LESLIE L. BEDLE A SUICIDE
Brooding because he had damaged the automobile of his employer, Everett Cotter, an Asbury Park produce dealer, which he had been forbidden to use without permission, Leslie Lawson Bedle, 18-years-old, a great-grandson of former governor Joseph D. Bedle, committed suicide at the Cotter home, Asbury Park, Sunday night by inhaling illuminating gas. He had been dead for some time when his body had been found by Mr. Cotter at 9 o'clock Sunday night.
Monday was the birthday of the dead youth. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Bedle, of Freehold, and besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Frederick Bedle, of Highlands, and two sisters, Miss Eleanor Bedle of Highlands, and Miss Katherine Bedle of Chicago. His grandfather of Elihu B. Bedle of Freehold, and his great-grandfather Joseph D. Bedle, was Governor of New Jersey from 1875 to 1878.
Ill health is believed to have been indirectly the cause of the young man's act. For four months last winter he was near death in a hospital in Daytona, Fla., suffering from pneumonia and a complication of diseases. His weakened condition made him an easy victim of melancholia and caused him to exaggerate offenses of a trivial nature.....
- from Keyport Weekly (Keyport, NJ); 4 Jun 1915; p. 2
Leslie was playing with his little brother Elihu in 1901 when Elihu's clothing caught fire; he died the following day. His grandfather Elihu Bedle had committed suicide in 1898. His grandmother Katherine Bedle had stepped in front of a train in 1903, killing her. His mother died when he was 11 and his father had been confined to a hospital for disabled veterans since he was 7. That is a lot of trauma to have in one young man's short life.
Brooding because he had damaged the automobile of his employer, Everett Cotter, an Asbury Park produce dealer, which he had been forbidden to use without permission, Leslie Lawson Bedle, 18-years-old, a great-grandson of former governor Joseph D. Bedle, committed suicide at the Cotter home, Asbury Park, Sunday night by inhaling illuminating gas. He had been dead for some time when his body had been found by Mr. Cotter at 9 o'clock Sunday night.
Monday was the birthday of the dead youth. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Bedle, of Freehold, and besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Frederick Bedle, of Highlands, and two sisters, Miss Eleanor Bedle of Highlands, and Miss Katherine Bedle of Chicago. His grandfather of Elihu B. Bedle of Freehold, and his great-grandfather Joseph D. Bedle, was Governor of New Jersey from 1875 to 1878.
Ill health is believed to have been indirectly the cause of the young man's act. For four months last winter he was near death in a hospital in Daytona, Fla., suffering from pneumonia and a complication of diseases. His weakened condition made him an easy victim of melancholia and caused him to exaggerate offenses of a trivial nature.....
- from Keyport Weekly (Keyport, NJ); 4 Jun 1915; p. 2
Leslie was playing with his little brother Elihu in 1901 when Elihu's clothing caught fire; he died the following day. His grandfather Elihu Bedle had committed suicide in 1898. His grandmother Katherine Bedle had stepped in front of a train in 1903, killing her. His mother died when he was 11 and his father had been confined to a hospital for disabled veterans since he was 7. That is a lot of trauma to have in one young man's short life.
LESLIE L. BEDLE A SUICIDE
Brooding because he had damaged the automobile of his employer, Everett Cotter, an Asbury Park produce dealer, which he had been forbidden to use without permission, Leslie Lawson Bedle, 18-years-old, a great-grandson of former governor Joseph D. Bedle, committed suicide at the Cotter home, Asbury Park, Sunday night by inhaling illuminating gas. He had been dead for some time when his body had been found by Mr. Cotter at 9 o'clock Sunday night.
Monday was the birthday of the dead youth. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Bedle, of Freehold, and besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Frederick Bedle, of Highlands, and two sisters, Miss Eleanor Bedle of Highlands, and Miss Katherine Bedle of Chicago. His grandfather of Elihu B. Bedle of Freehold, and his great-grandfather Joseph D. Bedle, was Governor of New Jersey from 1875 to 1878.
Ill health is believed to have been indirectly the cause of the young man's act. For four months last winter he was near death in a hospital in Daytona, Fla., suffering from pneumonia and a complication of diseases. His weakened condition made him an easy victim of melancholia and caused him to exaggerate offenses of a trivial nature.....
- from Keyport Weekly (Keyport, NJ); 4 Jun 1915; p. 2
Leslie was playing with his little brother Elihu in 1901 when Elihu's clothing caught fire; he died the following day. His grandfather Elihu Bedle had committed suicide in 1898. His grandmother Katherine Bedle had stepped in front of a train in 1903, killing her. His mother died when he was 11 and his father had been confined to a hospital for disabled veterans since he was 7. That is a lot of trauma to have in one young man's short life.
Brooding because he had damaged the automobile of his employer, Everett Cotter, an Asbury Park produce dealer, which he had been forbidden to use without permission, Leslie Lawson Bedle, 18-years-old, a great-grandson of former governor Joseph D. Bedle, committed suicide at the Cotter home, Asbury Park, Sunday night by inhaling illuminating gas. He had been dead for some time when his body had been found by Mr. Cotter at 9 o'clock Sunday night.
Monday was the birthday of the dead youth. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Bedle, of Freehold, and besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Frederick Bedle, of Highlands, and two sisters, Miss Eleanor Bedle of Highlands, and Miss Katherine Bedle of Chicago. His grandfather of Elihu B. Bedle of Freehold, and his great-grandfather Joseph D. Bedle, was Governor of New Jersey from 1875 to 1878.
Ill health is believed to have been indirectly the cause of the young man's act. For four months last winter he was near death in a hospital in Daytona, Fla., suffering from pneumonia and a complication of diseases. His weakened condition made him an easy victim of melancholia and caused him to exaggerate offenses of a trivial nature.....
- from Keyport Weekly (Keyport, NJ); 4 Jun 1915; p. 2
Leslie was playing with his little brother Elihu in 1901 when Elihu's clothing caught fire; he died the following day. His grandfather Elihu Bedle had committed suicide in 1898. His grandmother Katherine Bedle had stepped in front of a train in 1903, killing her. His mother died when he was 11 and his father had been confined to a hospital for disabled veterans since he was 7. That is a lot of trauma to have in one young man's short life.
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