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DEATJI OF THE EATR BENJAMIN T1I0KNK, ESQ.It hecomrs our painful duly to record the iiitcji |»eclc«1 death of the hte Ocrj tnin Tlioroc. C«q.v from a shot wwn.!, fcee»«cd on $a- | tuHay, I*. M., from which time he lingered old Sunday ni*hlt when the injury looted f*l*l. Dunn: the few bear* whir* tlajscd kur^cn Satur fiv ereoiuj. or. I liis death, he was a«sVti«*ifr»1y aUfodcd by l.h professional ami oj.icr flieud/, am »nq whom he numbered, not oily emflw t ciei.er., N»t a Iaf$c |Wjrti-UtiAn in the \*.iit.»»v T h^P'hdl.After a ear* hil inquiry hy a jury ernpaon,d*.-ed l*y I). ISridieJord, F.*q., o»c of the Coro* nrr* of the I1i*im* District, a uramni-nlt; verdict wa« iriiH* irl That the deceased caT.e lit hi« death by 0 ^UII shot wound; inflicted while l.«Ui» * under hif|w.ry ir* vanity. For many year? pavl, Mr. Thrive u*» r i%-f • I m an r\»fii«iv* mercantile biftute-s n lU\ District, \liicb wa* always con.luctcJ I with a |4nhity «wpa*lt;rd hy nn:ie, and until within » short |**noJ, with the **iccm that walt; its true rV%rr|. Open, fiank, and lionet, as he italt;per*t**»’.nz; he tv.is not leas coiili leol ami mieeura '!■••• to, and in thocc hy U’hnm lie w.n jmrreuuded,—llir.ee, who hy hi* cmintcmnCC, when in life, Were catlwred in comfort ai*M*»«d lii«tMiiirltHilfanil who will how ih it fie i* wilb'Afd «•» in death, pay the U«t sad oh^e^uics at the place of Sepulture, in silent fiiivf. with prayer and confidence that the spirit, which lia* left »UeartM\ fenr-inenl, U now with him who k*»o»veth the secrete of all hearts.This dnfoclimatr cenlleman had b.*cn for time past eeinciuz loanv indications of disordered intellect. A f*\r cajlt; a-ro, in *t-leading a meeting of creditor*, in (hit city, lie ovcibraid owe ^jillnnaft making ow of certain har?» expressions. which hire been ported x% Krln* very U'lh'ton.in; to the individual in cpiMtinn. which ohrimiily made a eery deep am! Jirfretvin- impression on Mr. Thorne** mindami from which it n^ver it* covered. On Saturday l»e hcrame more excited, aoj insisted that Mr*. Thome tli »»ild she i!d come into Toronto about an impvt.mt matter uf hudncv*. Ju\t l«cfoir J»cr return to their hout#, he committed the fatal act.Thornhill owes it* present flaurhdmic state lo Mr. Thorn*** enterprizr. lie purchased the original m;IU f.om Mr. Pardy, ami with Mr rar oo carried on a rtkM iticccMftil iuui-ncu in the vanons departments of tanning, fomiae, mi!lirtr,«ml ccntnl atoic-kerpin^. until within the 1**1 J*2 meolSs. 11 would he 1 difficult to d^veiibe the nnivcnai sympathy felt for the bereaved family.
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Kingston British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Sat, Jul 08, 1848
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