The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-11-25
JACK ADAMS
LIFE IS ENDED
Well Known Custodian of
Mckinley Farm. Stricken
on 57th Birthday.
Theory Of Suicide Is De-
MED by Physi-
clans.
PERroRATION ofSTomAcH ADVANCED
Adams Was Despoudent for
Past Year Over His Affairs
Asked Burial on
rf - Farm.
PERTURBATION OfSTOMAcH ADVANCED

w. j. Adams. better known as
Farmer Jack" Adams, who lived up
on the Mckinley farm near Minerva,
died Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock
under circumstances that led members
= of his family and others to think that
he had taken poison with suicidal I'M
tent. Later this theory was abandon
ed, and the physicians concluded that
he died of perforation of the stomach
, resulting possibly from gastric ul-
ce-.
Mr.. Adams was taken violently ill
about o'clock Thursday evening and
was vomiting blood. He suffered in
tense agony. The attack was quite
sudden, which led the family to fear
that he had poisoned himself. as he
had been quite despondept FL. some
time past.
DR.. A. J: Hill. of Minerva. and later
DR.. G.. A. Shane, of Waynesburg. were
called to attend him. and as the suffer-
ing continued and the hemorrhage
could not be checked, they informed
Adams that he could not recover. He
said that he had all his affairs in
shape and. was ready for death. The
sick man fingered until about o'clock
Friday afternoon, when he expired.
During the last year and half.
Jack" Adams has had enough trouble
to drive almost any one to suicide.
although the doctors are of the opin-
f6h that his, death was not self1inflict-
ed.
The public is familiar with the story
of how William Better, who had been
clothing merchant at Minerva. in
duced Adams to loan him large sums
of money by false representations. 1t Is
claimed. Better owed him $4,000. and
bofore this could be collected Better
went into bankruptcy and all that
Adams realized out Of the crash was
81 POO, which was paid to him by At
torneys Craine & Snyder in July last.
At that time Adams stated to his at
torneys that life had little left for
him now. Even his home was not
what 1t had been. as he was censured
for losing the money He was very
despondent and those to whom he
talked tried in vain to cheer him up.
On April last. Mrs. Anna Mary
Rclsling, Of Canton. sister Of Mr..
Adams. committed suicide. after hav-
ing made an Intellectual attempt once
before. This tragedy weighed upon
Mr., Adams mind and added to his
melancholy
In addition to these personal trou-
b!es, the shooting and death of Pres
ident Mckinley weighed heavily upon
him. To Jack Adams Mckinley was
moro than the president-he was a
warm personal friend. and although
one was a man at the head of the ma
--tion and the other a simple farmer
there were ties that bound them as
man to man that station or position
could not AFFECT. "H
It will be remembered that the sum.
mer before President Mckinley was
shot, Jack Adams visited him - al
Washington and was entertained In
the white house just as any distin-
guished guest would have been, and
the president seemed to get as much
pleasure out of the visit as did his
tenant. >its4n .It f-m
= For 20 years he lived upon the Nc
Kinley farm and the crops that ne
raised were eagerly sought after Nc
kinney became president and even the
potatoes were sold at high prices by