Payette-Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Weaver, William  1917
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Payette Enterprise  7-26-1917
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, July 26, 1917

WILLIAM WEAVER COMMITS SUICIDE

ON THE JOHNSON RANCH ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES FROM WEISER

William Weaver committed suicide last Tuesday morning at the Johnson ranch, 
about a mile and a half from Weiser on the Oregon side by cutting an artery in 
the left arm with a razor. Mr. Weaver was employed on the Johnson ranch and 
for some time has been acting somewhat queer. However, nothing was thought of 
it until last Tuesday morning. He was not heard leaving the house as usual, 
but it was supposed that he was out doing the chores. But when he did not 
return to the house for breakfast, Mr. Johnson went to his room and discovered 
that he was missing from the house and had left his shoes. A search was 
immediately made, and his body found back of the barn by a straw stack where 
he had committed the rash act. The left arm was severed just below the elbow, 
and a razor lay in a pool of blood by the lifeless body. No cause is known. 
Mr. Weaver was a man of about 50 years of age. He was the owner of some town 
property in Weiser and also owned a small tract of land not far from the 
Johnson place where he was working. His wife was living on the place. The 
Coroner from Malheur County, Dr. Payne of Ontario, was summoned, and on 
arriving at the scene, decided an inquest was not necessary as all indications 
were that death was caused by self infliction. The body was taken to the 
undertaking parlor at Weiser, and interment was made in the Weiser Cemetery. 
Besides a wife, he leaves a married daughter who is living on a ranch in the 
same neighborhood.

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