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Wm. ByersA Suicide!The following is from the Nev York Tribune:Hendersonville, N. C., Dec. 25—Lying on the ground, with four empty laudanum bottlesclose by, the dead body of William Byers, sixty years old, who disappeared from his home in Balfour, N. C., ten days ago, was found half a mile from Balfour today. Byers had been dead about a week.So far as is known, there was no cause for the suicide, although he had brooded much over the death of his son, who committed suicide some years ago. Mr, Byers was a brother-in-law of ex-Congressman Gudger, ofAsheville.Coroner Kirk held an inquest, Wednesday last, in Shepherd’s Undertaking rooms. The jury decided it was suicide. The funeral occurred on Wednesday, interment being in Oakdale Cemetery, the services were conducted by Rev. G. S. Jones.
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The French Broad Hustler
Hendersonville, North Carolina, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1908
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Melissa A.
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