a, M. sel
The popularity of the entire family was
in a measure evinced by the great nuns
bcr OF friends who called at the house AZ
yesterday to express their sympathy and ~
personal sorrow In the ears Of the strlck-
Ell wife and children. u
MIR. Lacy married Miss Lizzie Winston. rs
CT Hanover county. n member Of one 0e
the first families In the State. She and y
five children surviye him. The children
are: Richmond T., Jr, samuel w. Leila 8sss
u, virsnia r. and Alice NJ. Lazy.
Tho funeral will take place this afters n
noon at $3.50 O'Clock from ST, Johns
Church. and the interment viii be made H
In Oakwood Cemetery. 65 s'sE
Commander Smith, OF Lee Camp, has 5$
ordered the following detail 20 report ~ i
tho Hall In uniform at 2 80 O'clock tbiAi ~
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