Friday, March 22, 2024

Gurney Wright, 40, Commits Suicide, March 22, 1924

Iredell Man Commits Suicide

By the Associated Press

Statesville, March 22—J. Gurney Wright, 49 years old, living in Eagle Mills township of Iredell county, committed suicide today by shooting himself with a shotgun. The family heard the report of a gun and search revealed his body in a granary. A long stick by means of which he had pulled the trigger was still in the trigger guard.

He left a note to his wife and children informing them of the amount of his estate, and that he was leaving everything to them.

His widow and eight children survive.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 22, 1924

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