Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-16

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town Herald. went to an outbuildin9 afa
his home. 112 North Third avenue. t1,ins
afternoon, and put a bullet ttruusaa hissIl
head. The report of the weapon 49,
not heard by either the members III
hts family or his neiShbors, but 6ist'
son noting his long absence from ~
house. went to the building and toussd
mis- father dead. At mis- fest lay@ ~
long revolver, taken 6rom dts aiuasteI im ]
Mr.. Ayres' desk, and the six ca,anab Il j 4
contained one that was empty s5;i'
Mr., Charles Ayres, one Of Mr. AyreS' II II
sons. IN order to keep the fact Of hisss::
fathers self-destruction from his mo
ther, hid the revolver in the barn uiitil
Coroner Nichols arrived. and turned
the weapon over to him. Mr.. Waiter
Ayres younger son, searched thrrls &
the papers OF his fathers desk, assIiA
found the note, that had been hidden &
underneath mass Of papers. The son
identified the handwriting as his q ,s
ther's, altho Il was unsigned. sss q.
Made Z SURE dob.
Mr.. Ayres made sure and quick wOS
OF his end, and stionably sufier- -
ed none whatever. He placed the ra- 4
volyer, a 32-ca1ibre weapon, at d point
about two and one-half inches above.
and alittle in front OF the left ear Tha
body pitched forward little from tho
place where Mr.. Ayres was sitting, and
was still warm when found. fs
Financial Affairs Good, Thinks oen. 4
Mr.. Charles Ayres, when seen con-
cerning his fathers death and asked
about the latter's business affairs, re-
piled that as far as he knew every
thing was in good shape. Mr.. AyreSs5
said that his father had complained A
great deal Of late Of his head, and had
suffered severe headaches, the result
Of his accident little over q year ago..
when he was shot In the head at the 4:
alley on North Second avenue. betweenS
Main and State. while going to his
home. This affair, which. has always
been presumed to have been the work
Of holdups, occurred on tho night 0E I
Saturday, Sept. "a, 1904. Mr.. Ayres ha6
to his son several timee
that he feared he might lose his reas-Is
on, and had said that he would rather
be dead than IN that condition. Hi
Mrs. Ayres said that her husband
had gone to the outbuilding whore ~
ended his life once before this niornlnes
and remained some time. Consequent- 3
" she did. not think 50 much 0f -
when he did not return this noon, aI-s
tho he knew that the family was 3uee
ready to sit down to dinner. ss
Coroner Nichols. who fully 1nvests-#l
gated the circumstances OF the casegs
decided that no inquest was necesgeexs
Sketch Of Mr.. AyrsS Career.
ASamuel Parker Ayres was ore g.
the early settlers Of Iowa and N0r
almost q quarter Of century hAd
been actively engaged in the newspA-
per business in Knoxville. Atlantl0
and this city. He was a veteran Of
the civil war, prominent In the a1aarsx
OF Osceola and Knoxville, and was
county attorney Of Clarke county dur-
ing a period Of four years. He waasa
prominent in Odd Fellow circles, 6e-
sides being a member of other Decree
orders.
s. p. Ayres was born May 1S. 1S44s
at Htcksville, Ohio, and when 9 ia0
10 years Of age, with his fath0xs
Buenos Ayres, moved to Henry coun@A
ty. Illinois He lived ON farm durs
ing his early days and when 81 ems
tered Lombard college. GAfesbur8, ul.s
remaining for two years. Later hes
attended Eastmans Business CoNego
at Poughkeepsie. N. Y graduating IN
1865. In 1867 he began reading ~
in Geneseo, ILL.,. and in 1858 he casne
to iowa, settling at Knoxville. whero
he completed his law studies In the
office OF ex-G Governor Stone and Judge
o. B. Ayres. He was admitted t.
the bar IN May, 1868. and soon
after moved to Osceola, where he b.
gan his practice and where he femains
ed for twelve years, returning to Knox.
Vile to become member OF the nrng
81 Ayres Brothers and Robinson. AZ.
ter eight years more OF legal practfco
he took up newspaper work BY buying
khe Knoxville Journal. After managing
L successfully for ten years he sold IS
IN 1898 and bought an interest In The
Daily and Weekly Telegraph. OF A.
|antic. BY this purchase he beceme the q
partner OF L. e. Hoilowei1. who wAs M
terested IN the Herald. while II wne
issued as daily. In 1899 1gr. AYR
1tsposed Of hts interest In the Teao-
graph ana came 70 this city, whore ~
associated himself with George
sIeg IN the establishment Of the Mar II
shalltown Herald, weekly. having n
connection JOB Office. Early II
HfnntfnneA on M9i,th Paea.1