The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-06-14
L0DAVlC THOMPSON
DIES BY OWN HAND.
Farmer and'fOrmer Inmate of An
Asylum Shoots Himself in the
Heart at Home Near ClOyerpOrt.

| LaK6ldnu, cOmnltteu SUICIDE last
Wednesday II orning between : and
8 O'Clock, by shooting himself
through the heart with single bar
relied shotgun, at his home on the
Bow ling Green road, two and one
half miles south of this city. Mr.
Thompson had acute stomach trouble
which is supposed to have affected his
mind. He was an inmate of the
asylum at Lakeland for several months
| but was returned home about a year
ago though uncured. at the request
of his wife. The exact cause of his
| killing himself is not known, though
| it had been apparent for long time
10 the members of his family that he
| had been Drooding over something,
and at many times his actions were
very strange
On Wednesday morning Mr.. Thomp-
son ate a hearty breakfast, remarKing
that he felt better than ne had for
sometime and that he intended do
ing some painting about the house
that day. After the meal was over
he went to his room upstairs. Shortly
afterward a shot rang out and Mrs.
Thompson ana daughter rushed to
his room. They found him seated in
chair with the shotgun on the floor
in front of him. He was leaning to-
ward them, but did not speak They
saw at a glance what he had done
and rushed downstairs. Geo. n.
Harris, a mel ghbor of Mr.. Thompson 5,
was on the scene shortly after ana
when he went upstairs he found Mr..
Thompson lying on the floor dead.
He had apparently lived only an in
slant. His wife and daughter heard
him fall out OF his chair when they
ran down stairs
Mr.. Harris and others made a
search of the room. A razor was found
on bureau. He had not beeusshaving,
and it is supposed he hsd deliberately
and carefully planned his death and
that he had this weapon In readiness
In case he should not be successful in
accomplishing his purpose with the
shotg I'm. The shotgun, which was
muzzle loader, was kept standing in
corner of the room and was loaded
with small shot
A thorough search of the room fail
ed to reveal any note left behind by
Mr.. Thompson or anything to throw
light on the cause of the suicide In
the excitement the razor itself was
not found until Wednesday afternoon.
A young man who is crOpper on
one of Mr.. Thompson farms stated
to representative of the News that
the unfortunate man had said before
his death that he the young ma n was
going to kill him and his family. His
family knew that he had been brood !
ing over something and this would |
indicate that the thought OF some one
being killed was In his mind. hough |
it is not RENE mbered that he ever
spoke of having any intention of do !
ing narm to himself or others
The general theory as to the manner
in which he used the shotgun is that
he placed the butt on the floor and the
barrel close TO his brea ST, using his
foot to move the hammer, the guard
preventing him fIom pulling the
trigger with his foot Part of the
shot entered the heart, VIII, lie the others
ranged closely around it, and the skin
was badly powder burned.
Coroner Lee B P arrived from |
Hardlnsburg at ~ 80 ard the inquest
was held at o'clock The verdict Of
the jury was as follows: 1--WE, the
jury, find that Lodavic Thompson
came TO his death by a .gunshot
wound, In the heart, ;n-.-:e-. : his
own hand.
The suicide of Mr.. Thompson was
particularly a deplorable event be-
cause of the fact that he was man
who had some admirable traits. One
of his neighbors said he never knew
of more honest ana industrious man.
BE was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and Murray Post, u. A. R.,
of this place.
Mr.. Thompson was born In Scot
land In 1S42. When a young man he
come to this country with his mother
and a brother. A large part of his
life was spent In this county and he
owned two ar ms on one of which he
lived. He is--survived by his wife and
two grown daughters. Misses Annie
and Euphrsmia Thompson, and one
brother, whose home is near Cincin-
natl.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon, the interment being at the
city cemetery. The services were at
A. c-o-1 ed rx,orn oa~I-okaJ h0 Dr.