Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Murray, Cosby Monroe 1926
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The Payette Independent 11-18-1926
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, November 18, 1926
 
CROSBY MURREY TAKES OWN LIFE
 
KILLS SELF WITH SHOTGUN AT HOME OF HIS BROTHER, J. A. MURRAY, SIX MILES SOUTH 
OF TOWN

Worry over financial troubles and the death of a sister are believed to be the 
cause of the suicide of Cosby M. Murray which took place at the home of his 
brother, J. A. Murray about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

The young man was in business in the state of Washington when an only sister 
was stricken with tuberculosis and he spend every dollar he possessed in 
trying to save her life. She finally passed away and he lost his business, and 
came here and made his home with his brother. Grief over the sister's death 
and worry over his own misfortune preyed upon his mind and he grew more and 
more morose.

Sunday afternoon while some neighbors were visiting at the Murray home their 
little girl picked up a note which was lying on the bed. It proved to be the 
farewell message of Cosby and read as follows: "I may be insane; I do not 
know, but I am unhappy. I feel myself incompetent to cope with the world. The 
course I am taking may be wrong, but I feel it is for the best." 
Signed, "Chub." This was the name he went by. A search was at once instituted 
and the dead body of the unfortunate young man was found along side of one of 
the outbuildings. He had used a shotgun to end his life and had shot himself 
through the heart.

Cosby Monroe Murray was born at Gravette, Arkansas, March 19, 1901, and passed 
from this life on November 14, 1926, at the age of 25 years, 7 mos. and 25 
days. He was a young man of more than ordinary ability and was a great reader. 
Few were better posted on the events of the day and the fact that he was a 
studious nature and thought deeply on current affairs, particularly those 
effecting the welfare of humanity in general, is thought to have had something 
to do with his depressed frame of mind. He felt that he had lost that which 
was dearest to him, an only sister, and with her his bright prospects in life.

Funeral services were held at Emmett Tuesday where he was laid to rest beside 
the sister whose death he mourned so deeply. He leaves a mother and three 
brothers at Emmett and his brother, J. A. Murray six miles northeast of 
Payette. 

Note:  According to the Death Index his name is COSBY.  ch

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