William Law Commits Suicide by Hanging Near Edgemont
Yesterday afternoon, William Law committed suicide near Edgemont, by hanging himself in a stable with a bridle rein. He was employed as a laborer, by Reuben Brown, who lives near Edgemont. Mr. Brown loaned his team to take a load of apples to Sharp's Mill. In the afternoon he put a couple barrels of cider in the wagon and drove to his own house.
It is said that he had been drinking during the day, and was somewhat intoxicated, and that his wife reproved him for getting drunk and he went out of the house in anger. No further attention was paid him by his family.
In the meantime Mr. Brown saw his team standing in the road, and after waiting some time and no driver appearing, he went over to Law's house to see what was wrong. Mrs. Law and her mother began a search for the missing man, and going into a stable, to their horror they saw his lifeless body hanging from a rack. He had taken a rein from a bridle, and tied a noose in it which choked the life out of him, when drawn tight by the weight of his body. He was about 35 years of age.
There can be no cause for this act unless he had been drinking too much hard cider. He was an industrious man. He leaves a wife and two small children.
