Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-12
9Th Rock Island Resident
Kills Himself With Shotgun
at His Home.
WAS RECENTLY INJURED
-.rserary Insanity Caused BY Blow
en- Head While Working on
Sewer Job.


,-u,s he had lost his position. Charles
cu,,nB Of south Rock Island. com
-.,sd suicide last Saturday afternoon
=, N,rsng oct his brains with a shot
rn-
last Tuesday Glllapp was injured
AIR working on sewer construction.
,eisr cut on the head with a falling
,,,s The wound vas roughly dressed
=, the Injured man did not seek the
I'D o, a physician. thinking his injury (
.feh,. lie returned to work the fol- I
,swi.g day. but the pain increased to
.rch an extent that he was forced 10 7
lssve OF work Saturday morning. on
ais account he was dismissed from
anDIovment and IL Is said his mind
becfms temporarily unbalanced be- /
,1ase OF mingled misfortunes.
Tells wife Of Intention.
VI and Mrs. Gulapp spent the great
s- part OF Saturday visiting at the
tone OF the latters sister. Mrs. II. c I
seboeve. 1888 Thirty-fTst street, and
ate in the afternoon Mr.. Gillapp re-
ruruec home while his wife went TO
Z nearby grocery store 10 buy some
srocsr.es for Sunday. After complet-
irz Ter purchases she called her hus-
bsud on the phone end told him that
she would return homo at once. ask
rg him ~ the same time II he had
reached home safely.
The husband informed the wife that
he would find him dead. but she did
10; take the talk seriously. When she
returned home. however, 4 terrible
sight met her gaze
The room in which the tragedy had
occurred was spattered with blood and
portions OF the dead mans brain and
skull. while the body lay on the
foor. 4 single barreled shot gun by its
s6e. and the entire upper part OF the
had blown from the body. The wife Z
vas Frustrated and hardly able TO call
icr asEistsnce Mrs. GiIlaDD was ac-
oompanied home by her niece vino had
rteudsd spending the night at the
home. and help vas Immediately sent
i5T
Injured Last Tuesday.
While working for p. F. Trenken-
sehah on a sewer Job. Mr.. Gil
app vas injured when a heavy
T.Ds fell upon his head INJECTING a
terrible cash. He quit work for the
day and bad the wound dressed by a
relative. but did not seek the aid OF
physician
The following day. Wednesday. he
fsturned 10 work and seemed 10 be all
rizht. but HIS head bothered him con-
fiderably- The pain increased.
and Saturday he was compelled 20 =
remain az home instead OF going 10
EorE He was dismissed from service {
'ecauss OF this fact and during the |
lay Il is said. he acted very strangely. 6
us uind seemed unbalanced by his q
III Of misfortune and he was in i very {
sesDoadeut condition.
Neishbor Heard Shot. :
Mrs J. Staubach. who resides I'm
,otiage near the Gillapp home. states
Lat The heard a shot fred at about
.iss, coming from the direction of the
oitage where she had seen Mr.. Gil
up enter but a few moments before. ,
ne DID not think much OF the matter.
oEever. but informed some neigh
ors Of the fact. No one. however. Il
y esugated. and when Mrs Gillapp
Inc few moments later she was told
the shot She did not think any
ing serious had occurred but was
'mewhat nervous. When she entered Q
- little home. however. she found o.
az her worst fears had been realized. :
Coroner Is Called. !,
~ M &C. e
ier 4 e. J Meyer was called and !,
-stened 70 the Gnlapp home He was
'eoEpanied by = deputy sheriff and >,
complete investigation was made. :,
was shown beyond a doubt :
az Ghlapp had met death by his own =
no although such a fact had not :,
ened probable at first. az il did not
en- that he could pull the trigger
lle the gun was placed against his z
an The coroner. however. proved
~ such a thing was possible.
a then ordered the body removed 20
Knox undertaking parlors.
Born In Wisconsin. at
Ihe deceased was born in Freeport, OF
is. Sept. PC. 1855. and At the time OF 81
death was Is years OF age ID
; parents died when he was a boy ST
q ne removed 20 Rock Island where "
mad since resided. He was married b.
Mss Elsie Cram Of this city in 1907.
me survivors are the wild III
and three brothers: Edward and er
mes OF Rock Island. and William OF bs
nsss City, and four sisters. Mrs. A al
rton. Mrs. Lydia Bloom and Mrs. ST
lorose Horton. all Of this city, and
= T. Richards Of FreepOrt
Inquest Held Yesterday. N
;oroner r. c. J. Meyer summoned
ny Yesterday morning and an inquest
held over the remains at the Knox
iertaking parlors at 3 o'clock. The
examined 4 few Witnesses and 81
ned I'm a verdict OF death by sui pr
2. stating that fhe deceaEed had III
united the act while temporarily III
ane Oh
he funeral services VIII be held At IL