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10,id.ictidLerbisPIONEER HANGSSELF INian Horace Sherwiii’s Body Found Jlang-’ftd I Cold iu Oeuth liy Scttrcliwi*lVrs; sit Late Hour SaturdaylftL“ i Night.rlt;s-1 . . _ -IIK WAS MISSIXif Aid-* l)AV.CityIIbyicdir'sSGClrilelrmered30 d perofforLeaves Widow, Olio Son and Threw Daughters.—Was Thought ToBo Mentally Unbalanced-CORPuli i 1From Monday's Daily.Ho nice Sher win, aged Ob', pioneerres!dent committed suicide by hanging himself to a rafter in a barn Jolt Saturday. His body was discovered by Marshal TSnlow late Saturday night when a search for the aged man, who had been missing all day,FronA:lie i loeacrd was instituted. The body was stifi;essfoi-hastiercom mo li at j: tern the favcj»rnjthetest nial Bill o eia-im-hascflt, lone and f.’TOd ;real \ chip cm now laces 3 a ( com-i notinlng ucni, ough er in life.realap-haveand cold when found and it Is be licved the man had been dead fo: many hours.Sherwm was last seen alive about 5:510 o’clock Saturday morning who jthe he left the house and failed to re- J ton turn. It Is now generally believed J ven he wont directly to a barn across the [ (Jot alley from his home and committed * fad the act of self destruction. His wife tha secured a divorce froru him several., foriyears ago and he was committed fn j Ia time to the hospital for the insane . to edalsiat Independence. He had been liv-jcor ing apart from his family for severa strlt; years. His friends believe he wa mentally unbalanced when be sui cided. The wife, who lives on j farm near Dike, one son ana Dire i-»j daughters survive.' Tho latter are ||V L. 15. Slier win and Mrs. S. D. Gig-son of this city; Mrs. J. W, Herpur of Albert Lea, Minn., and Mrgs J, D. Murphy of Dike.Deceased baa resided In this vicinity for more than thirty-five yearA. He was born in Manchester Center, Vermont, Aug. 0, 1S45, ur*» emigrated west when he was 23 years of age. During the manj years he lived hereabouts, all bui have I the past few years, were spent in ularrt | farming near Dike. Recently be had been rooming at 410 Statlt; street, and it was in. a neighbor’s barn that he hanged himself. The funeral will be held from the Dahl undertaking establishment at I o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J,E. Snowden will conduct the services. Intorment will bo at Fair-view cemetery.Fr iI be and stan-LE.14.teres irnirnr/ nnrolklt;rejSc'o'cwiBUYhwl■1,j'orbe‘VFIi arlas
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Cedar Falls Record
Cedar Falls, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 16, 1914
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