Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....Tate, George January 1 1919
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Las Vegas Age - 1/4/1919


GEORGE TATE SLAYS HIMSELF WITH RAZOR



FOUND NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH WRISTS SLASHED AND THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR



    About four o'clock in the afternoon of the last day of 1918, Mrs. Robert

T. HILL found the almost lifeless body of George TATE lying on a mattress in

one of the cabins in the rear of his residence on Fourth and Ogden streets.

He was a ghastly sight, covered with blood from gaping wounds in his throat

and slashed wrists.

    Mrs. HILL immediately screamed for help and in response Dr. C. E.

BULETTE, who lives near, came.  Drs. LEWIS and MARTIN were also summoned and

made every effort to save the life of the unconscious man, but in vain,

death intervening at 12:40 a.m., January first, soon after the New Year had

been ushered in.

    As near as could be judged by the circumstances, Mr. TATE had gone into

the back room of his cabin, seated himself on a cot and there inflicted  the

wounds which caused his death.  Before becoming unconscious he had gone into

the front room where he was found.

    In the morning of the day upon which he committed the act, Mr. TATE had

gone down town to Mr. BUEL's office to complete a deal for the sale of his

property, but as the abstract could not be obtained that day the matter was

postponed.  He had been despondent for some time.  Since the death of Mrs.

TATE several months ago, he had complained of being lonely.  Recently his

former wife, now Mrs. ROBERTSON, from whom he had been separated for 18

years, came to Las Vegas, and Mr. TATE had comfided to his friends that he

intended to sell his property and remarry her.  It was in ?ursuance of this

plan that he was arranging to sell his home place and accompany Mrs.

ROBERTSON to Sacramento, Cal.  However, there was something troubling him

greatly as he had threatened to kill himself several times recently.

    A coroner's inquest was held on the remains under the direction of Judge

C. D. BREEZE, with the following acting as jurors:  M. M. RILEY, R. C.

JOHNSON, Peter BUOL, P. J. SULLIVAN, M. J. SULLIVAN and W. I. ROBERTS.

    The first witness was Mrs. Isabella ROBERTSON, former wife of the

deceased, who testified that they had been separated for 18 years.  She was

in Vegas several weeks ago but left.  She was called back by reason of the

noticable despondency and threats of self-destruction made by the deceased,

arriving Friday, December 27th.

    She last saw the deceased on the morning of the 31st between eight and

nine o'clock when he left for town to see about the sale of the property.

He seemed at that time to be allright although he complained of not having

slept well and feeling badly.  She said that they were planning to go to

Sacramento.

    Mrs. Robert T. HILL testified that she and Mr. HILL were over to the

TATE home the night before and that George then seemed in good spirits.  On

the 31st she again went over to see Mrs. ROBERTSON, who was ill in bed.

George not having been seen since he went to town in the morning, Mrs. HILL

went down town about three o'clock to hunt for him, but did not find him.

Going back to the TATE house she went up stairs and made a search of the

rooms.  Then Mrs. ROBERTSON suggested that he might be in one of the cabins

in the back yard.  Mrs. HILL then went to one of the cabins, opened the door

and found the dying man lying on a mattress on the floor with his head

propped up against the wall.

    Dr. C. E. BULETTE testified as to the nature of the wounds and that they

were evidently self inflicted; also as to the efforts made by himself and

Dr. LEWIS to save the dying man.

    Ed. MARTIN testified that he had stayed with Mr. TATE at his request for

several nights; also that Mr. TATE had made the remark on several occasions

that he would kill himself.

    The coroner's jury returned a verdict finding "That said George TATE

died in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada about 12:40 a.m. on the first day of

January, 1919; that the cause of said death were cuts and wounds inflicted

with a razor by himself with suicidal intent, on the 31st day of December,

1918."

    George TATE was 64 years, six months and three days of age at the time

of his death.  He was a native of England and had resided in Las Vegas since

1912, prior to which time he resided in Searchlight for several years.  He

was a quiet, pleasant man and a good citizen.  During his life here he made

many friends, who sincerely regret his unfortunate end.

    The funeral services were held on the afternoon of January 2, Rev. W. H.

ROGERS officiating, and the remains were interred in the Woodlawn cemetery.









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