ELSINORE DRUGGIST ILL AND DESPONDENT ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Basil Jensen Shoots Himself in Head With Small Caliber Pistol.
Basil Jensen, 37, well known druggist of Elsinore and World war veteran, ended his own life Sunday evening by shooting himself through the head with a 22 pistol. Despondency, brought on by poor health of long standing, is thought to have been the cause which prompted the act.
After spending the day at his pharmacy as usual, Mr. Jensen left the store at about 6:30 p. m. and went to his home across the street, leaving his wife and small daughter to look after the business for the evening. Half an hour later Mrs. Jensen sent her daughter Betty, 11, to get the keys from her father. Not finding him in the house Betty went to the wash house in the rear, opened the door and saw him lying on the floor. Returning to her mother, she said her father was asleep on the floor of the wash house. Feeling anxiety over her husbands condition, as he had suffered extreme nervousness for several days, Mrs Jensen went to the room and by aid of a flashlight saw his body prostrate on the floor. Fearing something unusual had happened she ran for his brother Walter Jensen, who lives a block from the home, and it was he who found the pistol from which his brother had fired the two fatal shots.
Sheriff V. M. Fairbanks and Dr. H. Asa Dewey were called but Mr. Jensen was past medical aid and died at 9:10 p. m. As suicide was self evident, no inquest was held.
Mr. Jensen was born November 2, 1895, at Elsinore, a son of the late N. C. and Christina Jensen. He enlisted in the World war September 17, 1917, and spent six months in France, where he was wounded. He was discharged February 19, 1919.
After the war he graduated from the University of Utah as a pharmacist. In July 1921, he married Miss Mae Madsen of Fairview. They came to Elsinore in 1924 and established a drug store, which they have successfully managed.
Surviving are the widow and daughter Betty; two sisters, Mrs. Evangeline Terry of Gardina, California and Mrs. Carrie Hill of Elsinore; two brothers, Walter and Arthur Jensen of Elsinore.
Published in the Richfield Reaper 1933-10-05
ELSINORE DRUGGIST ILL AND DESPONDENT ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Basil Jensen Shoots Himself in Head With Small Caliber Pistol.
Basil Jensen, 37, well known druggist of Elsinore and World war veteran, ended his own life Sunday evening by shooting himself through the head with a 22 pistol. Despondency, brought on by poor health of long standing, is thought to have been the cause which prompted the act.
After spending the day at his pharmacy as usual, Mr. Jensen left the store at about 6:30 p. m. and went to his home across the street, leaving his wife and small daughter to look after the business for the evening. Half an hour later Mrs. Jensen sent her daughter Betty, 11, to get the keys from her father. Not finding him in the house Betty went to the wash house in the rear, opened the door and saw him lying on the floor. Returning to her mother, she said her father was asleep on the floor of the wash house. Feeling anxiety over her husbands condition, as he had suffered extreme nervousness for several days, Mrs Jensen went to the room and by aid of a flashlight saw his body prostrate on the floor. Fearing something unusual had happened she ran for his brother Walter Jensen, who lives a block from the home, and it was he who found the pistol from which his brother had fired the two fatal shots.
Sheriff V. M. Fairbanks and Dr. H. Asa Dewey were called but Mr. Jensen was past medical aid and died at 9:10 p. m. As suicide was self evident, no inquest was held.
Mr. Jensen was born November 2, 1895, at Elsinore, a son of the late N. C. and Christina Jensen. He enlisted in the World war September 17, 1917, and spent six months in France, where he was wounded. He was discharged February 19, 1919.
After the war he graduated from the University of Utah as a pharmacist. In July 1921, he married Miss Mae Madsen of Fairview. They came to Elsinore in 1924 and established a drug store, which they have successfully managed.
Surviving are the widow and daughter Betty; two sisters, Mrs. Evangeline Terry of Gardina, California and Mrs. Carrie Hill of Elsinore; two brothers, Walter and Arthur Jensen of Elsinore.
Published in the Richfield Reaper 1933-10-05
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