Wabash Plain Dealer 2 March 1920
Financial trouble believed to be the cause of action.
Found dangling from rafter in barn.
Appeared to have been in the best of spirits previous to this morning.
H.D. Bolinger, 48, prominent farmer of Wabash County, committed suicide early this morning by hanging himself in the loft of his barn. Financial worry is thought to have been the motive for the rash act.
According to members of the family, Bolinger arose between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and lighting his lantern left the house. Almost an hour elasped before the family became suspicious and a search was initiated. Neighbors were called and when the barn was searched the body of the farmer was found swaying from the rafter. He was cut down and carried to the house.
Bolinger left no farewell note and appeared to be in the best of spirits. He visited Wabash Monday with his wife to finish the details of a real estate transaction in which he sold his farm of 80 acres, four miles north of Wabash on the Laketon Road and purchased another farm in Whitley County, upon which a deposit was paid. It is understood Bolinger was informed by a South Whitley bank, who held the mortgage on the farm, to have the balance of the purchase price of the land at the bank this morning. It was at first thought that Bolinger had failed to get the desired funds.
This was denied, however, when it was learned yesterday that Bolinger left the city yesterday with a draft for several thousand dollars. It is known that Bolinger was worried over the transaction for several days and it is generally thought that the worry caused his mind to become unbalanced.
On a short visit to the county sheriff's office yesterday while in Wabash, Bolinger let fall the remark that "he was having a lot of trouble".
News of the man's death came as a profound surprise and shock to friends and relatives. The home was beseiged with phone calls this morning by friends having heard the rumor which spread over the county.
That Bolinger had previously intimated suicide was a statement made this morning by business friends. When he returned to his home yesterday afternoon he did not act unusual and retired to his bed early.
Coronor George Bender made an investigation this noon bu issued no report until a late hour this afternoon.
Bolinger is survived by a wife and four children, two of whom are in school. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon.
Financial trouble believed to be the cause of action.
Found dangling from rafter in barn.
Appeared to have been in the best of spirits previous to this morning.
H.D. Bolinger, 48, prominent farmer of Wabash County, committed suicide early this morning by hanging himself in the loft of his barn. Financial worry is thought to have been the motive for the rash act.
According to members of the family, Bolinger arose between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and lighting his lantern left the house. Almost an hour elasped before the family became suspicious and a search was initiated. Neighbors were called and when the barn was searched the body of the farmer was found swaying from the rafter. He was cut down and carried to the house.
Bolinger left no farewell note and appeared to be in the best of spirits. He visited Wabash Monday with his wife to finish the details of a real estate transaction in which he sold his farm of 80 acres, four miles north of Wabash on the Laketon Road and purchased another farm in Whitley County, upon which a deposit was paid. It is understood Bolinger was informed by a South Whitley bank, who held the mortgage on the farm, to have the balance of the purchase price of the land at the bank this morning. It was at first thought that Bolinger had failed to get the desired funds.
This was denied, however, when it was learned yesterday that Bolinger left the city yesterday with a draft for several thousand dollars. It is known that Bolinger was worried over the transaction for several days and it is generally thought that the worry caused his mind to become unbalanced.
On a short visit to the county sheriff's office yesterday while in Wabash, Bolinger let fall the remark that "he was having a lot of trouble".
News of the man's death came as a profound surprise and shock to friends and relatives. The home was beseiged with phone calls this morning by friends having heard the rumor which spread over the county.
That Bolinger had previously intimated suicide was a statement made this morning by business friends. When he returned to his home yesterday afternoon he did not act unusual and retired to his bed early.
Coronor George Bender made an investigation this noon bu issued no report until a late hour this afternoon.
Bolinger is survived by a wife and four children, two of whom are in school. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon.
Wabash Plain Dealer 2 March 1920
Financial trouble believed to be the cause of action.
Found dangling from rafter in barn.
Appeared to have been in the best of spirits previous to this morning.
H.D. Bolinger, 48, prominent farmer of Wabash County, committed suicide early this morning by hanging himself in the loft of his barn. Financial worry is thought to have been the motive for the rash act.
According to members of the family, Bolinger arose between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and lighting his lantern left the house. Almost an hour elasped before the family became suspicious and a search was initiated. Neighbors were called and when the barn was searched the body of the farmer was found swaying from the rafter. He was cut down and carried to the house.
Bolinger left no farewell note and appeared to be in the best of spirits. He visited Wabash Monday with his wife to finish the details of a real estate transaction in which he sold his farm of 80 acres, four miles north of Wabash on the Laketon Road and purchased another farm in Whitley County, upon which a deposit was paid. It is understood Bolinger was informed by a South Whitley bank, who held the mortgage on the farm, to have the balance of the purchase price of the land at the bank this morning. It was at first thought that Bolinger had failed to get the desired funds.
This was denied, however, when it was learned yesterday that Bolinger left the city yesterday with a draft for several thousand dollars. It is known that Bolinger was worried over the transaction for several days and it is generally thought that the worry caused his mind to become unbalanced.
On a short visit to the county sheriff's office yesterday while in Wabash, Bolinger let fall the remark that "he was having a lot of trouble".
News of the man's death came as a profound surprise and shock to friends and relatives. The home was beseiged with phone calls this morning by friends having heard the rumor which spread over the county.
That Bolinger had previously intimated suicide was a statement made this morning by business friends. When he returned to his home yesterday afternoon he did not act unusual and retired to his bed early.
Coronor George Bender made an investigation this noon bu issued no report until a late hour this afternoon.
Bolinger is survived by a wife and four children, two of whom are in school. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon.
Financial trouble believed to be the cause of action.
Found dangling from rafter in barn.
Appeared to have been in the best of spirits previous to this morning.
H.D. Bolinger, 48, prominent farmer of Wabash County, committed suicide early this morning by hanging himself in the loft of his barn. Financial worry is thought to have been the motive for the rash act.
According to members of the family, Bolinger arose between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and lighting his lantern left the house. Almost an hour elasped before the family became suspicious and a search was initiated. Neighbors were called and when the barn was searched the body of the farmer was found swaying from the rafter. He was cut down and carried to the house.
Bolinger left no farewell note and appeared to be in the best of spirits. He visited Wabash Monday with his wife to finish the details of a real estate transaction in which he sold his farm of 80 acres, four miles north of Wabash on the Laketon Road and purchased another farm in Whitley County, upon which a deposit was paid. It is understood Bolinger was informed by a South Whitley bank, who held the mortgage on the farm, to have the balance of the purchase price of the land at the bank this morning. It was at first thought that Bolinger had failed to get the desired funds.
This was denied, however, when it was learned yesterday that Bolinger left the city yesterday with a draft for several thousand dollars. It is known that Bolinger was worried over the transaction for several days and it is generally thought that the worry caused his mind to become unbalanced.
On a short visit to the county sheriff's office yesterday while in Wabash, Bolinger let fall the remark that "he was having a lot of trouble".
News of the man's death came as a profound surprise and shock to friends and relatives. The home was beseiged with phone calls this morning by friends having heard the rumor which spread over the county.
That Bolinger had previously intimated suicide was a statement made this morning by business friends. When he returned to his home yesterday afternoon he did not act unusual and retired to his bed early.
Coronor George Bender made an investigation this noon bu issued no report until a late hour this afternoon.
Bolinger is survived by a wife and four children, two of whom are in school. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon.
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