Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-26
/ tAvES LETTER FOR HIS WIFE
Went Into Barber Shop and Got
Shave Then Stepped
Out Back.
Next Instant Shot Rang out--Made
All Preparations--lllncss Believed
10 Be Cause of Act.

III 'vseCauSe of dcSponuenCy Drought on
Ssres,,mably by illness, S. G. Wing, aged
Ok wears residing at 1909 Eleventh East
Street. committed suicide at minutes
,o - today in the Atlas block by shoot
inc himself with q 81 caliber revolver.
Wipg placed the muzzle of the revolver
In his mouth and pulled the trigger
THO act was committed In narrow
hallway AT the rear of barber shop
3n the Atlas block. The unfortunate
man fell to the floor with Il groan and
blood sushed from his mouth, nose and
ears. A porter in the barber shop
heard the shot and quickly notified the
police. Within three minutes after
word was received at police headquar-
ters OF the suicide, Chief Pitt and Off
GERS Moore and Golding and News
reporter were on the scene. Mr. Wing
was strl alive, but unconscious, when
the officers arrived, but died about
x two minutes later.
NOTE OF INSTRUCTIONS
81 1t is understood that the dead man
had been III for some time with kidney
y trouble, and this believed to be the
cause of his rash act. He left letter
addressed to his wife and also note
reading as follows.
"A March %. 1908.
% Please deliver my body to Mr. 5. D.
NEvans (the undertaker) and notify Mr..
3 Maxwell X. Brothers, HIP East First
4 South street (Ind. phone 2022) and Mr..
q John d. Bransford of the Tribune who
"a will notify my family and deliver letter
Il In my pocket to Mrs. Wing"
II The first person to recognize Mr..
"A Wing as his body lay cold in death
II on the floor was Mr. Bransford. The
81 latter was almost completely overcome
n with grief over the tragedy.
III My Cod" he cried what shall L
81 do? We were raised together and his
~ father and my father were partners
y In business in Ohio. How can ] tell
IA his family
I'll FAMILY NOTIFIED.
Mr. Bransford took the letter adj
q dressed TO Mrs. Wing and left to notify
the family The dead man leaves a
81 wife and two daughters.
# After the police were notified of the
q suicide. Justice Dana T. Smith was
81 summoned and he ordered the body
81 removed TO ODonnelis undertaking
~ aroIs. mere tile iole N"E1 lctlu anu
# he remains Were taken 10 Evans CO.
s Enlistment
Ell MADE PREPARATIONS.
III Wing had evidently prepared NM
III self for self destruction. From a re-
E CENT found in his pocket # vas
81 learned that yesterday he purchased
n 80 caliber lVer-J ohnsoh rcNolNyl
IA This morning, . minutes before AZ
Won't i into he barber sion and wa,
81 shaved. Walking out of the real
III door into the halfway OF the Atl"s
81 block he blew out his brains
I'll ,pTfe1.rs FOUND
E.
Tho articles found in the dead man
81 clothes by chief Pitt, consisted %
ia The note referred to, the letter TO MRS
FL Wing, n knife. few old coins, 81
II cents, and the receipt for the revolver
IA on the envelope addressed TO Mrs
a. Wing was the following:
IA ,,,,a
Denver m person 10 ~ ,,,,i w - -
n addressed 10 Mr. Brothers and Mr.
Il Bransford- The latter took the let
III ''f 10 MIS- wing
INSURANCE. AGENT.
The deceased had been resiuch' o
M this city for many years. He was j.
III the real estate and Insurance busl
81 ness ana was connected with IN
II Autual Life company and had an of
FL fec nj No. 10 Commercial buildinf
NJ About two years ago MIR. Wing wen
Fl east and married. BY his first VII
III lc had two daughters, After his seq