HULL, Ben

The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, September 26, 1904 A Suicide Early yesterday morning, the still warm dead body of been whole was found at the Prescott railroad depot. It was evident at first clients that the man had committed suicide by shooting himself to the had with a bulldog revolver. He left a note to begging that he be not considered a hobo, stating that he had been sick all of his life, and had a great deal of bad luck, feared insanity, and concluded that it was best to end his life. He is the same man who attempted to commit suicide last spring at the sand brick plant, by shooting himself in the stomach with a 22- caliber bullet. ----------------------- Weekly Arizona Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, September 28, 1904, page 2, column 3 Ben Hull, a well known laboring man of this section, committed suicide yesterday morning at the railroad depot by blowing the top of his head off with a six shooter. A few months ago he attempted to kill himself, but was unsuccessful, the bullet striking him in the chest low down, and but slightly wounded him. For several months he had been an inmate of the county hospital. He left a note saying that his health was shattered, and in addition he was despondent for financial reasons. He desired also to not be classed as a tramp, and took the method above to close his earthly career. Investigation today of the identity of this unfortunate brought the information that he was in early life a well to do man, and had for years been afflicted with an incurable disease,and that he was better dead than to live as a burden on his friends. No trace of family was left, or where he was from. Transcriber's note: Mr. Hull is buried at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona.