The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-06
CONDOR SINCLAIR

don Sinclair. a popular young man of
the city, had taken his own life.
Mr.. Sinclair was married less than
two weeks ago TO Miss Alice Carlisle
OF this city. and they left immediate
Is for their wedding trip. Mr.. Sim
clair came home last night on the S.
A L. train, arriving at lao. A
number of Ocala people were on the
train and talked with him His con-
duet and talk were perfectly rational
and gave no intimation OF the gloomy
thoughts that must have been fore
most in his mind. He took a hack at
the depot and drove 10 the home of
his mother on Herbert street, where
he awakened some of the roomers in
the house and gained admission He
left shortly after, and those in the
house supposed he had come home
fer something, and having secured it,
evidently went straight to the law of
fees of Messrs. Joseph Bell and
Grover Mcclure, where he had desk
room, as he was not seen alive again
Arriving at the offices. he sat down
and wrote note on the typewriter
as follows:
Dear Grover: Wire for Alice and
Wcrd your wire so It will not upset
hel too much. Forgive me for the
step | am taking. Any kindness that
you can do for Alice will have my ap-
probation. Gordon
The signature was in his own
handwriting and he had made sew
eral corrections with pen and ink on
the typewriter sheet, and there were
several errors in the note, as though
the writer was much worried.
There was also short, badly
written note, written with pen and
ink, asking that his brother, Robert
Sinclair, be wired that he was dead
and second note of the same import
had been attempted, but entirely
SPOILED and thrown aside
The young man then took .3s-
where it was always kept, seated
himself in a straight chair, placed the
muzzle almost against his forehead
and fred a center shot into his
brain as true as it were possible for
it to be fired. In falling he overturn-
eC the chair, possibly having his left
arm hooked around one Of the back
posts.
MIR. Grover Mcclure entered the
office a few minutes after s o'clock
this morning and was Mortified to
Iftn1 the dead body of his friend
cr'imple1 up on the. floors with a
great pool of drying blood close to
his head and the revolver lying close
by.
J He Immediately notified Judge w
L. Smith, who summoned an coron-
er's jury and went to the scene to-
view the body and inquire into the
cause of death
This was when the notes were
found and the revolver and body ex-
amined. Only one shot was fired
and the rash act must have occurred
shortly after o'clock, as physicians
who examined the body said death
occurred several hours before.
! The Coroner's Jury
/ The coroner's jury, consisting Of
/ Messrs. Fl. s. Peoples, Robert Fort,
James Fort, Joe Heath, w. C. Jor-
/ dan and 4. w. Hurting, brought in
verdict to the effect that Sinclair
! died by his own hand.
| Messrs. McIver & Mackay took
charge Of the body after the inquest,
tcarried it to their undertaking rooms
and prepared it for burial The body
/ vas embalmed and now rests in its
+ casket at their chapel. The time for
the funeral has not been set. Mrs.
Sinclair is at the home of her son,
] Robert, at Fort Pierce, and her two
daughters, Mrs. Rowe and Mrs.
! Holmes, are at Miami and Canaverel.
J They will hn come to Ocala for the
: IAhefai, "i1ch VIII very likely pe Oh
/ THURSDAY. ! PR. VIII Sinclair, who is
/ in poor he. 18th. will not be able to
attend. II blow is crushing one
! ~ the aged mother, brothers and sis
! ters and the young widow
Mrs. Sinclair, the poor little girl
wife Of only few days, did not know
! she was a widow until after she ar
rived home. Her brother. Mr. James
! Carlisle, wired that her husband had
] been hurt in a wreck, AMI she left
Jacksonville on the $50 Seaboard
train, as she thought to help nurse
him. Mr.. Carlisle met his sister at
/ the train and took her straight home,
where the dreadful tidings were Civ
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