Arizona republican., 1921-08-06
DESPONDENT OVER ILLNESS MESA MAN
 COMMITS SUICIDE

COMMITS SUICIDE l
 MESA, Aug. 5.-Despondent over his illness of many months and in- ability to support his family. T. J. Norton. a resident of Mesa for the last two years. committed suicide early Friday morning at the family home on West First avenue The neck was severed almost completely from the body with a razor and death apparently came instantly. The body was found several hours later by his four year-old daughter. who ran screaming to her mother with the cry: Daddy has been killed. L."
 At the coroner's inquest held Fri day morning the wife testified that Norton had come to Mesa with his family about two years ago. He was a mining man and for the first year here dealt in the sale of mining stocks for property in which he was inter ested in other parts of the state. Some months ago. she said. he suf- f fred a relapse from intestinal in- fluenza, and for long time he had been i'll and worried.
 Early Friday morning. Mrs Nor ton decclared. her husband arose and left the house She thought nothing of his absencce when he did not re- turn to breakfast and feared no i'll until the little daughter came run ming and screaming to tell what had happened.
 The body was found in a grape arbor in the rear of the Beyerle machine shop. next door to the fam lily home. The razor with which the act was committed was found more than 25 feet from the body. The deceased is survived by his wife and four small children, the oldest of eight years and the young est but two months old The fam fly is said to be in destitute circum- stance owing to the fathers long ill., ness and inability to work.
 Local Boy 10 Commissioned | Word came by telegram to Mrs | Louise s. Webb in Mesa Friday morn ing that her son, Walter B. Webb l Jr., who is well known here. had been commissioned a second lieutenant oi | field artillery in the United States army The young man took his ex- 1 animation for the commission 1T Washington. D. C., April 20 and ha. since resided with his father, Col. W B. Webb, who is consulting physician in the public health service in Wash l ington.
 1 Lieutenant Webb has made hi i home in Mesa for a number of year! l with his mother and attended tn, University of Arizona for severa terms. He Jeff there in February te go to Washington to attend Dowd'. l preparatory school and took the ex- | amiuation in which he was so sue. l cessful in April. While here and al l the university the young man wal popular member of the youngel set.
 The lieutenant will be assigned tt temporary duty at once and will b' detailed in the fall to attend the fielt artillery school at Fort Knox. Tenn Second Ward Wine championship Nosing out on the lowlanders in thu last half of the ninth inning. the Sec ond Ward men won Thursday after noon's game by a score of to and are now champions of the Inter
 Sunday School 'eague. The event at
 tracted a large crowd. proceeds a the gate being donated to the Bo! Scout fund, and interest was intens
 throughout the contest. When tn
 
 turn at bat in the ninth the SCOT
 stood to n it's favor. but timel, hitting and fasl base running won tn game tor the Second Ward team. On was down when the score was tiet and the winning run crossed tn
 plate. The game was the champion ship contest of the league series. tn
 Second Ward and Lehi being tied fo
 first place when the schedule wa
 completed some time ago.
 Rsturns From Tampieo Il W. T. Core well known in Mesa
 returned to the valley Thursda. . evening after spending some month
 in the oil fields at Tampico. Bushes
 was booming in the fields when Cor left here last fall, but a tax impose
 by the Mexican government on ex
 ports of oil has caused many of tn wells to shut down. Practically n
 oil has been shipped from Tampic
 since July 1, he said. Mrs. Core. wh left here som~ months ago to join he husband remained in Los Angelo with relatives.
 + Ward 10 Serve Luncheon The Fourth Ward Primary is ar
 ranging to serve lunch Saturday an
 Sunday moons at the conference to b held in the l.. D. s. auditorium. Tn young people are arranging an at
 tractive menu for the two days an lunch will be served for 25 cents. !. Returns to School Miss Mildred Houston, daughter C MT and Mrs. A. J. Houston, lei . Friday night for Berkeley where sh will resume her studies in the Uni
 versity of California.
 Southside Theaters Today Afoicctic Moca-Edifh Rnhor-fe Thunder Island Comedy: 'Locs
 LioEs s.Id Jail Birds"
 Gilbert Pauline Frederick in ''rii , R ,ad cf Destiny Comedy: 9Th 3 Nuisance.
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