Walker Hallam
Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, 3 May 1902, page 10
SHOT ENDED LIFE
Walker Hallam, a well known citizen of Newport, committed suicide
by shooting himself about 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Hallam's body, cold in
death, was found by his wife at her side when she arose about 6 o'clock. Dr.
Kehm and Coroner Higgins could find no traces of a bullet would or revolver and
then supposed that a hemorrhage had caused death.
They had left the house when they were recalled by Hallam's son who had heard his father threaten to commit suicide and asked to investigate further. It was then discovered that the bullet had entered his mouth ranging upward toward the left eye and lodging in the brain. There were no external marks of a gun shot would. But what puzzled the doctors was the absence of a weapon. It was found in a bureau drawer.
Mrs. Hallam, finally acknowledged putting the weapon in the drawer, fearing that the family would lose the lie insurance, and thinking that they would also be spared the disgrace of a verdict of suicide. The further stated that she had not heard the shot during the night. Hallam had often threatened to kill himself, claiming that he was tired of life. His domestic relations were not altogether pleasant and he was often ill. He was 56 years of age and leaves a wife and five children, four sons and one daughter.
He was a carpenter by trade, a veteran of the Civil War and had served as a police officer for four years under Mayor Biltz. Webb Hallam, a son of the deceased, arrived from Dayton Ohio yesterday.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, 4 May 1903, page 15
NEWPORT
The funeral of Walker Hallam, who shot himself Friday will take place this afternoon from the residence on York street.