Clay-Early County GaArchives Obituaries.....WATTS, EDGAR BAILY August 13, 1883
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DAILY CONSTITUTION
SUICIDE OF EDGAR B WATTS

THE STEAMER EVERINGHAM, ARRIVED THIS MORNING BRINGING THE CORPSE OF EDGAR B 
WATTS OF FORT GAINES WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS STATE ROOM LAST NIGHT.  
ABOUT TWELVE O'CLOCK HE HAD HIS TRUNK BROUGHT UP FROM THE BAGGAGE ROOM, AND 
TAKING A CHANGE OF CLOTHING THEREFROM AND DRESSED HIMSELF.  HE WAS LAST SEEN 
ALONE SITTING ON THE SIDE OF HIS BERTH AND THIS MORNING WHEN THE BOOT BLACK 
WENT IN FOR HI SHOES FOUND HIM LYING IN THE BERTH DEAD WITH A PISTOL GRASPED 
IN HIS RIGHT HAND A BULLET HOLE IN THE RIGHT TEMPLE.  THE OFFICER ON DUTY 
HEARD THE REPORT OF THE PISTOL BUT COULDN'T TELL FROM WHENCE IT CAME AND 
THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT.  HE WAS ADDICTED TO DRINK AND APPEARED TO BE GETTING 
OVER A SPREE.  HE LEAVES A WIDOWED MOTHER IN FORT GAINES AND A BROTHER MR. 
PLEAS WATTS OF (ILLEG)

....LEAVE FOR FORT GAINES WITH THE REMAINS TONIGHT.



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