The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-20
c. M. CRAWFORD
 ALASKA PIONEER KILLS HIMSELF
Carpenter and Contractor Afflicted with Heart
 Trouble, Melancholy

I'm going to take a long rest, Charles M. Crawford, pioneer AL Gskan and resident of Juneau, re- marked yesterday noon. He sa. CT the edge of his bed in his ca- bin on Willoughby Avenue near the Cash Grocery shortly after 1 o'clock in the afternoon and shot himself in the head with a .45 automatic pistol, death resulting instantly. Te body was found It 10:45 las. night.
 MT Crawford, who was car- penterd by trade and a contractor, had been afflicted with heart trou- ble. He also experienced periods cf melancholy since the demise Of his wife a few years ago. His act of self destruction is attribut- ed to both his physical and his mental ailments.
 Has. Adopted Son Here
 MT Crawford is survived by an adopted son, Charles, 8 years old who lives here and by an adopted daughter, who is married and re- sides in the States. MT. and Mrs, Crawfocd were the parents of a son. He lived ip the States sev- eral years ago, but whethre he is alive now is not known here.
 Yesterday noon MT. Crawford talked with Mrs K Bayers. @ neighbor. He commented on pleas ant sunny weather that prevailed at the time and said such a day made one glad to be alive. He appeared in good spirits, but re- ferred to his heart trouble.
 What you need" suggested Mrs Bayers, "is rest"
 I'm going to take a long rest, he responded.
 Sent Boy From House
 At o'clock in the afternoon MT Crawford sent his little foster son from the cabin, telling him to play outside.
 At 6, the lad, hungry, tried to enter the dwelling, but the doors were locked and the windows made fast. A little later, he was mo- ticed by Mrs Bayers. She took him inso her home and gave him his supper.
 At g o'clock, the lad told her he always was put to bed by his father at 8 o'clock. At 10 o'clock Mrs. Bayers asked her nephew Charles Lesher to see if he could get into the Crawford house.
 Patrolman Is Called
 MT. Lesher, finding the doors securely locked and the windows fastened, notified Night Patrolman c. J. Davis.
 The patrolman forced open the back door, and then discovered that the bedroom door had been locked from the inside, and that the key was still in the keyhole. He notified the Marshars office.
 Deputy Marshal Thomas E. New combe went to the premises. He forced the bedroom door.
 MT Crawford's body was lying on the bed, the face upturned, the feet touching the floor. The bullet wound was in the right eye brow The pistol was on the floor between the feet, and the exploded shell, which had been automati- cally ,etected from the weapon, was a short distance away on the floor.
 The remains were removed to the Chrles w. Carter Mortuary.
 Inquest Held Today
 At the inquest held before Unit ed Stases Commissioner Charles Sey this morning, Mrs. Bayers, MT Lesher, and Patrolinan Davis tes- tified, together with Dr. w. J Pigg, wno had been called to ex- amine the remains last night.
 The doctor explained that MT. Crawford evidently had sat on the edge of the bed, fired the bullet, and then had fallen over back wards the pistol dropping to the flcor The doctor said that death lad occurred about seven or eight hours before he examined the body at II last night.
 The jury, which was composed of M. H. Truesdell, Albert Vile, E. Carmichael, Roy Noland, Chris