The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-24
Mine OPERATOR
KILLS HIMSELF
William E. A. lines, Nevada
ProSpector, Commits Suicide
as Result of Spree.
OWNED VALUABLE CLAIMS
ENDS LIFE BY TIEING SUSPEND
ERs ABOUT NECK.

William +. 4. lines, wealthy mine
operator from Goldfield. committed sui
eide yesterday i'm a room West Third
South street in this city His body was
found at I O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
lis suspenders tied tightly about his
neck
lie had evidently taken the suspenders
and tied them about mis- neck in single
knot and then deliberately pulled the
ends tighter and tighter until he strangled
to death. In one hand was found d pen
Gil. but no note was found that would in
any way account for his rash act.
lines came 10 the rooming house in
which he committed suicide Wednesday
and engaged a room paying for it in adj
vance He said he had just come from
Pueblo. and that ne was on his way to
Goldfield to look after his mining inter
ests there. He told of his prospects and
said that he was worth several hundred
thousand dollars.
Was Drinking Heavily.
Tie had been drinking heavily since his
arrival in this city. and Thursday even
lug returned to the hotel rather intONi-
Gated He did not go to the same room
he had the night before, but secured an
ether one. He went to the room about
Z O'Clock and then sent out for two bot
ties of champagne, which he drank. Al
1870 that evening he rang for some ice
water. That was the last time he was
seen alive.
Yesterday noon when the chambermaid
went to his door she found it locked on
the inside and the key left in the door.
There was no response to a knock on
the door and finally the porter entered
the room through d window. There he
found the CHASTITY form of a man par
TALLY dressed living dead on the bed. The
ssrISpauGare with which no had killed him
self had cut deep furrow in his neck
and he had evidently been dead severa
hours
Body Taken in Charge.
The police were notified and they in
turn notified Acting Coroner Dana +.
Smith. who Viewed the remains and or
dered them removed to the undertaking
rooms Of Z. c. O'Donnell
An rns the dead mans effects were
found a draft for 500 from the Mer-
chants Bank Of Pueblo ON the National
Park Bank of New York City. This he
had left with the i3ndlady of the room
ing house to keep for him, saying that he
had been drinking and feared that he
might lose it. He had been drinking heav-
1iy for about six months. The only other
money found on Innes was about 8 IN
change.
Holds Valuable Claims.
number of papers and legal docu-
ments, including locations OF claims and
deeds, were among his property. show
ing that he had large holdings in Cold
field. Tonopsh, Ely, Beatty and OF her
Nevada mining districts His papers also
showed that he had been commisS oned bv
company Of Pueblo business men to 20
ON a prospecting trip through NeVadg.
His receipt book showed that he had been
given OF Nov. % $3.50 by this company
Tor expenses on his Nevada trip. There
was nothing in any of the papers To shoE
what had become of this money. \ theory
which appears plausible is that Innes
squandered this money in Salt Lake and
the fact that he could give no account
ing Tor II might establish the motive for
the suicide
A number OF maps of various mining
districts and reports of prospecting trims
dated as far back as 1894 as wei AS a
largo number of kilograms and letters rc-
Edrdlns the sale Of mining stock. were
also found in the dead mans vali=e
Relatives in Los Angeles.
one letter was found from Frank o.
lines, d brother, who lives at -. East
Second street. Los Angeles This letter
mentioned lines father and mother. who
live at Los Angeles. and a brother
Charles. who lives in San Pedro. Frank
O. lines was notified by wire of his
brothers death but up to d late hour
this morning no reply had been received.
The authorities at Pueblo were also noti-
fled Of the suicide.
1nnes was a man of about . years OF
age, well dressed and to all appearance
prosperous mine opera tor. A bank bOOE
on the hank of John : Cook 4 Co. Gold
field. showed that at one time lines Ia Z
deposited IL that bank about $500. all of
which had been checked out. In pocket
book found with the bank book was J
ticket to Goidfield.
Evidence OF Much Wealth.
The name of ". r Gibson. Goldfield
was signed 10 several kilograms and
other cOmmuniCa tions reIat tive to mining
properties in that section of Nevada
There was every indication in all the pa
pers found that lines was the possessor
Of valuable mining property in several
sections Of Nevada. I'm one book there
was found an accurate resume of the min
ing situation i'm Nevada. with the Ioca-
tion and description OF the leading min
ing companies operating in that state
No action will be taken by the coroner
as to the holding of an autopsy or an an
quest until information is received from
the relatives of lines.