The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-12-22
Love FOR ANOTHER MANS WIFE
CAUSED JOHN GILL TO SUICIDE
Fired Bullet Into His Brain Early Monday
WOrning and Died Few Hours Later
Without Regaining Consciousness
CORONERS JURY RETURNED VERDICT OF SUICIDE
Body Was Shipped to Paris, Illinois, Wednesday
as Requested by the Father Suicide
Was Carefully Planned

Because he loved the wife of an.
other man, and realized the impos.
sibility of his suit, caused John Gill
of Paris Illinois, to end his life at the
w. E. Stallard home, in this city about
10 o'clock Monday morning
Little is known of Gill in the city
According to information brot out al
the inquest, he came to Liberal during
the last harvest, and became acqutain.
ted with Mr.. and Mrs. Stallard thru
his patronage at the bakery.
On several instances he was guest
at the Stallard home, and it was dur.
ing these visits that he became in
fatuated with Mrs. Stallard.
He came to Liberal Sunday, anG
meeting Mrs. Stallard on the street,
accompanied her part way home. She
says he seemed blue and downhearted
A. Monday morning he came to the
WsAouse. Mr.. Stsllard had already gone
ITO the bakery. He entered and was
seated. Mrs. Stallard was busy with
her house work and at one time no
ticed him with his head in his hands
shedding tears. She asked the rea-
son and he replied, "Helen, you will
shed more tears than these be-
fore tonight. According to Mrs.
Stallard, not much was said, but he
remarked, 81 have come to take you
witA me-" She believes that h maant
that h intended to kill her, too.
Mrs. Stallard got ready to go to
the bakery and told Gill that she must
go to work, and he remarked that ut
would be lonesome day for him" |;
that he had hopes of home of his
own but that it seemed not to be for
him. She stepped into the kitchen to
put some coal in the stove before leav-
ing she heard the sliding door leading
to the parlor slide, and moment lat
er a shot. She rushed to the room and
Gill lay on the floor with the blood
streaming from a wound in his head.
Thinking it was possibly not serious,
she investigated and when she real
lied that the bullet had gone entire
ly thru his head, knew that it must
be fatal. She called the Liberal Hos
pital, but none of the physicians were
in. She then phoned the Morrow hos
pital, got DR.. Day on the phone and
informed him of the tragedy.
Then she called the ambulance and
: nhoned Mr.. Stallard at the Bakery.
~ Stallard rushed home as fast as
possible and Doctor Day arrived a
very few minutes later. County At
torney Davis and Sheriff Nelson were
called, and made an investigation
which satisfied them that it was
plainly a case of suicide.
Gill was taken to the Morrow Hos
pital where he died without regain
) ing CONSEQUENCES about four o'clock
in the afternoon.
AS Gill lay on the floor ini the Stall
lard home, letter was taken from
his pocket. On the outside Of the en-
velope was written Don't open this
until you hear bad news" The letter
on the inside was written on station
cry of the Carson hotel, and was dat
ed Sunday. The letter said: "Mr.
Hammond. Pease wire my mother in
case there is trouble. Mrs. |. H. Gill,
Paris, Illinois,, R F. D., No. 5. God
bless you, kid, / can't"
It is the supposition that he inten-
ded to give the letter to "Tib" Ham
R,cpd operator at the Western Union
~ had not had an opportunity Of
seeing him.
On the back Of the envelope was
written with pencil, the following;
Helen: wire my SIS, Bessie Bin. 6l2 |