| Obit For | Sam Saulsbury |
|---|---|
| Headline | Exeter News |
| Text | Sam Saulsbury drank one ounce of carbolic acid about 8 p.m., Thursday and died about 30 minutes later. He and wife had been making their home with his father-in-law, Mr. Ziegler, living in the east part of town. He had been employed on the court house at Cassville, leaving here early of morning and returning late at night. Very little was known here of his temperate and habits. An inquest was held before Squire Setzer and testimony was to the effort he had been insisting on his wife returning to Kansas with him, she objected as her brother here was not expected to live but promised to follow as soon as circumstances would permit. Saulsbury had loaded a buggy with camping utensils early Thursday morning, bid his wife good-bye and drove up town and brought an once of acid stating it was wanted for disinfectant purposes. He then drove back to the house, tied his horse and went to the barn for a few minutes. He then went to the house and sit down telling them he had taken poison. Dr. Searcy was called to the unfortunate man's aid but nothing could be done to relieve him. The jury's verdict was that he came to his death by poison, self administered. His father living at Waldo, Kan., was notified and arrived Friday and left that night with the remains for Waldo, Kan. The decease was 28 years old and leaves a wife and child. |
| Newspaper | Cassville Republican |
| Date | January 29, 1914, Thursday |
| Death Certifcate Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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