Appears in the Terrell Times-Star, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas, 4 August 1893 ...

He Was Tired of Life

Chicago, Illinois, July 28 - Tired of life, W. H. Irving, of St. Winthrop Beach, Massachusetts, committed suicide some time Wednesday night or early yesterday morning on the lake shore. The method used was horrible and most revolting. A partly filled can of powder by his side and his torn mangled face indicated that he had filled his mouth with powder and then probably with a lighted match has caused it to explode. Irving left a note stating that he was out of work and was tired of life; to notify his wife at St. Winthrope Beach, Massachusetts, but not to send her his body, as she had no money with which to bury it.