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without giving anyone reason to be-
lieve that he contemplated commit
ting violence upon himself. He slept
until rather late Sunday morning, but
awoke before o'clock. He arose and
donned bath robe and returned to
the bed and lay down to smoke
cigarette. With the cigarette in one
hand and a revolver in the other, he
fired the fatal shot, the bullet pierre
ing the left side of his breast and
going through the lung. The ball
passed entirely through his body and
came out under the shoulder blade at
the back. Only the one shot was fired.
When the shot sounded, Mrs. Arndt
was in the kitchen down stairs pre-
pairing coffee for Moody's breakfast.
The explosion sounded faint and was
mistaken for the swapping Of fire-wood
in the CRATE. A few minutes later,
DR.. Arndt, who was also down stairs,
heard Moody call and went up to his
room. He found him in the bath room
wearing a partly burned bath robe
and with blood running from bullet
wound in his breast. The wounded
man was taken back to his bed as
quickly as possible and an examina-
ton of his wound was made. 1t was
found Immediately that the bullet had
passed entirely through his body and
that the left lung had been pierced
by it. Moody displayed great nerve
and showed remarkable vitality, but
died at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
His remarkable nerve was manifes-
| ted very short time after he had
shot himself Whether it resulted
from the burning cigarette that he
had had in his fingers or whether it
was the result of the burning powder
at the time of the shot is not known,
but his bath robe caught fire in some
manner after the wound had been in
fiicted. Unable to put out the fire
while lying in bed and fearing that
the bed would be set on fire, the
wounded man arose in spite of his
wound and made his way to the bath
room where he succeeded in exiting
uishing the flames on his clothing. 1t
was while in the bath room that he
called out and was heard by DR.. Arndt.
After it was discovered that the
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was sent to Moody's father and moth
er. Both were unable to make train
connections that would bring them
here quickly so communication was
sent to Mr.. w. H. Campbell, business
manager of the senior MIR. Moody,
who came directly to Mt. Vernon. He
returned to Painesville with the body
on the Pennsylvania train due out of
Mt. Vernon at 2:40 o'clock Monday
morning. The funeral and interment
will be at Painesville.
Mr.. Moody came to Mt. Vernon dur
ing September of this year. Previous
to that time he had lived at his home
in Painesville and in Cleveland. He
had been connected with the report
orial staffs of some of the Cleveland
papers and gained great deal of
newspaper experience while in that
city. He seemed to have great
weakness for drink and appeared to
be unable to stay away from it. In an
effort to get him away from it, the
senior Mr.. Moody persuaded his son
to come to Mt. Vernon and take treat
ment. He came and during the time
that he was here, made many friends.
His act of self-committed violence
came entirely unexpected. He had
never made any statement that would
give reason for the belief that he con-
| templated suicide That he was in a
measure dissatisfied was plainly ap-
| parent, but his act came as great
shock. Excepting his condition re-
sulting from the use of liquor, he
seemed to be in excellent health and
took a great deal of interest in his
surroundings.
a newspaperman by pro
fwas a married man and
IN his father and mother
d one sister. He was
- "te late Senator Marcus
A. IL, .als father is general
manager tGe Auto Wire Spring
Manufacturing Company in Cleveland
and is also interested in numerous
other manufacturing and steamship
enterprises. Hees,5sfonnected with the
Detroit and Cleyelannda steamship com
pany. 70,
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