Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-22
TO LIE AT ,KAWTOWN
Young Man Who Took Life Will Be
Buried at Kansas City.
ACT IS DUE TO DEsPoNDENCY
Formal inquest Held This Afternoon
and Body VIII BE Taken to
Kansas City for
Burial

II Is hard for the friends OF Mr.. Kelly
to realize that he. Of all men. should have
yielded to the impulse of self-destruction.
He was always the most Jolly and good
natured of companions and of a hearty
robust type. The work at the freight depot
Of the Union Pacific never seemed 20 bear
heavily on him, although It was plenty
to keep him busy. He had been cashier
there for a number Of years. His uncle,
w. r. Kelly, was formerly general So
licitor for the Union Pacific.
His wife went to Kansas City for the
holidays only Saturday morning and II
seemed that the impulse came over him
while feeling lonely at her departure from
home.
He had never expressed a morose thought
to any Of his friends, so that the tragic
end was entirely unexpected.
Hundreds of people visited Heafeys
Undertaking parlors in South Omaha dur
ing the entire day to see the body. His face
was not greatly d~lsfigured, but his eyes
were discolored by the shot which passed
close back Of them.
on the arrival last night Of A. C. Swayze,
father-in-law Of Mr.. Kelly, Coroner Heafey
arranged an inquest at 2 O'Clock this after
noon.
1t was expected that Mrs. Kelly would
come with her father from Kansas City,
but as the body will be taken to that city
for burial, Mrs. Kelly remained there. Mrs
L. f. Kelly of Wyoming. mother of the
deceased, arrived this morning.
The tragedy was discovered by j. 8.
Westoyer. who rooms at the same house,
1923 North Twenty-fourth street. just a few
minutes before midnight Saturday. Mr..
Mestover went to MT. Kelly's room to Civ
him a pin bearing the insignia of the
Order of Elks as a present. On entering
the room he found Mr.. Kelly fallen on
the bed with a bullet hole in the right
temple. He had a 3S-calibre revolver In
his hand from which two cartridges hao
been fired. The second ball passed through
the bedding, and 1t is. thought to have
been the result Of a conclusive grip or
the trigger by the expiring man. The room
v as lighted up.
The neighbors were at once called in
w, c.. Lambert was one OF the first to ar
rive. The police were called and Captain
]. c.. Trouton, on night duty, responded
The body was taken to Heafey's undertak
ing parlors.
In addition to the gun. the officers fount
the, following note. addressed, My Dea
Little Wife,"
l dare not ask your forgiveness for thi
act, but have been driven TO Il by the un
ceasing grind and the abuse that has beel
mine. l have for the last three years onl,
found comfort In the fact that / had you
and each day at the office has been a hor
, ror. while my time with you the creates
10y i have ever known. Mine has been
E hard lot and I leave 1t only with the re
greet that 1 give pain to my friends an
agony TO you and my dear father, mothe
and sister. YOUR UBB
Joe ~Absrnathy's House Burned.
.Joe Abernathy's house at TWenty-sixtl
and Washington streets burned TO tn
ground at 2 o'clock Sunday morning
lAbeinathy is one OF the enterprisin
coIored men OF the city and had erecte
o himself a good modern house. While h
. and his family were visiting in Omaha tn
v house took fire In some manner uneS
5 planned and before the ~neighbors discovere
e Il 1t was well under way. The whole struC
$ lure was doomed before the fire depart
h ment arrived. He had considerable none
In q small safe In the house. which. fol