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TOOK CARBOLIC ACID! \CHARLES WILLIS, A MILKMAN, ENDED HIS LIFEDEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS(No Cause Assigned for the Rash Act— A Wife and Tjwo Children Survives Unfortunate Man.Charles WiUJis. driver of a milk wagon from a dairy three miles east of the city, committed/s uicide by drinking an ounce• * %/ Qof c^jAjolic acid, in front of Petri's sa- lt;lfton, at about 5 o'clock yesterday even-ing-Jo all outward appearances, the man was happy and doing well and there is ! no known cause for his taking his own life. lie had made his rounds and wasy/{ on his way home, when lie stopped *6 'front of the saloon and was in conver- lt;sation with “Bud” Shewmaker, when he 1 told him of his intentions. Shewmaker 1 made an attempt to sieze the vial, but ^ was not quick enough, and Willis swal- 1 lowed the fatal dose before it could be * taken from him. Death was almost instantaneous and resulted before a mes- 1 senger could be started for a physician. I After jerking away from Shewmaker he ] leaped into the wagon where he swallow- 1 ed the drug and fell back on the seat { where he died. 1The man has been in the employ of his father-in-law lor a number of years, and 1 so far as is known has never had trou- (vble of anv kind. A wife and two small*■ |children survive him. Coroner Taborwas called and ordered the remains re- (rmoved to his home. As Willis was not addicted to the excessive use of drink, . his rash act in taking his life is look- * ed upon as a mystery. !
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Terre Haute Daily Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 13, 1903
Page 7
Full Page
Clipped by
Lane P.
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