Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-01-20
ENDS REAL OR
IMAGINED TROUBLES.
BY KILLING HZNSEL F.
Alone in His Room and Leaving No
Word of Explanation. Alex
Borland Fires Bullet
Into His Brain


the bed about a foot and half from
the head, and the hands were fallen
down onto the mattress by the face,
or chest Upon going into the room
he had examined the body to see if
there wer any signs of life, but foun
none and thought death had been
two to four hours previous, but could
not state exactly. The testimony of
the others who were with the DIR.
upon the finding of the body, agree
with him in all material points.
The doctor stated that he had
found a gun-shot wound in the head
the bullet having entered the right
side of the head, about three inches
above the ear. He did not discover
any exit wound, but noted that bloc
was coming from the left ear and
| thought that indicatd the course of
the bullet.
! Tenderly the doctor and the others
present took the body and laid it
upon the bed, and thus ended
the final tragedy in the life of Alex
Borland
A coroners inquest was held be-
fore Justice Hood yesterday. the fol-
lowing being the jury: F. E. Ba-
ker, VIM. Nelson, w. C. Noteware,
Geo. w. Dyke, C. l.. Hammond, j. T
Goodin.
The witnesses who testified at the
inquest were Mrs Borland, mother
of the deceased, the jury going to
the home to receive her testimony,
John Borland, brother of deceased,
who identified the gun found on tn
bed as belonging to his brother; q.
Russell, Charley Gunnel DR.. West
and F. G. Biddleman.
From the testimony at the inquest
| it was clear that deceased had taken
his own life. The reason for the
of conjecture, but many things indi-
cate that deceased suffered from
injuries received by being struck on
the head by live wire, while visit
ing in San Francisco last fall at
the time of the Native Sons carniva
Both Mr.. -Biddleman and John Bor-
land testified that deceased had com
plaino d to them OF suffering severe
pains in the head, which he believed
were the result Of this injury. He
had told Mr.. Biddleman that while
standing on tn sreeett at the time
of the carnival, one of the electric
wires had fallen and strck MIN on
the forehead. 1t being live wire,
the force of the current had thrown
him about thirty feet, into the mid
die of the street, where he recover
ed himself, minus his hat, which a
boy brought to him and for which
kindness he had reached into his
pocket and handed the boy out a
| five dollar gold piece. Since that
time, Mr.. Biddleman stated, deceased
has often complained of severe pains
in the head and more recently had
seemed almost beside himself and
irrational therfrom.
John Borland, brother of deceased
offered testimony in the same line
and submitted letter, the last one
,, received from Alex, dated from Love
lock January IL, addressed to him
in Reno. 1t read:
Brother john
Are you in Reno? Do you expect
to be out soon or be in Reno for
day or SO, as l would like to see
you?
l am bum, sick.
Mother is troubled with rheumatism
How is everything on the Truckee?
Well, | will close, as it is getting
dark and Ihave a terrible headache.
With best wishes, l am,
Your Brother,
ALEX.
John stated that his brother had
often spoken of the live wire acci-
dent and on one occasion he had
said that he believed it would ulti-
mately be the cause of his (Alex's)
death
The body of deceased was shipped
to Reno on No. three last evening
, for burial, as that wish had been ex
pressed by deceased. Short services
were hcll at the residence las
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