Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-08
LF-INFLICTED DEATH IS
FATE OF FRANK W. GOULD


DR.. w E. Taylor of the Watertown
hospital were summoned.
Mr.. Gould had placed the muzzle of
a 32-caliber revolver in his mouth,
pulled the trigger. The bullet entered
the brain, causing death within a few
minutes.
The fact that Mr.. Gould had made
appointments with Mr. Butterwortn
and Mr.. Towndrow indicates that the
deed was not long premeditated
Had Been Ill.
For several days Mr.. Gould had been
confined 10 his home by slight at
tack of stomach trouble, but his i'll
ness had not been serious, and is not
thought to have been serious enough
to have caused him to end his life,
Mr. Goulds Moline interests are not
connected with the case, nor is there
any connection between the tragedy
md his service as president of the
board of trustees of the Western Hi
nois hospital for the insane at Water
town.
He had been worried greatly of late
by the financial difficulties surround
ing outside investments, and it is said
that anxiety and worry over the af-
fairs of a Rockford industrial enter
prise were the fundamental causes of
the suicide
Born in Moline.
Mr.. Gould was native of Moline,
having been born there May %, 1853.
He was son of Judge and Mrs. !. M.
Gould, who located in Moline in 1S4S,
coming from Grand Detour with the
late John Deere.
Mr.. Gould received his early educa-
ton at the Sufield preparatory school,
and graduated from Yale in 1876.
He was married Feb. 20. 1878. his
wife, who survives. having been Miss
Martha Louise ~ToWndrow.
As a Manufacturer.
On returning from school, Mr.. Gould
became associated with Dmock, Gould
x Co. serving in the office of secre
tary of that company until 1899. when
he assumed the presidency of the
Union Malleable Iron company. This
enterprise experienced great prosper
ity under his management. and par
ticularly in the last year made a re
markable business showing.
Mr.. Gould was for some time one
of the directors of the Peoples Saving;
Bank & Trust company OF Moline. ant
\isposed of his stock in the company
Ibut a week ago. He was at one time
Sresident of the Moline club He tool
arr active interest in the civic and Pc
litiSal affairs of Moline.
Trustee of Hospital.
Governor Tanner appointed MI
Gould a member of the board of trus
tees of the Watertown hospital. to sue
ceed Hon. T. ]. MedilI of this city
who held the office under appointment
| by Governor Altgeld He was reaT
pointed by Governor Yates ant
| by Governor Deneen, and whei
the new. board was organized, he be
came its. president. holding that offic
to the time of his death.
1t is stated authoritatiyely that Nj
Gould was in no manner indebted t.
| the state by reason of his position Of
the board. and that the motive for hi
suicide is in no manner connected witt
this office. nor with any Moline indus
| trial institution in which he was in
terested.
The Surviving Family.
i Mr. Gould is survived by his father
Judge J. NJ. Gould. who is now visiting
at Cleburne. Texas, and by his wifi
and his daughter, Mrs Hale, who i
now visiting in Moline. A brother
Fred Gould, resides at Cleburne an
he is also survived by a sister. Mrs
S. NJ Hill, residing in Texas
The funeral will probably be hel
Monday.