Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 6, 1913
Man Shoots Self At Gravity Tuesday
Gravity, Nov. 4, 1913--- John Masters, an employee of the livery stable here is lying at the point of death due to a bullet being driven into his body by his own hands, Tuesday morning.
Mr. Masters was in the habit of going to the barn early of a morning and doing his chores. He had gone down about six o'clock and about six thirty when a member of the firm came down he found Mr. Masters lying unconscious on the bed in the office. Doctors were called from Gravity and Bedford, and are doing all they possibly can to restore his life, but they are very hopeless.
Mr. Masters left no motive for the tragedy and it is a great shock to his wife and children besides the many friends who never thought of him attempting such an act.
Adams County Union-Republican (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, November 12, 1913
J. [ohn] B. Masters fatally shot himself over the right temple early Tuesday morning in the office room of the Johnson & Masters livery barn here. The pistol shot was not heard by any one so far as can be learned, and the first knowledge of the tragedy was made public when Sime Johnson went to the barn at 7:30 Tuesday morning. No one stayed at the barn Monday night. Both proprietors were at home and the barn was locked up during the night. Mr. Masters was 62 years of age but unfortunately had become a slave to the drink habit and there is no doubt but that this weakness drove him to take his own life. He leaves a wife and five children. --- Gravity Independent
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 13, 1913
John Masters, the man who shot himself at Gravity last Wednesday, died Thursday night. The bullet lodged in his brain and an operation was necessary. He never recovered from the operation.
Man Shoots Self At Gravity Tuesday
Gravity, Nov. 4, 1913--- John Masters, an employee of the livery stable here is lying at the point of death due to a bullet being driven into his body by his own hands, Tuesday morning.
Mr. Masters was in the habit of going to the barn early of a morning and doing his chores. He had gone down about six o'clock and about six thirty when a member of the firm came down he found Mr. Masters lying unconscious on the bed in the office. Doctors were called from Gravity and Bedford, and are doing all they possibly can to restore his life, but they are very hopeless.
Mr. Masters left no motive for the tragedy and it is a great shock to his wife and children besides the many friends who never thought of him attempting such an act.
Adams County Union-Republican (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, November 12, 1913
J. [ohn] B. Masters fatally shot himself over the right temple early Tuesday morning in the office room of the Johnson & Masters livery barn here. The pistol shot was not heard by any one so far as can be learned, and the first knowledge of the tragedy was made public when Sime Johnson went to the barn at 7:30 Tuesday morning. No one stayed at the barn Monday night. Both proprietors were at home and the barn was locked up during the night. Mr. Masters was 62 years of age but unfortunately had become a slave to the drink habit and there is no doubt but that this weakness drove him to take his own life. He leaves a wife and five children. --- Gravity Independent
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 13, 1913
John Masters, the man who shot himself at Gravity last Wednesday, died Thursday night. The bullet lodged in his brain and an operation was necessary. He never recovered from the operation.
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 6, 1913
Man Shoots Self At Gravity Tuesday
Gravity, Nov. 4, 1913--- John Masters, an employee of the livery stable here is lying at the point of death due to a bullet being driven into his body by his own hands, Tuesday morning.
Mr. Masters was in the habit of going to the barn early of a morning and doing his chores. He had gone down about six o'clock and about six thirty when a member of the firm came down he found Mr. Masters lying unconscious on the bed in the office. Doctors were called from Gravity and Bedford, and are doing all they possibly can to restore his life, but they are very hopeless.
Mr. Masters left no motive for the tragedy and it is a great shock to his wife and children besides the many friends who never thought of him attempting such an act.
Adams County Union-Republican (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, November 12, 1913
J. [ohn] B. Masters fatally shot himself over the right temple early Tuesday morning in the office room of the Johnson & Masters livery barn here. The pistol shot was not heard by any one so far as can be learned, and the first knowledge of the tragedy was made public when Sime Johnson went to the barn at 7:30 Tuesday morning. No one stayed at the barn Monday night. Both proprietors were at home and the barn was locked up during the night. Mr. Masters was 62 years of age but unfortunately had become a slave to the drink habit and there is no doubt but that this weakness drove him to take his own life. He leaves a wife and five children. --- Gravity Independent
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 13, 1913
John Masters, the man who shot himself at Gravity last Wednesday, died Thursday night. The bullet lodged in his brain and an operation was necessary. He never recovered from the operation.
Man Shoots Self At Gravity Tuesday
Gravity, Nov. 4, 1913--- John Masters, an employee of the livery stable here is lying at the point of death due to a bullet being driven into his body by his own hands, Tuesday morning.
Mr. Masters was in the habit of going to the barn early of a morning and doing his chores. He had gone down about six o'clock and about six thirty when a member of the firm came down he found Mr. Masters lying unconscious on the bed in the office. Doctors were called from Gravity and Bedford, and are doing all they possibly can to restore his life, but they are very hopeless.
Mr. Masters left no motive for the tragedy and it is a great shock to his wife and children besides the many friends who never thought of him attempting such an act.
Adams County Union-Republican (Corning, Iowa), Wednesday, November 12, 1913
J. [ohn] B. Masters fatally shot himself over the right temple early Tuesday morning in the office room of the Johnson & Masters livery barn here. The pistol shot was not heard by any one so far as can be learned, and the first knowledge of the tragedy was made public when Sime Johnson went to the barn at 7:30 Tuesday morning. No one stayed at the barn Monday night. Both proprietors were at home and the barn was locked up during the night. Mr. Masters was 62 years of age but unfortunately had become a slave to the drink habit and there is no doubt but that this weakness drove him to take his own life. He leaves a wife and five children. --- Gravity Independent
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 13, 1913
John Masters, the man who shot himself at Gravity last Wednesday, died Thursday night. The bullet lodged in his brain and an operation was necessary. He never recovered from the operation.
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