Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-07-29
STEWART LEVERS
COMMITS SUICIDE
WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN
RESORTS TO DEADLY SHOT
GUN TO PUT AN END TO HIS
TROUBLE.
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~ Stewart Levers, the we'll
y known Payette coal merchant I
= committed suicide between i
= twelve and one o'clock Mon +
day afternoon, by shooting +
= himself through the heart 4
. with shotgun in the back +
+ room of his place of busi- +
ness. +
+ 4 + 1. l. + T. + Il + + 4 Il + r.
The dead body of Stewart Levers
was found by his 17-year-old son
Lloyd, lying on the floor in the back
room of his place of business at
one O'Clock Monday afternoon, upon
opening the door between the Of
flee and wareroom, when he return
ed from his lunch. An Investigation
subsequently made by DR.. j. G.
Woodward, deputy county physician,
went to clearly indicate that it was
a case of suicide, that the deed
had been committed with 12-gauge
shotgun found by the body, that
death had been instantaneous and
had evidently occurred only few
minutes previous to the discovery of
the body.
DR.. Woodward questioned several
persons who were present when he
reached the scene of the tragedy
and made full notations of the con-
dition of the body, the surroundings
and other circumstances, after which
he permitted the removal of the
dead man to the undertaking estab-
lishment of Wood & Spaulding, to
await the arrival of the county
coroner.
All the circumstances pointed un-
erringly to the fact. that Stewart
Levers made deliberate preparation
for the ghastly work which his
mind had decided upon. He usedNhis
own gun, firing the fatal shot by
touching the trigger with yard
stick in which he had cut notch.
He evidently slipped into the build
ing during the noon hour while his
son Lloyd was at lunch, as the door
between the front and back rooms
had been open during the forenoon
and he had not been seen about the
building or at his home since II
o'clock the night before, and was
seen shortly after that going towards
his place of business. Nothing seems
to be known of his whereabouts be-
tween IL O'Clock Sunday night and
the time when his dead body was
discovered.
Coroner Farris, upon his arrival
later, made an investigation and
was satisfied that it was not neces-
sary to hold an inquest. There was
found in the pocket of the deceased
a brief note bidding his wife gdpd-
bye, and the further facts were
brought out that he had said good
bye" to his family when taking his
departure from his home Sunday
night.
Stewart Levers had been a resi-
lent of Payette some Is years and
had been engaged in the coal busi-
ness almost continuously during all
hat time. He was honest and
straightforward in the conduct OF
MS business affairs, was public
spirited and liberal to fault, idol
zed his children and from appear
ances endeavored to crafty their
every wish, and but for haoh'
which was his only enemy, might
.oday be living the useful life he
was fitted for. He leaves wife
and six children to mourn his un-
timely death, to whom will go out
he heartfelt sympathy of every citi-
zen of this community.
Funeral arrangements have been
made for today at 2:S0 oe'lock, to
be conducted from the family resi-
ience.