Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Bullard, Garrett December 1911
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Ashland Progress
All Ashland was shocked on Monday afternoon by the news which spread in a few 
minutes to all parts of town, that Garrett Bullard had committed suicide by 
drinking catholic acid. The deed seems to have been deliberately planned and is 
thought to be a result of some mental depression, caused by discouragement on 
account of financial difficulties. It is said that the deceased had applied to 
several parties in town during the day for a loan of $65 stating that he had a 
kind note that he must meet and expressed to several of his friends that he was 
in a bad sharp financially. About 3:30 in the afternoon he went to local drug 
store and purchased an ounce vial or carbolic acid and going to his home drank 
freely of its fatal contents upon his arrival there. A physician was hastily 
summoned but there was no hope for recovery and death resulted in a few minutes. 
His dying statements indicated business mistakes and difficulties as a reason 
for his rash act. Mr. Bullard was about 27 years of age and was reared in this 
county. He was a member of an excellent family and his domestic relations 
appeared to be happy. He is survived by three little children, a grief-stricken 
wife and several sisters. Tho funeral services were conducted jointly by the 
Masons and Woodmen of the World and the remains were buried at Sardis cemetery 
near the old home of the deceased.

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