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Obituary- Moses, Guy 2

A Youthful Suicide
Guy Moses, Aged 14, Takes His Life at Maple Hill.
A telephone message from Maple Hill Monday morning to Coroner G.T. Johnson brought the news of the suicide of Guy Moses, a boy of fourteen years. Dr. Johnson went to Maple Hill that afternoon, and after an investigation decided that it was a plain case of suicide and an inquest was unnecessary.

Albert [sic Amos Allen] Moses, the father of the boy, is a man of about forty-five years of age, and is employed on the Adams ranch. His wife died some ten years ago. He and his three sons, of whom Guy was the youngest, lived together in a cottage a short distance north of the Adams home ranch. The oldest son is also employed on the ranch, and the younger two have been attending school in Maple Hill and doing the work about the home.

Wednesday noon of last week Guy left school and wandered away. Search was made for him that night and the next day. He returned home Thursday afternoon, but offered no explanation as to where he had been, merely saying he did not feel well. He did not return to school that week. Monday morning Mr. Moses and the oldest son went to work and the other boy went to school, leaving Guy at home alone. Neighbors saw him go to the mail box at nine o'clock. A little after ten the older boy returned home with a load of hay and entering the house found Guy in bed, dead with a shot in the breast. He had undressed, gone to bed and taken his life with a shot from a 22 calibre rifle. No note or communication of any kind could be found that would give any reason he may have had for committing suicide. His pockets were full of papers of his school work and the grades on them are excellent. The only cause that can be assigned for his act is that his mind was affected, and as reasonable a theory as any is that it may have been caused by overstudy. He had no trouble at school with the teachers or his school-mates. He was a quiet, reserved boy, and the grief stricken father says that whatever may have been on his mind, it was his nature to keep it to himself.

That so young a boy should do such a thing makes the case doubly sad, and the father and brothers have the sympathy of the entire community.

[From The Alma Signal, Friday, March 11, 1910]

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