The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-07
JURY'S VERDICT
IS SUICIDE
John Kindschy Ends Life by
Taking Poison.
REASON FOR ACT UNKNOWN
Was Prominent Farmer of Galpin. In
quest Held by Coroner and Ver-
dict was Suicide.

OVAC aC1u, Ny uAo OWA AoA>AS "ASn c~A-
cidal intentions" was the verdict Of
the Coroner's jury which had been
inlpaneled to inquire into the death
of John Kindschy, who passed away
at the home of Mrs. Malinda Blocher,
about eight miles southeast Of Glas-
gov carly Tuesday morning.
Tuesday morning Coroner C. E.
Peterson was notified of Kindscny's
death by w. C. Beede, a neighbor Of
the deceased, and he made the trip to
the Blocher farm to make his exam
ination A jury was impanelel and
the testimony of the witnesses was
taken, the verdict being that Kindschy
had taken his own life.
According to The story of Mrs.
Blocher, at whose home the tragedy
occurred, Kindschy had come over
there about seven o'clock Monday eve
ming and while he appeared in good
spirits, he complained of different
things and acted nervous. She stated
that he was subject to unexpected
spells when he was unreasonable and
had very quick temper When she
mentioned his consulting a doctor,
he seemed to become morose and de-
jected, and stated that he did not
think doctor could help him.
Mrs. Blocker's account of the affair
was that Kindschy had gone to bed
about one o'clock, and a short time
later she heard him get up. She
asked him what he wanted and he re-
piled that he was hunting match
to light the lamp. She then got up
to see what he was doing and found
him with bottle of carbolic acid IN
his hand. She asked him if he had
drank any of it and he answered
"No." but he asked to be given some
milk. Mrs. Blocher stated that she
got the milk, but it did not seem to
do much good. While denying that
he had taken poison, Kindschy, kept
asking for something else that would
help him, and when she told him she
did not know what to do, he said, Il
don't think l will live till morning, so
goodbye"
The bottle of carbolic acid had been
kept in the house for medicinal pur-
poses, as Mrs. Blocher explained it.
It was kept in a whisky flask, without
a label. She stated that this had
nrohahlv come off while the bottle
was damp.
About ten minutes after Kindschy
was found with the bottle in his hand,
death overlook him, denying to the
hast that he had taken any Of the
acid. Mrs. Blocher's son Clarence
aged fourteen was in the house and
both were present when kindschy
breathed his last.
When they discovered that he was
dead, they started across the fields
to notify Mr.. Beede. Mr.. Beede stat
ed on the witness stand that they
reached his house about ten minutes
to two and told him that Kindschy
was dead over at their place. Mr.
Beede then went over and got Mr.
Burlinghame and they went over te
the Blocher home and investigated
what had happened. He stated that
all they did was to raise the windows
in the room and feel Of Kindschy'i
wrists to see whether he was dead
In the morning Mr.. Beede came t!
Glasgow and informed the Coroner o.
the tragedy.
The body was brought in to Glas
cow, and E. o. Kindschy of Lewis
town and other relatives of the de
ceased were notified. Mr.. E. O. Kind
schy arrived from Lewistown yester
day morning and made arrangements
to ship the body to Cochrane, Wiscon
sin.