The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-10
Mrs. Dyal Took Pistol From
Husband Wednesday Morning.
Then Junk Dealer Used Shot
gun To Kill Himself.
MADE WILL TWO WEEKS AGO
He Told Wife He Was a Nerv-
Gus Wreck.
Did Not Believe Doctors Could
Do Him Any Good.

Mrs. w A Dyal found a revolver
in her husbands overcoat pocket
Wednesday morning, a few hours be-
fore he went into the basement of his
beautiful home at 430 Greenwood ave-
nue., placed the muZzle of a shot gun
in his mouth and pulled the trigger
The body was found shortly after
o'clock in the afternoon by w. A.
Dyal's only son, Albert aged IA years
Dya1 died instantly, according to Cor
oner o. F. Narcotic.
That afternoon Mrs. Dyal was in
vited to a party. She extracted
promise from her husband that he
had no intentions of killing himself
party.
Why honey, I wouldn't do such a
thing for the world Mrs Dyal said
he told her. You go on to the party
and have a good time"
Today, Mrs. Dyal stated that she
had learned Dyal had gone to an at
torney two weeks ago and made new
will The will was written by Judge
document are looked upon conf
dental by attorneys until it is filed in
the probate court.
Dyal Nervous for Two Weeks.
For two weeks he had been ner-
vous and complaining" said Mrs. Dyal
today. He believed he was a ner-
vous wreck, beyond recovery. Two
; nights before he killed himself I be-
came so alarmed that 1 expressed a
determination to call a doctor.
No use to call a DOCTOR he told
me. I'm just a nervous wreck ana
there isn't anything in the world that
will cure me-
Il think now that he planned to
kill himself for several weeks l just
| learned today he had made out will.
He seemed to think he was losing his
mind.
The revolver was in the pocket of
an overcoat he wore home from the
office Tuesday night. 1 took it and
hid it. When l asked him about it,
| he said.
Why, the idea of thinking such
thing. It's gun 1 got cheap and took
| home. We need a good gun in the
house and 1 decided to take this one
! home
| house for several years. continued
Mrs. Dyal. 1T was rusty and wasn't
loaded. The shotgun was one owned
by our son. Mr.. Dyal went upstairs to
get it,
Mrs. Dyal called a physician We'd
nesday morning The physician made
cuTsory examination and stated that
Dyal might have a high blood pres
sure His symptoms, sleep1essness and
worry over his imagined nervous
breakdown were unfolded to the
physician, Mrs. Dyal stated
Worried Over the War.
You look worried the doctor told
him, Mrs. Dyal said.
Yes, this darned war and blood
shed doesn't leave business man
much peace he replied"
The physician promised to return
at O'Clock in the afternoon. Mean
time, Mrs. Dyal prepared for the par
ty, calling her brother-in-law, John,
before leaving and telling him of his
brothers illness.
About o'clock in the afternoon
John Dyal called the house and AL
bert Dyal answered the telephone
He had come home from school
but not finding his father believed he
had gone out. A few minutes later he
found the body in the furnace room
and called his uncle.
Oval Brothers are probably the
wealthiest tunl. dealers in Kansas A
year ago w. A. DyaI stated that their
business in various cities over the state
ran as high as $780, 900 a year w A
Dyal was one of the active managers
of the firm for the last twenty-five
years, coming to Topeka from Abb
lene, the place of his birth
In Business Thirty-five Years.
| The business at the foot of Kansas
avenue was started thirty-five years
| ago by two of w. A. DyaIs brothers.
5. E; and John Dyal Ten years later
| w A. Dya1 became actively identified
in the business. Junk stored in Oval
brothers warehouse at the foot of
| Kansas avenue runs into the thou
SANDS OF dollars and has increased ren-
| fold in value since the war began
Besides a widow and one child AL
bert, Dya1 is survived by four broth
ers and two sisters, John and S. E.
Dyal. identified in the junk business:
Z. h Dyal of North Topeka; D. B.
! Dyal of Ashton; Mrs. Josenb wbita
Abilene. and Mrs. Ben Crayens. Fort
| smith, Ark. Dyal was As years old
| ne mad Just moved into a new $4,000