Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Bean, William H.  March 18, 1904
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The Walnut Valley Times, March 25, 1904
The Walnut Valley Times
March 25, 1904
Volume XXXV, Number 10

Omaha, March 18, Major William H. Bean, USA committed suicide here yesterday 
by shooting. He had been ordered to the Philippines. He had his trunks packed 
and taken to the depot. Immediately afterward he had asked his wife to play on 
the piano. While she was playing he put an army revolver to his right temple 
and fired. He died almost immediately.

Major Bean was 50 years old. He had been Chief Commissary Officer at the 
headquarters of the Department of Missouri for 2 years. At Army Headquarters 
it was stated that he had been suffering from stomach and nervous disease.


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