John Christon Spees

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John Christon Spees

Birth
Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Death
11 Mar 1918 (aged 61)
Salem Township, Lewis County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Newark, Knox County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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John Spees Commits Suicide Monday
John Spees of near Newark committed suicide at his home Monday at one o'clock by taking muriatic acid. He died about 4:10 that afternoon. He had been at the State Hospital at Fulton for some months, and was brought back here last week by Dr. Evans of the hospital, to stand trial for insanity. The jury failed to agree, and the case was set for retrial Tuesday March 12th. Until, then he was left in charge of Riley Culpin.
That morning Spees had been looking thru an old safe for some papers of his. It was not thought there was anything in the house he could take, but in the safe Spees found a bottle of muriatic acid, left when some tinning was done, while the rest were at dinner be drank the acid. Dr. McKim was sent for, but could do nothing.
These are the facts the best we could learn them. We do not know whether an inquest was held or not.
Funeral services were held the home Wednesday. Deceased is survived by a number of children and other relatives.
Lewis County Journal, Monticello, Missouri, 15 Mar 1918, Fri • Page 6, Columns 2 & 3
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
John Spees Commits Suicide Monday
John Spees of near Newark committed suicide at his home Monday at one o'clock by taking muriatic acid. He died about 4:10 that afternoon. He had been at the State Hospital at Fulton for some months, and was brought back here last week by Dr. Evans of the hospital, to stand trial for insanity. The jury failed to agree, and the case was set for retrial Tuesday March 12th. Until, then he was left in charge of Riley Culpin.
That morning Spees had been looking thru an old safe for some papers of his. It was not thought there was anything in the house he could take, but in the safe Spees found a bottle of muriatic acid, left when some tinning was done, while the rest were at dinner be drank the acid. Dr. McKim was sent for, but could do nothing.
These are the facts the best we could learn them. We do not know whether an inquest was held or not.
Funeral services were held the home Wednesday. Deceased is survived by a number of children and other relatives.
Lewis County Journal, Monticello, Missouri, 15 Mar 1918, Fri • Page 6, Columns 2 & 3
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)

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