He talked of little else than the tragedy…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

He talked of little else than the tragedy since its occurrence, and seemed to be greatly worried lest the character of Mrs. Hiler should be smirched in the trial. He was told several times during Friday that Hiler would probably be cleared, which had a depressing effect on him. His suicide showed premeditation and de- sign. He had made a pallet of carpet and lay down upon it. After firing the four shots he placed the brim of his felt hat over his mouth to prevent being powder burned, and fired, the ball coming out at the top of his head, splitting the skull almost from ear to ear. He was buried Saturday evening about dark, and while his remains were being followed to the cemetery by five or six friends, Mrs. Hiler, with her three children, drove past the court house in which her husband was then being tried for the murder of her best friend.