The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-06

fatal bullet passed through and through deceased's clothing, emerg- ing from the rear. It was under his body as he lay on the floor and dropped when he was turned over probably having been caught in g fold of his shirt.
 | "A handwriting expert who com pared the two letters with samples of the handwriting of deceased found that many of the characters matched perfectly, in spite of the fact that the letters were written in a forced backhand but was un- able to say positively that they were written by the same person be- cause of the meagreness of the samples. Fingerprints of deceased were taken and an attempt made to compare them with those on the weapons but no satisfactory prints were found on either gun, due to the corrugated grips on the handles.
 II find that deceased was a man of great popularity and that he had no known enemies. While he did testify for the state against six col lored youths who were charged with attempted robbery with violence, find that his testimony was relative ly unimportant and that four of the
 
 other two receiving short prison sentences.
 1T find that deceased had been living beyond his means for a num- Der of years. The inquest disclosed a large amount of indebtedness which was growing all the time and which deceased had no way of meet ing. Outside of his house which was mortgaged, I find that ne had no assets except his salary of $2,500 from the town, and a considera ble fortune which his wife had inherited from three estates had been spent meat bill accommodating over a per- iod of three years amounted to $1,259.1S and I find that deceased had made but not fulfilled several promises to take care of this obliga- tion since early in January. 1881; that he had an appointment to meet this bill on the afternoon ot May 11th: that he did not have the money at that time but that he promised to bring it to his creditors place of business at 6 a. m., May 18th, the morning of his death.
 'I am of the opinion that de- ceased's financial outlook was very dark; that he saw himself sinking deeper and deeper into debt, and that rather than face the future and the prospect of losing his home. drastically reducing his standard of living and being unable to provide his children with higher education, he took his own life. firing the shot into the side of his own car, the three, 22 calibre shots in the office, writing himself the threatening let ters and reporting his assassination talanhnnn a n n guise his suicide as a murder. If he had been standing when the fla tai shot was fired, it would have continued on in it's flight and never would have rested under his body as he lay on the floor. Also. his fall would have produced a confusion where his head came in contact with the leg of the desk.
 50 serious was the wound that there is grave doubt as to whether he could have spoken the words that he did to the operator after he had been shot,
 "I am of the opinion that he first telephoned, as heretofore related, picking up the receiver again to be sure that his message was under stood that he when lay on the floor and fired the shot into his heart, pIouutiHk u'atH WNH'H '"W HtH" utes
 "I find that Raymond V, Gilyard died by his own hand and that therefore no other person or per. sons is crlmlnAlly responsible for hia death"
 Those examined ln tho dllyard investigation hy Coroner torrlgan were Edith M Noyack, < Meadow street. Seymour Raymond kpons heimsr, p6 Bank street. seymour, William q, Wlordo, Seymour, JOss eph Miranda, ki North Main street, AnhOnla Boston Parks, 90 Liberty street, Anaonlni Frank ronten, 90 Liberty street, Ansenini Peter pon. ios, crohs, AO York street, New Haven, liselsn kenit, i0 tork street New Haven William E, skinner, co York street, New Hh'