LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, November 25, 1932 FORMER LEAD BELT MAN COMMITTED SUICIDE SAT. James Eads, a former resident of Leadington, but who for the past two years has been a caretaker of Dr. Sayman's hotel in the Merimac State Park near Sullivan, committed suicide Saturday afternoon, November 12, by shooting himself in the left side, near the lower part of his ribs and was dead when found by a relative about four o'clock. The body was taken to the Schaefer funeral home at Hamilton where it was kept until Tuesday afternoon when funeral services were held by the pastor of the Methodist church of Sullivan and burial was made in the Blanton cemetery near Sullivan. James Eads was born near Sullivan, October 5, 1863 and was 69 years 1 month and 7 days of age. When a young man he was married to Miss Belle Blanton, also of Sullivan, who preceded him in death 32 years. To this union seven children were born, two of whom survive. They are Mrs. John Merritt of Esther and Mrs. Irvin Burton of Riverside, Calif. Also 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mary Harris of Leadington, one brother, Joe Eads of Bonne Terre, and many other relatives.