Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Lawrence, G.M. 1909
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Arizona Republican-July 20, 1909
King Carbolic, greatest of all suicidal agents, claimed his 
second victim within a month when G.M. Lawrence, proprietor 
of the shooting gallery at 17 South First Avenue, was found 
alone and dead in his room in the Phoenix Hotel yesterday 
evening about supper time.

Lawrence's room was shrouded in semi-darkness and after 
calling to him several times the door of his room was forced 
open and his lifeless body found upon the bed, with face 
towards the wall.  The discoverer at first thought his death 
a natural one and such a report was spread broadcast, until 
upon the arrival of the coroner it was suspected to be a 
case of suicide by the common route, carbolic.

The room was in perfect order, nothing showing a sudden 
insane impulse.  Everything pointed to a premeditated, 
planned out act, an act thought over and over again.

For four years since the arrival of Mr. Lawrence in Phoneix 
from Virginia he has been troubled witt complicated ailments, 
claimed to have had a seat in the stomach and kidneys, these 
ailments becoming intensified of late. On several occasions 
recently Lawrence has complained, saying that he would be 
found dead some day, but being said in a half joking manner.  
He was of a peculiar disposition, hard to understand, an 
enigma in conversation as to whether he was in earnest or 
sarcastic, a man of few words.

An autopsy last evening found the liver and kidneys in good 
condition. However, a slight cancerous growth had started in 
the stomach.   Otherwise the body was in exceptionally 
healthy condition.

Mr. Lawrence came to Pheonix from a small hamlet in southern 
Virginia over four years ago, alone. He was of good habits, 
a friend of everyone.  He onwed considerable property both 
in the city and without and will leave his mohter, who was 
wired back in Virginia last evening, a neat little fortune.

Lawrence Funeral
July 28, 1909
Lee N. Lawrence, brother of G.M. Lawrence, who committed 
suicide by taking carbolic acid a week ago Sunday night, 
arrived in town yesterday moring from his home in Virginia.  
The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock this monring from 
the rooms of Moore and McLellan.

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