Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Woodward, Charles E. 1923
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Payette Independent 11-8-1923
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, November 8, 1923
 
SUICIDE FOUND IN LOVELY CABIN
 
Nyssa Man Blows Top of His Head Off with a Shot Gun
 
Hunters in search of game made a gruesome discovery in a lonely cabin in this 
county about four miles east of Nyssa last Saturday.
 
For four years Charles E. Woodward had made his home at Nyssa with a man by 
the name of Frank Winton, but on October 8th he left the place, taking Mr. 
Winton's shot gun with him.  No trace of the missing man had been discovered 
and it was thought he had gone away as he had been rather eccentric since 
suffering from an attack of influenza a couple of years ago.  The gruesome 
find, however, made by the hunters was his dead body, and he had beyond a 
doubt committed suicide.
 
The unfortunate man had evidently gone to the cabin and then placed the muzzle 
of the shot gun in his mouth and in some manner discharged the gun, in all 
probability by throwing the hammer with his foot.  The entire top of his head 
was blown off and the sight was indeed a sickening one.
 
Word was brought to Payette and the sheriff's office notified.  Deputy 
Christianson, County Attorney Haines and the County Coroner at once went to 
the scene and made a thorough examination of the surroundings and of the dead 
body.  It was decided that an inquest would not be necessary and friends of 
the dead man were notified to take his remains for burial.
 
It is believed the unfortunate man had become temporarily demented as a result 
of his attack of flu and committed he deed in that frame of mind.

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