A Young Man Suicides On His Wedding Day
John Dammann Hangs Himself in a Barn on Family Homestead - No Apparent Reason for the Rash Act.
John Dammann, a young man of exemplary character, about thirty years of age committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in a barn early Wednesday morning on the farm of his widowed mother about seven miles south of town. He left nothing that would indicate the reason for committing this rash act. The incident is made all the more appalling by the fact that he was a prospective bridegroom and was to have been married at ten o'clock upon that day to Miss Dora Wolters, an estimable young lady who resides with her mother on a farm about four miles south of Glencoe. Great preparations had been made for the wedding at the home of the prospective groom the reception at which was to have lasted three days. A pavilion had been built for the guests to dance in and the Silver Lake band had been engaged. Both the bride and groom elect had employed themselves up to midnight Monday with others in making preparations for the entertainment of their guests. And when they retired to their respective rooms at that hour, Dammann cheerfully bid his intended wife "Good Night." The unfortunate man must have gotten up before three o'clock, when one of the household arose, as he did not come down stairs after that time. He must have wandered around the premises for a few minutes getting his feet and trousers wet with dew, and then have gone to the barn and up into the hay loft where he formed a noose with a halter rope, by slipping the rope through a ring and fastened one end to a beam. He must then have put the noose over his head and dropped through a hole where hay is thrown into a manger, and dangled alongside of the wall. His lifeless body was discovered about 5 o'clock, it yet being warm. Investigation showed the neck had been broken. Profound sympathy is expressed for the prospective bride and the relatives of the deceased by the entire community. The families are highly respected and the bride and groom elect are regarded in the highest esteem. The only solution of the deed is that the young man became temporarily mentally deranged. Coroner Simons decided that no inquest was necessary. The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased tomorrow.
(Dora Wolters never married and she is buried at this same cemetery)
John Dammann Hangs Himself in a Barn on Family Homestead - No Apparent Reason for the Rash Act.
John Dammann, a young man of exemplary character, about thirty years of age committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in a barn early Wednesday morning on the farm of his widowed mother about seven miles south of town. He left nothing that would indicate the reason for committing this rash act. The incident is made all the more appalling by the fact that he was a prospective bridegroom and was to have been married at ten o'clock upon that day to Miss Dora Wolters, an estimable young lady who resides with her mother on a farm about four miles south of Glencoe. Great preparations had been made for the wedding at the home of the prospective groom the reception at which was to have lasted three days. A pavilion had been built for the guests to dance in and the Silver Lake band had been engaged. Both the bride and groom elect had employed themselves up to midnight Monday with others in making preparations for the entertainment of their guests. And when they retired to their respective rooms at that hour, Dammann cheerfully bid his intended wife "Good Night." The unfortunate man must have gotten up before three o'clock, when one of the household arose, as he did not come down stairs after that time. He must have wandered around the premises for a few minutes getting his feet and trousers wet with dew, and then have gone to the barn and up into the hay loft where he formed a noose with a halter rope, by slipping the rope through a ring and fastened one end to a beam. He must then have put the noose over his head and dropped through a hole where hay is thrown into a manger, and dangled alongside of the wall. His lifeless body was discovered about 5 o'clock, it yet being warm. Investigation showed the neck had been broken. Profound sympathy is expressed for the prospective bride and the relatives of the deceased by the entire community. The families are highly respected and the bride and groom elect are regarded in the highest esteem. The only solution of the deed is that the young man became temporarily mentally deranged. Coroner Simons decided that no inquest was necessary. The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased tomorrow.
(Dora Wolters never married and she is buried at this same cemetery)
A Young Man Suicides On His Wedding Day
John Dammann Hangs Himself in a Barn on Family Homestead - No Apparent Reason for the Rash Act.
John Dammann, a young man of exemplary character, about thirty years of age committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in a barn early Wednesday morning on the farm of his widowed mother about seven miles south of town. He left nothing that would indicate the reason for committing this rash act. The incident is made all the more appalling by the fact that he was a prospective bridegroom and was to have been married at ten o'clock upon that day to Miss Dora Wolters, an estimable young lady who resides with her mother on a farm about four miles south of Glencoe. Great preparations had been made for the wedding at the home of the prospective groom the reception at which was to have lasted three days. A pavilion had been built for the guests to dance in and the Silver Lake band had been engaged. Both the bride and groom elect had employed themselves up to midnight Monday with others in making preparations for the entertainment of their guests. And when they retired to their respective rooms at that hour, Dammann cheerfully bid his intended wife "Good Night." The unfortunate man must have gotten up before three o'clock, when one of the household arose, as he did not come down stairs after that time. He must have wandered around the premises for a few minutes getting his feet and trousers wet with dew, and then have gone to the barn and up into the hay loft where he formed a noose with a halter rope, by slipping the rope through a ring and fastened one end to a beam. He must then have put the noose over his head and dropped through a hole where hay is thrown into a manger, and dangled alongside of the wall. His lifeless body was discovered about 5 o'clock, it yet being warm. Investigation showed the neck had been broken. Profound sympathy is expressed for the prospective bride and the relatives of the deceased by the entire community. The families are highly respected and the bride and groom elect are regarded in the highest esteem. The only solution of the deed is that the young man became temporarily mentally deranged. Coroner Simons decided that no inquest was necessary. The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased tomorrow.
(Dora Wolters never married and she is buried at this same cemetery)
John Dammann Hangs Himself in a Barn on Family Homestead - No Apparent Reason for the Rash Act.
John Dammann, a young man of exemplary character, about thirty years of age committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in a barn early Wednesday morning on the farm of his widowed mother about seven miles south of town. He left nothing that would indicate the reason for committing this rash act. The incident is made all the more appalling by the fact that he was a prospective bridegroom and was to have been married at ten o'clock upon that day to Miss Dora Wolters, an estimable young lady who resides with her mother on a farm about four miles south of Glencoe. Great preparations had been made for the wedding at the home of the prospective groom the reception at which was to have lasted three days. A pavilion had been built for the guests to dance in and the Silver Lake band had been engaged. Both the bride and groom elect had employed themselves up to midnight Monday with others in making preparations for the entertainment of their guests. And when they retired to their respective rooms at that hour, Dammann cheerfully bid his intended wife "Good Night." The unfortunate man must have gotten up before three o'clock, when one of the household arose, as he did not come down stairs after that time. He must have wandered around the premises for a few minutes getting his feet and trousers wet with dew, and then have gone to the barn and up into the hay loft where he formed a noose with a halter rope, by slipping the rope through a ring and fastened one end to a beam. He must then have put the noose over his head and dropped through a hole where hay is thrown into a manger, and dangled alongside of the wall. His lifeless body was discovered about 5 o'clock, it yet being warm. Investigation showed the neck had been broken. Profound sympathy is expressed for the prospective bride and the relatives of the deceased by the entire community. The families are highly respected and the bride and groom elect are regarded in the highest esteem. The only solution of the deed is that the young man became temporarily mentally deranged. Coroner Simons decided that no inquest was necessary. The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased tomorrow.
(Dora Wolters never married and she is buried at this same cemetery)
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