The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-29
SHOT HIMSELF TWO
TIMES AND CUT
HIS THROAT
JOhnathan A. Waite Was De-
termined to Die
WAS ALIVE WHEN FOUND
TWO Charges Of Shot Failed and IN
balanced Man Ended Life
With Razor
WAS ALIVE WHEN FOUND

Jonathan A. Waite. aged AZ, better
known as Johnny" Waite, committed
suicide Tuesday night at his home
at 107 Bradford Place. To commit
the act he used a repeating shotgun
and a razor, firing either two or three
charges of buckshot into his left side
and then slashing himself across the
throat twice.
Shortly before ten o'clock, lshmael
the thirteen year old son of the de-
ceased returned to his home after at
tending a moving picture show and
seeing a pool of blood at the end OF
the hall upon opening the door, ran
at once for his mother, who was at
the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Eugene Moulton Of UpperGage street.
Mrs. Waite at once telephoned for
DR.. Frank j. Hurley The physician
Immediately rushed to the home at
Bradford Place in taxicab, where
he found the dying man lying in a
pool of blood on the kitchen floor
with part of his left side torn away
and his throat cut from ear TO ear
The man was not yet dead, although
Il was at once evident that the work
was complete and that there was no
chance of recovery. Everything pos
sible was done to alleviate his terri
Bile suffering He died shortly before
eleven o'clock.
Upon the arrival of States Attor-
ney w. ]. Meagher and Chief OF Pol
ice Brazil, an investigation was at
once begun. II was evident that
Waite while in the small sitting room
adjoining the kitchen, had fired three
charges of buckshot, two taking ell
feet. in his left side. The shot had
torn away part of his side, one charge
passing out through his shoulder,
The wound, while a terrible one, was
not instantly mortal. A couch In the
room, covered with blood, indicated
that Waite had fallen back upon It.
Almost the entire floor OF the small
room was covered with blood and q
portion of the wall was also stained
A large number of small holes in the
ceiling indicate that one OF the char
yes must have missed the man
body,
Waite. it would seem, managed u
make his way to the pantry adjoin
ling the kitchen, there found his razor
and slashed his throat twice, the two
cuts coinciding in part When found
Waite was lying upon the kitchen
floor with the razor a short distance
away. When found, he was rolline
in agony on the floor, seemingly con
scious but unable to speak. He was
breathing through the severed end o.
the windpipe.
Just when Waite made his first at
tempt to do away with himself car
not be ascertained, as this morning
no neighbor could be found who hat
heard the shots. His second attemp
could not have preceded this dlscoy
cry by a long interval as the cash II
the throat was very deep and severed
the jugular vein.
The reason for Waite's deed wa
undoubtedly dependency over Il
health and lack of employment
Waite had been. up till a week age
employed as a garnet worker with h
Il. bradford & Co, in which position
he worked for over eight years. IL
had been suffering from consutu
tional trouble for over two years. IL
had been to search for work but ha
been unsuccessful
Waite was unusually we'll know
! for a man OF his position and wa
universally liked as quietly goot
natured citizen and neighbor II
tho Opinion OF those who knew hir
best that Waite was temporarily d,
ranged through dependency over hi
IN health and lack OF work.
He was a member in good standin
of the American Foresters and n. l
lO.P. lie was the son OF Mr.. and MI
) lshmael Waite OF SALISBURY. He
! survived by his father, lshmael Waite
I his widow, thirteen year old sol
- Ishmael. and three brothers, Sidne
6 OF North Bennington, Clarence an
Newman. and three sisters, Mrs. Eli
Mattlson OF SALISBURY, Mrs. Euger
? Moulton OF Bennington and Mrs. DO
/ othea buck. The funeral will be he
4 from the house at o'clock Frida
"A chairman