Mr. Thomas Hayes, an old citizen and living about 4 miles north of Wahoo, took strychnine, on Saturday last, from the effects of which he soon died. Coroner Stevens was telegraphed for and Saturday afternoon summoned a jury and held an inquest at Mr. Hayes' place. The facts are about as follows: Mr. Hayes, it seemed, had been in Wahoo several times preceding his death and had been drinking. For some reason he became tired of life and determined to kill himself. He purchased strychnine at Dr. Morton's drug store, for the purpose of killing rats, as he said. About ten o'clock Saturday he retired to a granary, where there was a bed, and stretching himself upon it took a dose of the poison. His wife coming in, he told her what he had done, and gave her a letter which he had addressed to her, to read. A neighbor was summoned, and he also told him what he had done, saying that he would find what was left of the poison in a bottle at the barn. In a few minutes after this he died. No reason was assigned in the letter which he had written to his wife, for the terrible deed. He simply told her what he had done, and expressed a wish as to the place and manner of his burial. He leaves a wife and two or three sons, and daughters. He was somewhat over 50 years of age.ref: The Independent, Wahoo, NE, Thursday, November 4, 1880
Mr. Thomas Hayes, an old citizen and living about 4 miles north of Wahoo, took strychnine, on Saturday last, from the effects of which he soon died. Coroner Stevens was telegraphed for and Saturday afternoon summoned a jury and held an inquest at Mr. Hayes' place. The facts are about as follows: Mr. Hayes, it seemed, had been in Wahoo several times preceding his death and had been drinking. For some reason he became tired of life and determined to kill himself. He purchased strychnine at Dr. Morton's drug store, for the purpose of killing rats, as he said. About ten o'clock Saturday he retired to a granary, where there was a bed, and stretching himself upon it took a dose of the poison. His wife coming in, he told her what he had done, and gave her a letter which he had addressed to her, to read. A neighbor was summoned, and he also told him what he had done, saying that he would find what was left of the poison in a bottle at the barn. In a few minutes after this he died. No reason was assigned in the letter which he had written to his wife, for the terrible deed. He simply told her what he had done, and expressed a wish as to the place and manner of his burial. He leaves a wife and two or three sons, and daughters. He was somewhat over 50 years of age.ref: The Independent, Wahoo, NE, Thursday, November 4, 1880
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