Fred O. DYER, aged 51, for several years a prosperous insurance agent of Logansport, was found dead in his car near Shoals, Ind., late Thursday afternoon under circumstances indicating that he had committed suicide by the use of opiates. It is believed that he had taken strychnine to commit suicide.
Dyer left his home in Logansport three weeks ago for the southern part of the state where both he and Mrs. Dyer have relatives. Despondency over charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl which had been filed against him in the Cass county circuit court sometime ago are believed to have been the cause for the suicide.
Dyer was well known in this city. Last spring he engaged in alleged fight with Richard HITSCHEW, aged 80, at his boat landing on the east side of Lake Manitou. In this scuffle Hitschew received injuries which caused him to undergo an operation for the removal of one eyeball. The sight in the other eye is greatly impaired.
Dyer was placed on trial here in October after he had spent several months in jail for failure to appear here at the first time his trial was set down. He was found guilty by a jury on a charge of assault and battery. Dyer was give a fine. Hitschew has a $10,000 damage suit on file in Cass county against Dyer because of the injuries which he received in the scuffle at the lake here.
Dyer's body was discovered by a farmer of near Shoals. The farmer had passed Dyer's Chevrolet car parked at the side of the road about 5 o'clock Thursday morning as he was on his way to spend the day fishing on East White River. When he retured that evening from his fishing trip the car was still parked at the side of the road.
This aroused the farmer's curiosity. He got out of his machine and made an investigation. It was then that he found Dyer's lifeless body in the back seat of his car, covered
with a blanket. Dyer had removed his shoes, vest and coat which were lyig in the front seat. A mason jar with a small amount of what appered to be water was on the floor of the machine. There was no poison bottle that officers could find.
Two notes were found on Dyer's clothig One was addressed to his wife and the other to his son, Fred [DYER] Jr. The note to his wife, Dyer gave an indication as to why he had committed suicide when he stated that the criminal case on file against him at Logansport, because of his alleged intimacies with a minor girl was a frame up and that there was no use to stand trial. He also ssid his mind had been affected by worry over the case.
Dyer in his note to his wife which was of some length told her where he had been recently. He asked that he be buried in the cemetery at Shoals, beside the body of their daughter, who was killed several years ago in an automobile accident at Champaign, Ill. Dyer also pointed out in his letter the suit of clothes in which he wished to be buried. The note to the son was a personal one, the message of a father to a son.
The body was moved to an undertaking parlor in Logansport where it was prepared for burial. The coroner of Martin county will hold his inquest Saturday. Indications pointed that the body had been laying in the car for several days. Mrs Dyer and son, Fred, Jr., as soon as they received word yesterday of the death of Mr Dyer, left Logansport for Shoals, in an automobile. Besides the widow and son, Dyer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary DYER, of Berwyn, Illinois
Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o'cock from the undertaking parlor at Loogootee, Ind., for Fred O. DYER, 51, well known Logansport insurance agent, who Thursday ended his life near Shoals. Rev. O. M. KILLION, Loogootee Methodist minister had charge of the
services. Burial was made in the Mt. Union cemetery, three miles northeast of Loogootee. A number of Logansport friends of Mr. Dyer and the family, attended the services. Coroner Michael DODSON, of Martin county, who yesterday morning conducted an inquest into the death, reported at once that his verdict would be death by strychnine poisoning taken with suicidal intent. A bottle still containing a quantity of strychnine was found in the seat of Dyer's car.
Dyer left his home in Logansport three weeks ago for the southern part of the state where both he and Mrs. Dyer have relatives. Despondency over charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl which had been filed against him in the Cass county circuit court sometime ago are believed to have been the cause for the suicide.
Dyer was well known in this city. Last spring he engaged in alleged fight with Richard HITSCHEW, aged 80, at his boat landing on the east side of Lake Manitou. In this scuffle Hitschew received injuries which caused him to undergo an operation for the removal of one eyeball. The sight in the other eye is greatly impaired.
Dyer was placed on trial here in October after he had spent several months in jail for failure to appear here at the first time his trial was set down. He was found guilty by a jury on a charge of assault and battery. Dyer was give a fine. Hitschew has a $10,000 damage suit on file in Cass county against Dyer because of the injuries which he received in the scuffle at the lake here.
Dyer's body was discovered by a farmer of near Shoals. The farmer had passed Dyer's Chevrolet car parked at the side of the road about 5 o'clock Thursday morning as he was on his way to spend the day fishing on East White River. When he retured that evening from his fishing trip the car was still parked at the side of the road.
