The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1914-09-04

InulcLmenC I0f Cne Killing OF MS son,
jacob. in aarunken fight May 26,
conahAitted suicide by hanging at noon
Sunday, August 80, while the family
was at church. A young son discov-
cred his father hanging from limb
of q tree in the backyard.
Frightened at the sight, the son
ran for nearly half mile to neigh
boring farm home for assistance.
4 When cut down Bauman was dead.
1t is believed that the man had
become mentally unsound through
brooding over the death Of his son
and his impending trial on the charge
Of having caused it.
AS will be recalled by our readers
the circumstances leading up to the
arrest Of Bauman were rather Pc
culiar. At first the cause of death
had been given out as heart disease.
Y The coroner had not been notified and
the body was laid out, the date Of
funeral set, the latter subsequently
held and the remains buried.
Sinister rumors. soon gained cur
rency and became so lively that the
( coroner's attention was brought to the
matter, with the result that the body
was exhumed and an autopsy held.
Coroner R. G. Strong and DR.. Robin
son Of Medina performed the autopsy.
They found three ugly bruises on the
head. The one which caused death
was at a point just behind the left ear,
where the skull had been fractured
and y six-ounce blood clot had formed.
From knowledge Of an altercation
the father and son had had, the war
rant and arrest followed.
AS near as could be ascertained'
both men were intoxicated or at least
had been drinking, and the row it
later developed, started over banter
ing about the sons domestic troubles,
enlarged through the lense Of booze.
The testimony at the coroner's in
quest Of the victims widow, who was
an eye witness to her husbands as
sault and death, was subsequently as
follows: She and her husband had
some differences over the question Of
q proper division of the work on the
Z farm. The later it was testi-
fed, had not been IN the best Of
health and had directed the wife to
do the milking and other heavy
work, against which she protested.
n She said that she went over
10 her fathers house on the day
Of the fight to unburden her heart to
her mother-in-law and for coincidence.
Returning, she overlook her hus-
( band and his father, whom she dis
covered rowing it. She said she asked
the former to go home with her, but
he refused and she started on I. Pro-
ceeding but few feet she turned
around in time to see the father
strike her husband with a stick which
he carried as cane. The husband
she testified fell backward on his
hands, but was up in an instant and
threw handful of dust in his faith
er's face, following this up by clutch
ing him by the neck and throwing
him down. At this juncture the
widow claims she ran back to get
her husband to desist, fearing lest the
trouble should become Jnore serious.
She found her husband bleeding
from blow on the head, which she
bandaged. She also stated that the
father was bleeding from the nose.
The witness stated that she and her
husband then went home. That the
latter expressed regrets that he had
had differences with his father. While
he said he didn't feel good, yet the
widow insists that he made no partic-
ular complaint from the blow on his
head and from which subsequent de-
velopments proved that he was then
slowly dying. She says she did the
chores that night and put cold COM
presses on the wound on her hus-
bands forehead at least dozen times
during the night, unaware of the
other ones and the fatal one behind
the ear. About midnight, the wild
ow testified, her husband fell asleep
Later, about $3.50, he slid off the
lounge onto the floor. He sat uI
there with his back against the wal
and refused to be helped back on the
lounge. The witness said that at the
time his utterings were somewhat
incoherent and suggested the unstable
manner of one who is intoxicated
Soon he, lapsed into Inconsistencies
and became prone on the floor, where
he remained until death. AS he be-
came unconscious the widow says
she telephoned for DIR; Robinson q
Medina. The doctor was making {
cali at the time and was unable (
respond until morning. When he AZ