Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, July 19, 1943, [p. 1]
Suicide Victim
Harley McCoy Takes Life With Shotgun on Sunday
Despondency was blamed in the suicide death of Harley McCoy, about 42, at his farm home north of Essex Sunday morning, according to Sheriff Ed Hipsley.
Officers were called to the McCoy farm Saturday afternoon when McCoy disappeared. His car was gone and he was known to be armed, but he was not found. Officers returned to the farm Sunday morning and found McCoy’s body in a field about a mile and a quarter from the farmhouse. McCoy had apparently used a shotgun in taking his own life.
He is survived by his wife and ten children
Suicide Victim
Harley McCoy Takes Life With Shotgun on Sunday
Despondency was blamed in the suicide death of Harley McCoy, about 42, at his farm home north of Essex Sunday morning, according to Sheriff Ed Hipsley.
Officers were called to the McCoy farm Saturday afternoon when McCoy disappeared. His car was gone and he was known to be armed, but he was not found. Officers returned to the farm Sunday morning and found McCoy’s body in a field about a mile and a quarter from the farmhouse. McCoy had apparently used a shotgun in taking his own life.
He is survived by his wife and ten children
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, July 19, 1943, [p. 1]
Suicide Victim
Harley McCoy Takes Life With Shotgun on Sunday
Despondency was blamed in the suicide death of Harley McCoy, about 42, at his farm home north of Essex Sunday morning, according to Sheriff Ed Hipsley.
Officers were called to the McCoy farm Saturday afternoon when McCoy disappeared. His car was gone and he was known to be armed, but he was not found. Officers returned to the farm Sunday morning and found McCoy’s body in a field about a mile and a quarter from the farmhouse. McCoy had apparently used a shotgun in taking his own life.
He is survived by his wife and ten children
Suicide Victim
Harley McCoy Takes Life With Shotgun on Sunday
Despondency was blamed in the suicide death of Harley McCoy, about 42, at his farm home north of Essex Sunday morning, according to Sheriff Ed Hipsley.
Officers were called to the McCoy farm Saturday afternoon when McCoy disappeared. His car was gone and he was known to be armed, but he was not found. Officers returned to the farm Sunday morning and found McCoy’s body in a field about a mile and a quarter from the farmhouse. McCoy had apparently used a shotgun in taking his own life.
He is survived by his wife and ten children
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