New Britain herald., 1916-12-30
Captain of Go. 1
mits Suicide by Sh
ing at State Arm
on Arch Street
HAD BEEN RELIEVE]
BY COL. GOOD1

''This Is He'll After Twenty Year
vice. He Writes to Superior
Before Sending Bullet Into
With Gun He Carried Dur.fn
vice on Mexican Border--Re
in Financial Trouble.
Heartbroken over being relic
the command of Company r.
Regiment, c. N. G., which he
commanded with distinction /,
vice on the Mexican border.
lSeenly, what he believed to Il
disgrace of being relieved after
ty years of creditable service
regular army and militia on
fields, Captain Henry r. III
committed suicide o. shC otjng
office at the state armory on
street shortly before noon to5a]
"A -1aliber service Colts aut(
carried through the Mexican
paign, was used to send ond
jaoketed bullet through his
death being instantaneous, ac@
to DR.. Harry A. Elcock, mediI
aminer. Seated III an srnl cha1
part Of the room where he couI
out on the New Britain that hid
| where he could gaze in the q !
of his little happy home, the
Works where he held an i'm
| position as foreman and vhe}
bright December sun could I'LL
face, he deliberately fired TIL
that ended his life. Thought
| always, Of others, he made as
job of it as possible, Il openiI
shirt and pressing the black
muzzlel to his chest directly d
| heart.
| Hell After Twenty Years sci
| He ended all, according To
! cations, after he had finished
an explanation to First Lieut.
mond r. Rand, relative to a
affairs and a brief reply to til
| munication from Col. Richs
Goodman that resulted in his
| himself into eternity In pia
on the desk, surrounded by sd
! of the Mexican campaign and
!, military duty, lay the brief
communication from Colonel
| man to the effect that he Il
lieved from command of Con
and ordered to report to reg
headquarters for orders. Pev
red ink, the words indicating
writer was suffering from gr
tation, was the communication
III. F. Ladbury to Col. Rich
Goodman. This is hell after
years service" 1t is believed
stopped at the desk and wr
just after he had completed t
munication to Lieutenant RAJ
before he seated himself In r
chair.
Wife Had Premonition
Quartermaster Sergeant W.
discovered the lifeless body
fore l o'clock this afternoo
searching the building for
Ladbury following several te
inquiries from Mrs. Ladbury
repeated requests that her
be summoned where she co
with him. 1t is believed t
had a premonition that so
was wrong as she insisted d
being located. According to
he had been greatly worried
over the rumors of being relic
these rumors eliminated whe
ceived the official order last
Sergeant Rice found the on
of the company rooms loo
they were easily entered as
had been removed. No signs
tain Ladbury were found unit
tered his commanders priva
and, even then, he thought tn
deserted. Just as he was a
leave, his eyes discovered I'll
figure in the chair, look
on the face and little to indie
he was not asleep. A seed
and the automatic was disco
the floor by his right side.
exploded shell was found on Il
site side on the floor. The b
ed easily in the chair and
arms hanging naturally by d
Thinking that possibly he
alive, Sergeant Rice rushed
side only to discover that the
face was cold in death. An er
call to police headquarters
moned Detective Sergeant Sal
Bamforth and Policeman
Rival to the scene. They
in charge until the arrival of
Examiner Elcock.
Outwardly, there was no
indicate the cause of death
that the front of his shirt wa
~ disturbed where the muzz
revolver had been thrust.
not until the shirt was I'm
that the blood soaked undera
noted and the little powde
hole marking where the bt
entered.
On desk in the outer d