The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-28
Frank Buckley Killed Himself
With q Razor.
Wrote Letter to State Journal
Before Committing Deed.
TROUBLE WITH FAMILY BLAMED
Last Letters Said He Loved
Wife and Children.
Family Came Here From Alma
Against His Wish.

Before slashing his throat until he
died. some time Saturday night. Frank
Buckley. 81. 1914 High street, wrote
rambling letter of explanation to the.
after the deed had been committed.
Buckley's daughter. Miss Edna, dis
covered the body lying in the back
yard at o'clock Sunday morning.
Family trouble is given by Buckley.
in his letter.sas the cause for the deed
Little explanation is given and the
letter is filled with half finished sens
fences. 1t was stamped at the Topeka
postoffice at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
night.
BILE began between her father and the
family several years ago when they
moved to Topeka from Alma against
his will. She declared that Buckley
had threatened to kill them several
times and had once locked the family
in the house and threatened to kill
them all with a revolver.
He Was Carpenter.
Buckley, who was a carpenter, had
been working at Kansas City for some
time. In a letter written from there
April 16. he had threatened suicide,
Coroner o. F. Narcotic was Informed
Saturday night some unknown person
teIephoned to the Buckley home and
stated that Buckley had been seen on
the street. The next morning Miss
Buckley opened the back door and
found her fathers body near the steps
of the porch. He had slashed his
throat with a razor, placed the razor
in his pocket and had fallen to the
ground where he b1ed to death. Cofo-
ner Narcotic stated that 1t was plain
case of suicide and no inquest would
be held. A rambling letter to his wife
and children was found in his pocket
The decipherab1e part read as follows:
my dear wife and children, this is
what coming to Topeka has done for
me, dragged down to my grave. The
father that worked so hard to raise
family-these because of his old days.
You will get your revenge in --,
some day-good- bye my dear beloved
ones, hoping when l see you, you will
all be happy. Am still your loving and
dying husband and father. Frank
Buckley
Letter to State journal.
The letter to the State journal, in
part. follows:
Il am tired of life from the way my
family have treated me. Hard work and
trouble, loss of money, all together. have
broke me down to please my wife and chill
dren. 1 have decided to leave this world.
Little did l think that things would
and children just the same and am ready
to die to make them happy. When it
comes to being robbed of everything have
it is more than l can stand in the condf-
| but pleasure the last year and a half. l
know 1 can't stand things this way. so
you need not be surprised to hear of my
death at any time. So good-by to my dear
wife and children. Frank Buckley
At the end of the letter he wrote, This
is what coming to Topeka has done for
me-
Leaves Large Family.
Besides his widow and daughter in To-
peka, Buckley is survived by a daughter,
Miss Carrie Buckley, San Diego, Cal,
another daughter, Mrs. Willard Amos,
Scott City, Kan, and four sons, H. V.
Buckley, Emporia; Lyle II. Buckley, To-
peka; Leslie Buckley who has just re-
turned from military service at Camp Tot
ten, Va, and Willie Buckley, employed in
the Santa Ee offices.