Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-10
THOMAS c. LYING
TAKES HIS LIFE
Despondent Lawyer
Seeks Relief in
Death
LEAVES NOTE TO PARTNER
Pathetic Epistle Explains All
-.-Once Leader of His
Profession in East.

The body of Thomas c. Lying was
found in the Office of Richard H. Han
ma, in the Laughlin block, this morn
ing about $50 o'clock by Miguel Rod
riguez, janitor of the building, wher
he opened the door of the Office tC
sweep it out. Life had been extinct
for several hours.
In the right hand of the corpse was
a 3S-calibre revolver, identified as be-
longing to Mr.. Hanna, containing five
loaded cartridges and one empty A
bullet wound in the right temple bore
grim evidence of the manner in which
death occurred. The body was on a
couch with the face to the wall. Be
hind the couch was a pool of blood
which had dripped off the couch and
came from the bullet hole in the head
In the pocket of the dead mans
clothing letter, addressed to Mr.
Hanna, was found which indi
Gates clearly the manner in which the
deceased came to his death. The let
ter reads as follows:
Explains All in Letter.
"Dear Hanna:-As a last kindness
to me ask you to forgive my desecra
tion of your office. You will say that
it is the act of coward, but I have
been tired of life for so many years
and these last few months have been
so crushingly discouringly that living
has grown to be an intolerable burden
to me. Yesterday and today l have
tramped for miles out into the noun
tains trying to fight off the despond
ency that has not been absent from
me for six months; but I tailed as
have failed in my life always.
"I want to thank you gratefully fol
the generous kindness that you have
always shown me since we came te
know each other; and to ask you tc
help my brother by the same friendly
aid and counsel in this grevious trou
Bile | am bringing on him.
"T. G. LYING"
Shot Heard About A. M.
AS near as could be determined al
the inquest held this morning the fat
al shot was fired about 1 o'clock this
morning. Mr.. Lying was seen at about
10 o'clock last night to go up the stair
way leading to the floor on which Mr.
Hanna and he had their Office. This
was the last anyone saw of the de
ceased alive.
An inquest was held early this
morning by Justice of the Peace Jose
Ma. Garcia and six jurors with the
result that the following verdict was
reached:
Verdict Of coroner's Inquest.
I'VE, the undersigned, justice of the
peace and jury, who sat upon the in
quest held this 10th day of June, 1908
on the body of Thomas G. Lying, fount
in precinct No. II of the county O.
Santa Fe, find that the deceased came
to his death by committing suicide a
about the hour of one o'clock in the
morning of the 10th day of June, 1908
by shooting himself with a 3S-calibr,
revolver.
(Seal.) JOSE Ma. GARCIA,
Justice of the Peace
III. J. WILSON,
JOSE r. VALENCIA
MIGUEL SANCHES,
JOSE CAERIE,
"LOCARIO LOPEZ,
"LORENOZ SILVA,
Jurors
Witnesses: Richard H. Hanna
John P. Lying, J. A. Davis, Miguel Rod
riguez, Jr., e. H. Ingraham."
Had Been Despondent For Some TIM
As mentioned in the letter the de
ceased left addressed to Mr.. Hanna
Mr.. Lying had been respondent fo
some time. Vainly he tried to shak'
off this state Of mental depression b,
taking long trips in the mountains ant
yesterday evening he returned from ;
walk, tired and seemingly very muc1
depressed in spirits.
Prominet Lawyer at One Time.
Mr.. Lying was born 81 years ago il
Bourbon county, Kentucky. He wa
graduated from the law department o
the University of Kentucky and prac
ticed law at Paris, Kentucky for abou
fifteen years. In 1892 he went to Wash
ington, D. c., and filled an importan
position in the law department Of tn
treasurers Office. After the election Q
President Mckinley he went to Ce
lumbus, Ohio, and engaged in the prat
tice of law. He resided in Columbu
with his aged mother until eleve
months ago when he came to SAINT
Fe hoping to retrieve his fallen fol
tunes. In August of last year he er
tered the Office OF r. H. Hanna an
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