The grave monument reads: "Henry Meyrick Jr. Lost his life through grief at the death of his wife". According to the Salinas Weekly Index newspaper published in March 1888, "Meyrick committed suicide by shooting himself on the grave of his wife at Santa Cruz last Monday. His wife died a few months ago and it is supposed that brooding over her death drove him to the desperate act."
The grave monument reads: "Henry Meyrick Jr. Lost his life through grief at the death of his wife". According to the Salinas Weekly Index newspaper published in March 1888, "Meyrick committed suicide by shooting himself on the grave of his wife at Santa Cruz last Monday. His wife died a few months ago and it is supposed that brooding over her death drove him to the desperate act."
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