The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-11-27
MR.. WASHINGTON WEBB
SUICIDES AT HIS HOME.

Thanksgiving day was turned into
q day of gloom for one household, at
least, in Paris, when the news was
brought to a stricken wife and rela-
tiyes of the death by his own hand, of
the head of the home.
Mr.. Washington Webb, aged about
sixty years, one of the best-know
farmers of this county, died at his
home on South Main street, about
1895 o'clock yesterday from a bullet
fired into his forehead with suicidal
intent.
Mrs. Webb, who had been attending
church in Paris, came home from the
services and went out to her former
home to spend the day with her
brother, Mr. John Clay, at the old
home place, on the Georgetown pike
Mr.. Webb remained at home.
His sister, Mrs. Barlow, an invalid,
was the only other person on the
place. Mr.. Webb was engaged in va
rious occupations about the yard most
of the morning, and was seen about
the place as late as eleven o'clock,
when some neighbors saw him work
ing in the yard. He seemed in his
usual good spirits, and was appar-
emily in the best of health.
Mrs. Barlow talked to Mr.. Webb
: some time and then went back to the
house telling him she would call him
when dinner was ready. About 1880
she went to the door and called Mr..
Webb several times, but hearing no
response, set out in search of him.
Not finding him in the rear yard, she
proceeded to the barn, and, after a
search, discovered Mr.. Webb lying on
his back in box stall at the foot of
a ladder leading frsm the hay loft
above.
Thinking he had fallen from the hay
loft and been badly injured, and with
out examining the body, Mrs. Barlow
screamed aloud, her cries calling in
some of her neighbors, Mr.. j. A. Rice
and family and Mr.. r. ]. Sale. To
them she said, Brother has fallen
and been killed" Mr.. Rice and Mr..
Sale and other neighbors sometime be-
fore had heard a shot in the direction
of the barn, but paid no attention to
it.
Upon investigation, they found Mr..
Webb on his back, d pistol wound IN
the center of his forehead and the
pistol lying at his feet.
Everything indicated the most care
ful preparation for the deed. Mr..
Webb had gone into the barn to the
box stall where he was found, had
spread out a lot of large feed sacks
on the floor, then sat down on a
wooden chopping block, and with his
back to the partition, Iired the shot
that ended his life. He had taken off
his coat and vest and hung them on
pitchfork.
Mr.. Rice Immediately called Coro-
ner Rudolph Davis, who came to the
scene at once and conducted an in
yestigation. The body nor any of the
surroundings had been touched. Cor
oner Davis found that death had been
instantaneous, the bullet penetrating
abe skull and lodging in the brain.
The skin on the forehead was black
pned and bursted by the powder from
the bullet.
No note or anything that would in
dictate a motive for his self-destruc
ton was left by Mr.. Webb. His
neighbors stated that they had moi
noticed anything u;slsual in his con
duct. and that he had not seemed des
pendent or in bad health.
Mr.. Webb was born and reared in
Paris, but some years ago moved to 9
farm in the county, Ind after his mar
rage to Miss Birdie Clay some years
ago, moved back to Paris, where he
had since resided.
Coroner Davis empaneled a jury
composed of Jno. S. Jones, foreman
A T. Ingram. c. E. Myers, Jos. God
man, Robert Griffin and d. r. Bramel
who after hearing the statements OF
the witnesses, returned the following
verdict:
1--WE, the jury, find the body before
rs to be that of Washington Webb
and from the evidence find that he
came to his death from pistol wound
in his forehead, fired by his own
hand