This additional information courtesy of Sonora CA. historian Patricia Perry, [email protected].
Union Democrat, March 11, 1905
Mrs. C. C. Thayer, the youngest daughter of M. Baer, killed herself at 2 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon, in her father's home on Holden (Stewart) street, by shooting herself in the temple with a 22-caliber rifle.
Mrs. Thayer has been a constant sufferer for several months from a nervous disorder which undoubedly unhinged her reason and is responsible for her rash act.
Mrs. Thayer, who was generally attended by her sister Miss Rebecca Baer, was alone in the house when she sought death. Her sister had left her a short while before to relieve her brother, Julius Baer, in the store. Returning to the house and her sister's bedroom she was horrified to find Mrs. Thayer on the floor with a bullet hole in the right temple and the rifle by her side. A picture of her husband rested on the edge of the bed, and to this inanimate objet her last farwell was evidently spoken. She left no message to relative or friend.
Mrs. Thayer was supremely happy in her domestic life, her husband being devotedly attached to her. Before illness rendered her melancholy, she was always bright and cheerful. She was beloved by a wide circle of friends. Her tragic ending has cast a gloom over the community.
This additional information courtesy of Sonora CA. historian Patricia Perry, [email protected].
Union Democrat, March 11, 1905
Mrs. C. C. Thayer, the youngest daughter of M. Baer, killed herself at 2 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon, in her father's home on Holden (Stewart) street, by shooting herself in the temple with a 22-caliber rifle.
Mrs. Thayer has been a constant sufferer for several months from a nervous disorder which undoubedly unhinged her reason and is responsible for her rash act.
Mrs. Thayer, who was generally attended by her sister Miss Rebecca Baer, was alone in the house when she sought death. Her sister had left her a short while before to relieve her brother, Julius Baer, in the store. Returning to the house and her sister's bedroom she was horrified to find Mrs. Thayer on the floor with a bullet hole in the right temple and the rifle by her side. A picture of her husband rested on the edge of the bed, and to this inanimate objet her last farwell was evidently spoken. She left no message to relative or friend.
Mrs. Thayer was supremely happy in her domestic life, her husband being devotedly attached to her. Before illness rendered her melancholy, she was always bright and cheerful. She was beloved by a wide circle of friends. Her tragic ending has cast a gloom over the community.
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