The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-03-28
VIM, {. lINNERNAK'S SUICIDE
A Wound Received During the War
Leads Him to SeIf-De-
structi0n.
ONE OF ST0YEsTOwNS BEST KNOWN
CITIZENS.

William Z Zimmerman, a wsll-knoEn
citizen ard ex postmaster Of Sioyestown.
committed suicide 5y hanging himself at II
O'Clock last Wednesday morning in the barn
connected With Hi,e's hotel. TIE body was
found by persons who we're searching for It
about an hour after lie was extinct when Il
was cut down ard removed 70 his home A
letter was fund in the dad mass pocket,
addressed 10 hi. VIE and daughter. in which
be REFEREES 10 tie axf-i deal he Was ab0at
to commit and asking th=ir forgiynezs. In
the letter he assured theza that his domestic
life had been always happy aud thar be was
driven TO seif-c=strge.ion b physical all
nlents and business troubles
Tee meas Of the suicide cseslei great ez-
element in S.ogest38u, where Zimmsrman
had ised al OF bis life, but ocezsi6ned no
surprise . those who were intimately &C
I qu4inied With HIN. He Lad baen acting
5 rangely for some tine past, aud his cou-
due taken IN connection with tae fact that
hia .alber lad hung himself led his friends
20 bs-.ese that &c was contemplating self-
destruction.
Ar. Zimmerman was a member Of the I42
Rsg- Pa Vol, and iH one Of the engagements
in vh ch his req .nent participate he was
severely wouudsd in TIE neck. Tbe wound
hAd been source Of trouble 70 hln for lie
Tazt thirty years. lie was constaa. salT.r-
er, also, fsom other paysical ailments lie
l received pension oa account OF his vouad
and Tccsi.uy applied ~ the pension depart
-nent lar a Ie-ra;ing. WoGnssd2y rBofaiug
he resolved notice from the department that
I his sppiielaoa lad been dsaie3, aal tlis
news IS believed ID have p13rnp.ei bin 70
carry his previously formed resolution 10
] coma.it sa.ciieiuto imnediaie Chect
The unfortunate man was in lina cid
stnishts aud be hai hoped that lis app.iga-
,i5n would roca.ge ago-l5le consideration
and thai tie 5diaonal pension money goaid
/ tiis him over his haaacial dlhisuit.es.
s7pa 4f,er Resolving the notice Of u. .c.iou
/ lrora lie psasisa as psrl-u-lt ne went 20 Lis
store ara wTo.e tue le,;e- to ais safe sad
/ dams liter. Then ls repaired 70 his hame
aua o. tie attlo clI piece Of co-d from d
clothes Eae. VIA TIE r5pe concealed aa-
/ der bis eg-t De .ei. lie house aud wen. to
Hilas bara. He was ssea b. sererzi p-r-
sons. ba- none cf them slsps-.el hs Yur-
pose.
Ills absence at dinner time aroused tie
suspicion ol bis s;fe aad daughter and they
/ oomncne55 q f5liiie sel0ch fJs him. FL
nai.y tae daughter told some OF The neigh
bors C her fathers mysterious disappear
a1oe. q sA9r- t.-ae afier6ar;s m1a con-
nsa.si gita ai.s's hoe! found Z.nneemsa's
boay SUSPENDED by rope in tle NOV Of
t5e 5a-n. 0as ED Of .le rope hai 5eeu
/ secgfel a-1aa1 tea1 a.d tue other was
I drawn ,isbi aE0aal ihs victims meek. Z-u-
rle-uan had e. -lsaily been ias oa
Z pile ci hay while peep4r.ug i5r a- assic
ending ana vbcn sB was IN readiness lie
s.er.sl ais onto q lat ef loose s;rsE tso or
t-l,e isl- s-l3w lis La. was on his head
when the5rdy wss l11ad TasEs Vas 40
evijsaea0t q struggle.
b. reported taaf ll- barn in which he
ll.g himself wss l3cLei ana barred
AID IS a mystery bow De catered iAe
bl. idilc. I..s zufpls-i tast hs saiael &C.
csss 5y 1rlEiilg up1a q was3a and thr3asa
s-4ai opening through which Lay was
thrown 5s.Ox.
E-. Z.mme-naa was one CT tie BIS.
EnoeH men ia the north q the c5nary and
Ell ,sed tl.e reslscl aud esteem % ali ai- &C.
alaia.aacsa. BE was thoroughly honest
ana upright F,rm many ysars be hsd been
ers4ssl IL bas-sssz ia s.oyest0Wn, sud bad
served as pest mssser under C.s7e.and's
f5rusr administration. He was member
Of Reuben Fsrae- Post 6. a. r, and vss g
member Of st5yes-osa Lodge Of oid Fel-
l1vs.
TIE deceased was about s. years Of ege.
He is survived b. bis vile ald one
daughter. HIS wiis has been a sufferer fJr
many years ffom a dr0psieal affection.
Isis somzE Lat remarkable that Nr I'm
mermsa's father should have ended his life,
when about the same age and in precisely
the same manner, some thirty-aigit years
ago, and after having been driven into in.
sanity by az injury received by b1ag hit on
tue head by glsou tongue.
Mr. ZsmEsrman = Is ia SoGiaTsst only the
day before Lis death None Of his many
friends Who caaverzeI giih him ai.iie here
ever dreamed that he coatenpla;eI suicide.