John Ebbett |
| Posted 2018-02-11 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Journal-Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Friday, February 20, 1903, page 1, column 5 Laudanum Route John Ebbett Takes the Sleepy Drug and Ends His Earthly Career Has Been in Prescott For About Two Months - Was Very Quiet and Unobtrusive Yesterday evening about five o'clock Mrs. A. J. Head went to the door of a room in her house which has been occupied by John Ebbett since his arrival in Prescott some two months ago, and found it locked. She at first thought nothing of it as he often slept late and often did not leave his room before that time in the evening. About six o'clock she returned to find his door still locked and the blinds still down, so she used her pass key and unlocked the door. The room was dark and she turned on the electric light when her horrified gaze fell upon the body of Mr. Ebbett, lying on his bed, stiff and cold in the icy grasp of death, while an empty laudanum bottle lay on the stand beside his bed. She at once notified Mr. Head who summoned the chief of police and Justice Talbot. The body was removed to Logan's undertaking parlors where an inquest was held, the jury finding that deceased had died from the result of an overdose of laudanum, evidently taken with suicidal intent. Letters were found among his effects from parties at Soda Springs, Idaho, and they were notified of his death. Very little is known of him, as he was always very quiet and unobtrusive, but it is thought from evidences found in his trunk and grip that he has been a gambler. He had some money when he came to Prescott, but had been on two or three sprees since coming here and is said to have been robbed of considerable money during one of these times, and when he died was just about at the end of his financial string. This may have had something to do with his committing the sad, rash act of ending his own life, as no other cause can be found for it. He was about 30 years of age and seemed to be enjoying good health. Transcriber's note: Mr. Ebbett is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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