Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-11
NEW LONDON FARMER SHOOTS
SELF DURING CELEBRATION
4 IN HONOR OF soLpIERs. =
WIFE HAD .IeslLEp HEReELF.
ON sATuRpAYsLAsT
INstsrsn o. 0rsat War lsft Mote Say
| ine wife Wanted Him 70 Join Hsr-
/ Leaves Thrss Small childrsn-Rsa.
/ son Fer Act Not Known by Friends
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New eLondon, Oct. 11.-While New
( London celebrated the rstayn of her he
roes Of tho world war. George Warner.
ono Of those heroes. heard his dead
wtfe calling him from the, other world.
she wanted him 70 join her there. he
said, and 70 hs took . heavy revolv-
or. turned his back upon the welcome
home festivities, sought the seclusion
OF IL barn On his farm near New Lon
dom ana sent . bullet boring. thru his
heart.
/ His young wife took her life by pol
son last Saturday. B..
/ Three very young Children are or
phans as the result Of the double sui
cides.
MAY God look after them" and a
request that he be laid to rest beside
his wife, was their fathers dying wish.
Friends and neighbors Of the War
ners and the officials Of Henry county
profess themselves at loss to assign
q reason for the suicide Of either Mrs.
Alta Warner, last week, nor her hus-
band.
0T0OOtNOxUOJ INV S"hosOsss
No arrangements have as yet been
grandmother, Mrs. Warner. Of Burling-
ton, who was on the Darn at the time
Of the tragedy, has taken charge OF
them and Is comforting them as only a
grandmother can. They are dazed at
the sudden loss Of both parents and
especially their father who had recent
% ahconCn
while he served with the heroes who
were being honored in town.
Mrs. Warner could not say today
whether or not she would take the lit
tie ones back to Burlington or would
remain here on the farm with them.
She has been here since the death Of
children and her son.
Provides For Orphans.
The father, before taking his life,
wrote a hurried note in which he pro-
vlded that his farm and all property
shall go to the children and this be-
quest. 1t Is said, will be carried out
and the court will be asked to name
guardian and trustee for them.
The Warmers were quiet folk and
did not have large acquaintance IN
New London and few intimates. They
were we'll liked and highly respected,
but kept much to themselves. Their
farm and their family required much
of their time and the young man
worked industriously to build up his
property until the outbreak Of the war.
Sends Husband TO War.
When the United States entered the
world war, young Warner promptly
announced his intention Of joining his
country's fighting forces but he
realized that his family and farm re-
auired his attention. However, as the
other young men of the community
began joining the colors and marching
off, he and his wife talked 1t over.
she agreed to keep the farm going and
together they came to town and went
before the board. Mrs. Warner signed
the waiver and Warner was enlisted
and sent overseas with the American
expeditionary forces.
Then began the struggle to keep the
farm going and Mrs. Warner set her
self bravely to the task.
Wife Works in Fields.
Help was hard to secure, but in or
der to keep the home fires burning"
Mrs. Warner went herself into the
fields, took her three children with her
and Carried on until the Hun was
defeated and the heroes returned.
Among them was her husband. His
brother had been severely wounded,
but her husband had been spared to
her Friends say the family reunion
was a touching one and Warner at
once went to work to catch up with
the farm work and take up the home
life the war had broken into.
A few days ago 1t became evident
that something was wrong.
Mrs. Warner Kills Herself.
Whether the strain Of work and
worry during her husbands absence
was the cause, no one hazarded a
guess, and the Warmers never told, but
the young wife died suddenly last Sat
urday. There was no inquest then,
but after Warner had killed himself,
1t was given out that his wife had
taken her own life. using poison.
The only clue Is found in the note
left by Warner. who says that his wife
I did not let him know why she did
1t, but God told me-
There were rumors at the time
that domestic troubles were the cause
hut friends deny this and Warmers
request that he be buried beside his
wife and his insistance that she had
called to him and wanted him to join
her. did much to dispel this gossip.