Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-05
AFFECTI0NATE LETTERS
10 WIFE AND PARENTS
Or. Vandersiice, Elizabeth City coun.
ty Coroner, Deems Inquest unnee-
sary After Reading Pathetic Mes
saoes Found in Room-Dead Youth
Was Raised Here and Married.

| Respondent % car So u' WIS 'hi Va
work and con euuentiy Unable 10 pro
vide for his bride OF a few months
| in The way in which he thought ne
| should. Frank T. Sears. well known
young man. committed suic de at .
/ o'clock last night b. shcOtIhe himself
In the right temple with "A revolver
/ at the home of his father. William
II. Sc1rs. on Venable avenue. RIVER
/ view. The ball from the j2-caiibre
gun crashed into his brain and lie
was almost extinct before his father.
mother and brothers. who we're At
tracted by the sound of the shot,
could get to his side.
When the Young man ended his
/ lfe. his wife. who was Miss Annie
Fenimore. was at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. John X Feni-
more. on Forthwith street She was
Immediately notified and soon was be-
side the dead body Of her husband.
Mr. Sears sister. Miss Anna l.. Sears,
was at the Bell theater when trends
notified her OF the tragedy
In City During Evening.
An hour before he ended his life,
| Mr.. Sears was in this city. He board
cd street car for home about x
O'Clock, arriving there abolt 500
O'Clock. He retired TO his room and
a half hour or more afterwards the
household was startled by the report
of the pistol The parents rushed TO
his room to find their son lying on
the bed with a gaping wound in his
right temple and the revolver laying
beside him
Before ending his life. the young
men wrote two letters. one 10 his
bride ard the other to his parents.
Goth were couched in affectionate
terms. but in each the writer conf
planned that he had not been able 90
provide for his young wife as he
should have and that now h was out
Of job and could not find work
These letters were left on the dresser
IN the room and wee found b. the
parents. The one addressed 20 tn.
bride vas given 20 her when she
reached the hoose.
Inquest Unnecessary.
Sometime after the tragedy. the
Authorities Of Elijah beth City county
were notified and Or. Vandcrsllce. the
comfy corcner. went so the house
After viewing the body and hear ng
the statements OF the parents. Dr
vanderslice decided that an inquest
was unnecessary.
Mr.. Sears and Miss Fenimore we're
married about two months ago. They
mace their home in Washington.
where Mr. Scars was employed. unit
about a week age when thev re-urneo
20 this city Mr. Sears vas about -
years old and the ycunS widow Is 7
mere girl. Both have host of friends
who were shocked by the news Of the
tragedy. News of the suicide spread
rapidly last night. being cared from
mouth 70 mouth and flashed over
many telephones.
VT Sca-s was ro7red IN t-i.s city.
attending the city pablo schools and
later working In his fathers butcher
shop On Washington avenue He was
well known On the gridiron. having
played &C. a number 81 years with the
81. vinccut-s football team. Last f1li
he moved 20 Washington. u. C.. where
he secured good position. lie re-
turned tbs -pring 70 claim Miss kcni-
more - bis bride
Resides his widow and parents. Nr.
Sears IS survived BY Two brothers
I and one sistcr.
Arrangements Ter the funeral have
not yet been completed. The local
lodge 81 Elks. % which Nj Sears WIS
a member. vii attend the services m