This aroused the farmer's curiosity. He got out of his machine and made an investigation. It was then that he found Dyer's lifeless body in the back seat of his car, covered
with a blanket. Dyer had removed his shoes, vest and coat which were lyig in the front seat. A mason jar with a small amount of what appered to be water was on the floor of the machine. There was no poison bottle that officers could find.
Two notes were found on Dyer's clothig One was addressed to his wife and the other to his son, Fred [DYER] Jr. The note to his wife, Dyer gave an indication as to why he had committed suicide when he stated that the criminal case on file against him at Logansport, because of his alleged intimacies with a minor girl was a frame up and that there was no use to stand trial. He also ssid his mind had been affected by worry over the case.
Dyer in his note to his wife which was of some length told her where he had been recently. He asked that he be buried in the cemetery at Shoals, beside the body of their daughter, who was killed several years ago in an automobile accident at Champaign, Ill. Dyer also pointed out in his letter the suit of clothes in which he wished to be buried. The note to the son was a personal one, the message of a father to a son.
The body was moved to an undertaking parlor in Logansport where it was prepared for burial. The coroner of Martin county will hold his inquest Saturday. Indications pointed that the body had been laying in the car for several days. Mrs Dyer and son, Fred, Jr., as soon as they received word yesterday of the death of Mr Dyer, left Logansport for Shoals, in an automobile. Besides the widow and son, Dyer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary DYER, of Berwyn, Illinois
Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o'cock from the undertaking parlor at Loogootee, Ind., for Fred O. DYER, 51, well known Logansport insurance agent, who Thursday ended his life near Shoals. Rev. O. M. KILLION, Loogootee Methodist minister had charge of the
services. Burial was made in the Mt. Union cemetery, three miles northeast of Loogootee. A number of Logansport friends of Mr. Dyer and the family, attended the services. Coroner Michael DODSON, of Martin county, who yesterday morning conducted an inquest into the death, reported at once that his verdict would be death by strychnine poisoning taken with suicidal intent. A bottle still containing a quantity of strychnine was found in the seat of Dyer's car.
Fred O. DYER, aged 51, for several years a prosperous insurance agent of Logansport, was found dead in his car near Shoals, Ind., late Thursday afternoon under circumstances indicating that he had committed suicide by the use of opiates. It is believed that he had taken strychnine to commit suicide.
Dyer left his home in Logansport three weeks ago for the southern part of the state where both he and Mrs. Dyer have relatives. Despondency over charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl which had been filed against him in the Cass county circuit court sometime ago are believed to have been the cause for the suicide.
Dyer was well known in this city. Last spring he engaged in alleged fight with Richard HITSCHEW, aged 80, at his boat landing on the east side of Lake Manitou. In this scuffle Hitschew received injuries which caused him to undergo an operation for the removal of one eyeball. The sight in the other eye is greatly impaired.
Dyer was placed on trial here in October after he had spent several months in jail for failure to appear here at the first time his trial was set down. He was found guilty by a jury on a charge of assault and battery. Dyer was give a fine. Hitschew has a $10,000 damage suit on file in Cass county against Dyer because of the injuries which he received in the scuffle at the lake here.
Dyer's body was discovered by a farmer of near Shoals. The farmer had passed Dyer's Chevrolet car parked at the side of the road about 5 o'clock Thursday morning as he was on his way to spend the day fishing on East White River. When he retured that evening from his fishing trip the car was still parked at the side of the road.
This aroused the farmer's curiosity. He got out of his machine and made an investigation. It was then that he found Dyer's lifeless body in the back seat of his car, covered
with a blanket. Dyer had removed his shoes, vest and coat which were lyig in the front seat. A mason jar with a small amount of what appered to be water was on the floor of the machine. There was no poison bottle that officers could find.
Two notes were found on Dyer's clothig One was addressed to his wife and the other to his son, Fred [DYER] Jr. The note to his wife, Dyer gave an indication as to why he had committed suicide when he stated that the criminal case on file against him at Logansport, because of his alleged intimacies with a minor girl was a frame up and that there was no use to stand trial. He also ssid his mind had been affected by worry over the case.
