HOYT - Emory Hoyt, a prominent young farmer of Tioga, committed suicide some time during the forenoon of last Sunday by shooting himself through the head with a heavy powered rifle. The body of the unfortunate man was discovered Sunday afternoon, lying in a pool of blood on the floor of his barn, by the driver of a mild truck who had called at the farm to collect the milk which would later be delivered to the condensery at Lawrenceville. The driver, finding the milk cans standing empty, proceeded to investigate the matter and a few moments search revealed the lifeless from of Mr. Hoyt stretched out and cold in death. Medical aid was summoned, but it was found that the man had been dead for several hours. Coroner White deputized Carlos P. Darling, J.P., of Lawrenceville, to act in his stead, but an inquest was deemed unnecessary as the circumstances surrounding the case pointed conclusively to suicide. It is the opinion of those who viewed the premises that Mr. Hoyt sat down with the muzzle of the gun against his head and pulled the trigger with the aid of a stick. The instrument of death was found lying beside the body and a short distance away, a small stick which was evidently used to press the spring that sent the heavy charge crashing into his brain. It is said that Mr. Hoyt had been brooding for several days over family difficulties and, in the absence of any other known motive, his friends are constrained to attribute his rash act to that case. - Wellsboro Gazette, August 7, 1924
HOYT - Emory Hoyt, a prominent young farmer of Tioga, committed suicide some time during the forenoon of last Sunday by shooting himself through the head with a heavy powered rifle. The body of the unfortunate man was discovered Sunday afternoon, lying in a pool of blood on the floor of his barn, by the driver of a mild truck who had called at the farm to collect the milk which would later be delivered to the condensery at Lawrenceville. The driver, finding the milk cans standing empty, proceeded to investigate the matter and a few moments search revealed the lifeless from of Mr. Hoyt stretched out and cold in death. Medical aid was summoned, but it was found that the man had been dead for several hours. Coroner White deputized Carlos P. Darling, J.P., of Lawrenceville, to act in his stead, but an inquest was deemed unnecessary as the circumstances surrounding the case pointed conclusively to suicide. It is the opinion of those who viewed the premises that Mr. Hoyt sat down with the muzzle of the gun against his head and pulled the trigger with the aid of a stick. The instrument of death was found lying beside the body and a short distance away, a small stick which was evidently used to press the spring that sent the heavy charge crashing into his brain. It is said that Mr. Hoyt had been brooding for several days over family difficulties and, in the absence of any other known motive, his friends are constrained to attribute his rash act to that case. - Wellsboro Gazette, August 7, 1924
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