Gem-Boise County ID Archives Obituaries.....McConnell, Jess May 1916
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Sharon McConnel sharon@bigskytel.com August 30, 2008, 7:54 pm

Examiner, May 11, 1916
Jess McConnell Suicides

Jess McConnell, 26 years old, one of the McConnell Brothers, well known 
sheepmen of this section, committed suicide by shooting on Monday morning at 
his sheep camp, one mile north of Gardena. The actual cause of the suicide is 
not known, although it is said that McConnell had been despondent for several 
days. McConnell, who was unmarried, used a shotgun, and blew off the top of 
his head.

Jess McConnell and a camptender were cooking breakfast, two other sheepherders 
being out looking after a part of the herd. The camptender walked a short 
distance from the camp to call the other men, running back to the wagons when 
he heard a shot.

First it was thought that the shooting was accidental. A coronor's jury 
impaneled during the afternoon, decided that the man had committed suicide.

Jess McConnel is survived by five brothers and an uncle, Charles McConnell of 
Boise. The body was brought to Emmett.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist Church, Rev. 
Quinn occupying the pulpit. The remains were interred in Riverside Cemetery. 

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