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June 16, 1866
Shepherdstown Register
Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Isaiah Young of Clarksburg, West Virginia, committed suicide by hanging due to guilt over reporting neighbors for disloyalty during the Civil War and striking their names from voter lists afterward.
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A Case of Conscience. -- The Clarksburg (West Va.) Conservative says that Isaiah Young committed suicide in a fit of mental despondency. The reasons assigned are, that during the war he was actively engaged in reporting his neighbors to the Provost Marshal and having them arrested for disloyalty and since the war he has been reporting them to the Registrars and having their names stricken from the list of voters. This latterly preyed upon his mind, that after begging the forgiveness of his injured neighbors, he went Judas like, and "hanged himself."
What sub-type of article is it?
Death Or Funeral
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Isaiah Young
Clarksburg
Civil War Guilt
Voter Disenfranchisement
What entities or persons were involved?
Isaiah Young
Where did it happen?
Clarksburg (West Va.)
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Clarksburg (West Va.)
Key Persons
Isaiah Young
Outcome
committed suicide by hanging.
Event Details
Isaiah Young committed suicide in a fit of mental despondency due to guilt from reporting neighbors to the Provost Marshal for disloyalty during the war, leading to their arrests, and post-war reporting to Registrars to strike their names from voter lists. He begged forgiveness from his injured neighbors before hanging himself.