Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Clayton, W. T.  1909
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The Council Leader 7-2-1909
The Council Leader
Council, Idaho
Friday, July 2, 1909
 
Suicide
 
Special to the Signal, June 28, 1909.  About 7 p. m. Sunday evening W. P. 
Clayton who resides about three and one-half miles from Midvale committed 
suicide.  The rash act was committed with a 22 caliber rifle, the bullet 
entering the side of his head.  He lived about five hours after the commission 
of the act, never regaining consciousness.
 
Clayton was 43 years of age.  He left a wife, two step sons and two 
daughters.  He moved from the vicinity of Weiser to Midvale about three years 
ago.  For some time past he has been despondent and has threatened several 
times to commit suicide.  It is stated he took a dose of strychnine sometime 
since but it is supposed he took too large a dose and it simply made him 
sick.  He had been local agent for the P. & I. N. railroad resigning the 
position two weeks ago.  The cause of the suicide is supposed to have been on 
account of trouble between himself and wife over property.  Clayton was alone 
in a room at his home when he fired the fatal shot.  His wife heard the report 
of the gun and rushed into the room and found him lying on the floor.  She 
summoned a physician but he could do no good and he died about midnight.
 
Coroner Bowen, of this city was summoned and went to Midvale Monday morning, 
impaneled a jury and held an inquest over the remains.
 
The jury returned a verdict of death by his own hands.  Weiser Signal 
 
Headstone show the name as W. T. Clayton. Keithly Creek Cemetery, Midvale. ch

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