The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
A SAD SUICIDE.
A Former Sedalian Takes His
Own Life.

ing ones own life becomes more and
more common. Almost every daily
paper chronicles an instance Of this
o ature.
A brief dispatch to the BAzoo, re-
ceived this morninr, contains the sad
Of the death of Frank
Bal Twin. He is a son Of
Mr.. K. Baldwin, Of tie
Warren burg paper, and was for
some time resilient Of this city AMI
an employe in this office. The dis
patch states that he shot himself
through the head at an early hour
tbs morning in Jefferson
Square, Omaha, but no
cause is assigned for the
act. lie had teen in omaha for
year or two, and at the time of his
death was pro f reader on The World
Herald, of that city.
He is remembered here as young
man OF very genial disp 81 ion, steady
in his habits and had faculty of max
ing friends VII -rever he went. He
was among tie last whom it was
thought would take his own life.
LATER.
Brief mention was made Yesterday
of the suicide Of Frai k Baldwin, a
former resident of this city. The
Omaha World Herald, of the 22d,
g YES the following additional partic-
ulars
The rays of TIE rising sun this
morning had scarcely fallen upon JEFF
ier-on square park before Frank
Bsliwin. night proof reader on the
World Herald, walked over from his
room in the home of A. +. Wilson.
AIS Nor,h Fifteenth street to one of
the park seats at the Chicago and
Sixteenth street corner, ard just oppO-
site the fountain, placed a revolver to
his right temple and blew his brains
out.
John Kuhl and Fred Lemmen.
partners in the saloon bushes at Ala
South Thirteenth street, were going
to their place Of business and were
seated on one Of the seats close by.
They saw Baldwin crossing through
the park from bis room, which faces
the park, and saw him set down.
They noticed he carried something in
his hand. but thought nothing Of it.
When they heard the shot thew jump
ed up and saw his fall acr 50 the seat
He Vas half kneeling on the seat snd
the revolver had dropped from his
hand on the wslk. His head rested
upon his arm across the dividing rail
of the seat and the blood was pouring
from Q bullet hole in his temple.
Mr.. Baldwin has been acting oddly
at times during The last three months
about the composing room and the
printers have j9ked with him great
deal about his queer actions" never
dreaming that there was anything
serious in his apparent lack Of CON-
pete mental balance He has not
been working for the last week, but
has laid of in order 10 study upon a
new style card and has complained
that his head panied him. and said he
felt like doing something desperate
when his work was done. Lat night
he sat for several hours on be st,p
in the rear of the World Herald
building He came in late last night
and at 1880 this morning bis land
lord, A. F. Wilson, a printer ON the
Word Herald, heard him leave his
room. At $40 he shot himself
through the head.
Mr.. Baldwin's parents Ieside in
Warrensburg, Mo-, where his father
is editor and proprietor Of a newspa-
per. He has been in Omaha four
years, and has been employed The en-
tire time as proof reader on this pa
per.
The body was removed about g.
O'Clock to Heafey's morgue on Four
teenth street near Farnhsm, and all
day there has been a stream of peo-
pie in to see it. The time for the III
quest has not yet been set, but it will
probably take place tomorrow morn
ing.
Mr.. Baldwiu's father has been tele-
graphed and he will probably arrive
morning. The typographi-
cal union is caring for the body. Mr..
Baldwin was steady and bright
young man and widely respected both
in and outside of the office.