The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-11-27
PistoEhOt Ends Life Of
1puIaT Young Physician
DR.. I. S. BURGESS COMMITTED
sJclDE AT WAYNE, W. VA.
TUESDAY NIGHT J.. .

N NJ :. Burgess aged 26 il well
si,ar tss, knn ii physician committed suicide IN
, Elkhoru; No hnice at Wayne at $3.50 TUESDAY
j l.. Spr1dMt by shooting himself WIN IS
IslkhOtn CNjre Colts revolver lie lived prob
Roma Ranp half and hour after th, shot was
ster last w,Nd but was not able TO speak after
--ig stuck -. +. 3" ..'.. -. s.. .
Or Burgess l. member OF one sc the
bling famiies%Ot the, Big SANDY val
ny u' 's! Il Was son OF the late Judge q. q.
= 7i"h' lrgcss, 81 Wayne. His mother. now
~ ~ "ts'n ra r. H. Cha@ayne, and hs wife,
h'iI,le ~ Tho was Mrs Ida craft OF Columbus,
"nus survive him .'v..... ~.
Mrs y Az far AS could lie learned the cause
ives ~ ~ u the act is Il mystery, Br Burgess
80 N'fN whose PRACTICE extended over a Wide
n ~ W area OF country, had been much cN-
~" ~. posed e. the cold recently, having made
lNh W trips tnr into. the hills, one OF which
; uh"'H took him TO Cove Gap forty miles
M'sS away lir was prGparinr. t".all np-
sem i''S pearanCpA. L. revisit that pauGpt a
NW'''t ftw minutes before the tragedy Mrs
ing fer rnirprss ma II. uCithn0f woman went
has left =, r,it ~ H., ,p,rlr,..s. .,,n,iYrr nrros4
ar9 ,he street.. As his wife was lcaNiuE
Guy ~ the house ne teld her he would 20 a.
M'hs ms room and lie down, AZ ho was mot
ter ~ feeling wcl Upon her return. Mrs
burgess had her attention attracted
1by the pIutUl "uutIuus uf a. dog which
cor sat. at the entrance Ia. the doctor s
MIR, once and upon. ruirrnE she was hpr
q
M ing, but uucousrt6us HELP was
yiu sought Immediately, Rut ~ Was snon
i discovered that There was NO hope and
fru, the end came speedily
Df Burgess upon attaining his de
n, gree In one al the we'll known" uni
yersiioS began practice at home but
skap soon moved "a the southwest and later
dav nA 10 the state of Washington sAttrf
spending several yuars IN the west hr
came 70 Wheeling, NJ this state and
from there returned TO Wayne some
months ago, where he soon butt up a
lucrative practice
He was widely known and MS widely
related HIS family, on two sides, u
prominent throughout southern West
Virginia and eastern Kentucky Hlf
father, Judge 6. G., Burgess, was vel
known as an attorney and prominent
in West VirEinin politics Tor many
years Dr burgess prior TO the tim'
he left West Virginia for the west
was well known IN society circles III
Huntington, Catcttsburg and Ash.
land being rclntcd 70 prominent fnm,
Hcs Ia each, ot these cities .a. 4.
The funeral win be at Ashland 4
sister who died some years ago, aud
other near relatives, were buried a.
knyaunugh chapel ON the lbts sandy
4 few miles south pf GnuelhhhfR
Huntington Herald Dispatch
pr burgess was AT one tim" . irr'
aucnt yiaitur 70 Louisa, where hc MAS
wcll known and pppamr The new
~of his suicide Vas received "ur re.
grct
The pnrcnt# ~ Or Burgess we're wei
knownu ir Is,lIsa where they ott"r
visited Ills mother when she wa.
Miss Barbara EcrgusaM waa pup
- ~ the uld Masonic Academy Sht wa
Sulds relatives 0r inc late j4dg" NJ !
MIR. ferguson ara w,ts q heauuiul an'
movYpopuaf plr Some Years ago SHE he'
L came tnr witr ~ the Key Mr Ghas