The Iola register., 1902-02-21
E.L. DALE COMMITS SUICIDE
Shot Himself Through the Heart
Early Yesterday Nor iJg in Rear
Room Ofhi lIOme---PrObably
Insane

)l Jne Ddle tamtIN came dlJ CLOCK yes
his morning when Livian Dale shot
himself through the heart at his home
a. 5,G north Washington avenue. The
body was removed to the Culbertson
parlors and the sad news
to relatives in Iowa.
The story of the events leading up
to the suicide is long one 1t was
some time last year that domestic
resulted in the separation of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale and he was placed |
under peace bond 30 stay away from
the house and not worry her nor try |
to collect the rent of the house they |
owned next to their home. a divorce |
suit was begun oy Mrs. Dale and
dragged slowly through the courts.
Mr.. Dale left town and was absent a
long time but returned recently and
negotiations were made by his at
torneys 90 settle the trouble. just what
progress had been made along this
line cannot be learned, but Mr.. Dale
ON Tuesday night went to the house
and insisted on remaining. Mrs.
Dale is quite i'll, being confined to her
bed, and Dale was urged TO remain
away because his presence worried
his wife and made her condition worse.
He was removed from the house 10y
an officer and taken down town, but
on his promise to remain away and
sleep at hotel he was turned loose.
An hour later he was back at the
house fussing and threatening. Again
the officers were summoned and he was
this time taken to the county Jail. He
pleaded and begged in most piteous
way to be turned loose, saying he
would be disgraced for life if locked
mp. But he could not be trusted to
keep his word to stay away from the
house and the officers all suspected
that he was mentally unbalanced.
They advised keeping him in Jail, but
in some way, after conference of the
lawyers of all concerned, he was
turned loose about , o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon.
About 10 O'Clock that night he again
appeared at his home, and found the
doors locked against him. He went
around to the rear of the house and
broke open window. Through this
he entered the house and possessed
himself of the keys to the rear doors.
Deputy Sheriff Conley was sent for
and hurried to the house, but found
that Dale had left.
The house faces the east and the
room in which Mrs. Dale Is being
cared for is the northeast corner
room. Adjoining it on the south is
the sitting room. West of the sitting
room is the dining room and north of
the dining room is another bed room.
The kitchen is west of the dining room.
With Mrs. Dale that night we're Mrs.
William Lanyon, Mrs. r.. H..
Lanyon, Mrs Doane and Mrs. Palmer,
neighbors. Mr.. Doane was also
present part Of the time. The doors
to the front OF the house were tied by
the hand es with IA clothes line so they
could not he opened from the outside,
for fear Dale would get in, as he
/ threatened TO kill everybody present
and stormed about the rear rooms
while in the house.
Finding that he had left, Conley fol-
lowed Dale down town, but did not
overtake him. Dale wandered abouua
while and borrowed ten dollars of Ban
ty Kessler, giving an order on his pay
due next day from the Lanyon Zinc
Company. Then he disappeared and
the next heard of him he was at the
house again. He tried to get in at the
front rooms, pleaded and threatened,
but the guard remained firm. Officers
Conley and Gregg responded to the
next summons for help. Gregg sta
toned himself aC the rear door while
Conley entered the front door.
The frightened women said Dale was
in rear room, that he had repeatedly
tried to open the tied door and shOr
time before the officers came had fired
a shot, probably to scare the watchers
Conley was let through into the dining
room from the sitting room. He found
no one, gas lamp lighting the room
The kitchen, also lighted, was vacant
The bedroom north of the dining
room was dark aud Conley decided
that Dale had gone up the stairway
which ascends from the dining room
between the bed rooms. He lighted &
lamp he found in the kitchen to lool
up stairs, but before going glanced
into the bed room.
Lying across the bed with arms out
stretched and a revolver clasped in his
right hand lay Dale, The position ot
the body was natural and seemed to
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