The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-23
Prominent BuSin eSS Man.
of sNoTfo Kills Himself
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e.. DAWES ENDS \ I s HIS S, LEE ;.l
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A NoRTO AZ. vi Vi 4 q q. .7--Edg +,
Dawes, secretary of the 3 Board of Trade de-
and Business Mems Associat ion, and Il e,
we'll kpo wnE and popular citizen Of Nor
folk, shot and killed himself ear rly this
evening q i his sumlner home a t5 Ocean
sNiew.@ 8s ~ ...s
Tho dead man left behind II no letters
or other clues to ind dicate tlla t. his rash
deed vas y premedita 1le 1T; ted The
ievidencc points v to the fact thai Mr..
Dawes & was III 4 a highly nervous state:
Sof mind, and that he killed himsel while
$laboring under temporary q berrat Lion 4 of
Sl$
# a Zen. minutes before the deplorabley
ira gedy Mr.. Dawes was In a cal I'm, pleas
,ant frame L Of r mind. His family and:
friends are at a loss to account for his
sad and lintimely ending 20 IT, his Own
Ca areer other than he was owe ryylle ed
by some imaginary trou BILE. fe y n u
smerts before his death he talked 4 with
his friends and acqutaintances in his
usual affable manner, and his attitude
Sats4tl,at time ill5 fnowise foyeshaowed the
5shockinE event so soon to fol low. tIs3
3 SENT FOR HIS sNYI F1Es. M
II Mr. Dawes, arrived at his Ocean View
cottage about Ills usual hour yesterday y
Safternoon. His only soll W Ed dgaIsl Da yes,S
fJr& seven years old, hurried out to the
ate to meet his ifatl,er,. Mr.. Dawes q sked
the lad d to, go to the beach, q hundred
yards on SO ava and tell N1rk pa wes.' YES
stthe$chila.s M other o como To the house.
In ii few minutes Mrs. Dawes. who was
Ein bathing a t the time, entered tho cot
ttage On ss her arrival 81 Mr. Dawes ap-i
speared TO d be 4 In an eXtremely nervous
frame of mind. Hesand his wife eX-i
changed ii few words l.Wl,erel,pon nc.
rushed Into the sleeping apa Etments and
placed a 32-callbres pistol barrel In Il his
report was heard, Mrs Dawes and her
son ran into the room and found n Mi
Dawes lying prostra1 o. q upon II the floor,
with blood ifoozing from his mouth. The
unfortunate man did not spea k after lie
was shot, and died With the secret Of
tile cause Of his death locked i N hos own
heart, Neighbors heard leSreport Of Inc
pistol and the friEhtened screams of Mrs,
Dawes and others III the Dawes cottage.
DIE ID lVlTlJ Ut ST EASING 55 ss
& An alarm was glven.s and Within a short
Etinn Constable Tatnm,5 a Norfolk county
officer. reached the cottage, Many others
hurried to the scene. When the officer
entered the room Mr., Dawes was "a lyeady.
breathing his last. In two minutes after
Tatum arrived he was dead. Constable
sl'atum speedily summoned Dir, Spillman,
~ house physician ntsg tho Ocean View
Hotel, When pr. spillman arrived +
the cottage Mr.. Dawes lldd alread y uc-'
scumbed to his wound u 5ilsl
Justice Carmine. Of Norfolk county.
held an Inquest over I he remains of the
dead man about two hours after the
tragedy took pla1D, Only two wi THESES
were examined. Edgar Dawes, Jr..sand a
riegro s!rl. enpl Dyed asIa domestic Mrs.
Dawes was overcome with grief and the
Jury nersi FULLY spared her the ordeal Of
testlfylng, 5 ,..5 5l # an
Tho lad and the negro, girl told the
story OF the self-murder. }g Mama and
Is papa were qnarreling, hu I do not know
f what about" said the child, In answer
Ito questions put by Justice Carmlna.
Papa 4 PUT the pistol into his mouth and
tried to got II Into his throat as far as lle
could, 1. He walked into the room where
glle sleeps. and a minute or two lateraI I
heard the pistol shot. Mama and M an
into the room and found papa on the
floor, and the blood was pouring from hin
mouth, We did everything we could to
save his lifes hut he was SOON dead Y Iie
died before tf,s doctor came y ,st 5
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