Dyer in his note to his wife which was of some length told her where he had been recently. He asked that he be buried in the cemetery at Shoals, beside the body of their daughter, who was killed several years ago in an automobile accident at Champaign, Ill. Dyer also pointed out in his letter the suit of clothes in which he wished to be buried. The note to the son was a personal one, the message of a father to a son.
The body was moved to an undertaking parlor in Logansport where it was prepared for burial. The coroner of Martin county will hold his inquest Saturday. Indications pointed that the body had been laying in the car for several days. Mrs Dyer and son, Fred, Jr., as soon as they received word yesterday of the death of Mr Dyer, left Logansport for Shoals, in an automobile. Besides the widow and son, Dyer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary DYER, of Berwyn, Illinois
Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o'cock from the undertaking parlor at Loogootee, Ind., for Fred O. DYER, 51, well known Logansport insurance agent, who Thursday ended his life near Shoals. Rev. O. M. KILLION, Loogootee Methodist minister had charge of the
services. Burial was made in the Mt. Union cemetery, three miles northeast of Loogootee. A number of Logansport friends of Mr. Dyer and the family, attended the services. Coroner Michael DODSON, of Martin county, who yesterday morning conducted an inquest into the death, reported at once that his verdict would be death by strychnine poisoning taken with suicidal intent. A bottle still containing a quantity of strychnine was found in the seat of Dyer's car.
Dyer left his home in Logansport three weeks ago for the southern part of the state where both he and Mrs. Dyer have relatives. Despondency over charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl which had been filed against him in the Cass county circuit court sometime ago are believed to have been the cause for the suicide.
Dyer was well known in this city. Last spring he engaged in alleged fight with Richard HITSCHEW, aged 80, at his boat landing on the east side of Lake Manitou. In this scuffle Hitschew received injuries which caused him to undergo an operation for the removal of one eyeball. The sight in the other eye is greatly impaired.
Dyer was placed on trial here in October after he had spent several months in jail for failure to appear here at the first time his trial was set down. He was found guilty by a jury on a charge of assault and battery. Dyer was give a fine. Hitschew has a $10,000 damage suit on file in Cass county against Dyer because of the injuries which he received in the scuffle at the lake here.
Dyer's body was discovered by a farmer of near Shoals. The farmer had passed Dyer's Chevrolet car parked at the side of the road about 5 o'clock Thursday morning as he was on his way to spend the day fishing on East White River. When he retured that evening from his fishing trip the car was still parked at the side of the road.
This aroused the farmer's curiosity. He got out of his machine and made an investigation. It was then that he found Dyer's lifeless body in the back seat of his car, covered
with a blanket. Dyer had removed his shoes, vest and coat which were lyig in the front seat. A mason jar with a small amount of what appered to be water was on the floor of the machine. There was no poison bottle that officers could find.
Two notes were found on Dyer's clothig One was addressed to his wife and the other to his son, Fred [DYER] Jr. The note to his wife, Dyer gave an indication as to why he had committed suicide when he stated that the criminal case on file against him at Logansport, because of his alleged intimacies with a minor girl was a frame up and that there was no use to stand trial. He also ssid his mind had been affected by worry over the case.
Dyer in his note to his wife which was of some length told her where he had been recently. He asked that he be buried in the cemetery at Shoals, beside the body of their daughter, who was killed several years ago in an automobile accident at Champaign, Ill. Dyer also pointed out in his letter the suit of clothes in which he wished to be buried. The note to the son was a personal one, the message of a father to a son.
The body was moved to an undertaking parlor in Logansport where it was prepared for burial. The coroner of Martin county will hold his inquest Saturday. Indications pointed that the body had been laying in the car for several days. Mrs Dyer and son, Fred, Jr., as soon as they received word yesterday of the death of Mr Dyer, left Logansport for Shoals, in an automobile. Besides the widow and son, Dyer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary DYER, of Berwyn, Illinois
Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o'cock from the undertaking parlor at Loogootee, Ind., for Fred O. DYER, 51, well known Logansport insurance agent, who Thursday ended his life near Shoals. Rev. O. M. KILLION, Loogootee Methodist minister had charge of the
services. Burial was made in the Mt. Union cemetery, three miles northeast of Loogootee. A number of Logansport friends of Mr. Dyer and the family, attended the services. Coroner Michael DODSON, of Martin county, who yesterday morning conducted an inquest into the death, reported at once that his verdict would be death by strychnine poisoning taken with suicidal intent. A bottle still containing a quantity of strychnine was found in the seat of Dyer's car.
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