The Columbus Democrat, May 25, 1888
HARTMAN--From a gentleman from Silver Creek, who was in the city Tuesday, we glean the following concerning the suicide of John Hartman, an old and respected farmer of Polk county, who was known by nearly every man in this city who was engaged in business here back in the seventies. Mr. Hartman had been in poor health for sometime past, and had grown despondent and frequently threatened to take his own life. On Monday night, May 14, about 1 o'clock his wife was awakened by a peculiar noise he was making, to discover that he was attempting to cut his throat with a case knife. She succeeded in wresting the knife from his grasp, but in the struggle he succeeded in again getting hold of it, and this time he opened his mouth and plunged it down his throat, fatally injuring himself. He lingered until Saturday the 19th, when he died, and his funeral occurred on Sunday.
Mr. Hartman was a wealthy farmer and an upright and honest citizen, and his rash act is greatly to be deplored.
HARTMAN--From a gentleman from Silver Creek, who was in the city Tuesday, we glean the following concerning the suicide of John Hartman, an old and respected farmer of Polk county, who was known by nearly every man in this city who was engaged in business here back in the seventies. Mr. Hartman had been in poor health for sometime past, and had grown despondent and frequently threatened to take his own life. On Monday night, May 14, about 1 o'clock his wife was awakened by a peculiar noise he was making, to discover that he was attempting to cut his throat with a case knife. She succeeded in wresting the knife from his grasp, but in the struggle he succeeded in again getting hold of it, and this time he opened his mouth and plunged it down his throat, fatally injuring himself. He lingered until Saturday the 19th, when he died, and his funeral occurred on Sunday.
Mr. Hartman was a wealthy farmer and an upright and honest citizen, and his rash act is greatly to be deplored.
The Columbus Democrat, May 25, 1888
HARTMAN--From a gentleman from Silver Creek, who was in the city Tuesday, we glean the following concerning the suicide of John Hartman, an old and respected farmer of Polk county, who was known by nearly every man in this city who was engaged in business here back in the seventies. Mr. Hartman had been in poor health for sometime past, and had grown despondent and frequently threatened to take his own life. On Monday night, May 14, about 1 o'clock his wife was awakened by a peculiar noise he was making, to discover that he was attempting to cut his throat with a case knife. She succeeded in wresting the knife from his grasp, but in the struggle he succeeded in again getting hold of it, and this time he opened his mouth and plunged it down his throat, fatally injuring himself. He lingered until Saturday the 19th, when he died, and his funeral occurred on Sunday.
Mr. Hartman was a wealthy farmer and an upright and honest citizen, and his rash act is greatly to be deplored.
HARTMAN--From a gentleman from Silver Creek, who was in the city Tuesday, we glean the following concerning the suicide of John Hartman, an old and respected farmer of Polk county, who was known by nearly every man in this city who was engaged in business here back in the seventies. Mr. Hartman had been in poor health for sometime past, and had grown despondent and frequently threatened to take his own life. On Monday night, May 14, about 1 o'clock his wife was awakened by a peculiar noise he was making, to discover that he was attempting to cut his throat with a case knife. She succeeded in wresting the knife from his grasp, but in the struggle he succeeded in again getting hold of it, and this time he opened his mouth and plunged it down his throat, fatally injuring himself. He lingered until Saturday the 19th, when he died, and his funeral occurred on Sunday.
Mr. Hartman was a wealthy farmer and an upright and honest citizen, and his rash act is greatly to be deplored.
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