The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-29
SCHROEDER DIES;
TOOK HIS LIFE
WITH REVOLVER
War Veteran, Tired Of Life, Draws
$500 From Bank Before Suicide;
Family Lives in Holland.

Ianobus p. Schroeder, aged 81
years, who shot himself yesterday
Afternoon in the home or John
Noe. 61S Ninth street, died at 3:5o
o'clock. shortly after he had been
removed to st. Anthony's hospital
Only reason for his suicide was
explained in note written on an
envelope: II am tired OF life. The
world and friends have treated me
right and | cannot give anything in
rafurn but trouble, so will end it
Fnrpiye me if possible. / am not
in nv right spirits. Forgive me,
John and Mrs. Noe. You have been
fine to me-"
Schroeder had planned to estab-
1ish a business, but his note said
that il would have been worse IL
he had carried out his plans. He
had been employed recently at the
George l.. Schmid grocery store,
S23 Twentieth street.
An envelope with $500, which he
had taken from the bank, was
found under the pillow of the bed
in Mr.. Noes room in the front OF
the house. MT Noe stated that
Schroeder had expected to buy him
ont. On this envelope was another
note. 1t said: Buy the place with
this money. II I had bought 1t
Won would have had more money
coming from me.a
Children Hear Shot.
Mr.. Noe said that Schroeder was
IN in his room and that he thought
that he was going back to his work.
Mr. Noes two children came into
his meat market at GIG Ninth street
and said that there was a noise up
stairs like something had fallen on
the floor. Mr.. Noe went upstairs
and found Schroeder lying on the
floor with a 38-calibre revolver in
his hand.
Schroeder had stood in front OF
the mirror and put the gun to his
right temple and fired, according
to the position in which the body
was lying. The bullet entered his
right temple and escaped through
the top of the head.
Mr.. Noe called to Clarence Lar
son. who was across the street, and
officer Kirsch arrived and called
DR.. w. d. Snively, who ordered
Schroeder taken to the hospital.
An inquest was conducted by
Coroner John Maberry this morn
ing at $50 o'clock in the Hodgson
& Hoban funeral parlors. The YER
dict by the jury was death caus-
ed by a gunshot wound, self-inf1ict-
ed with suicidal intent, while tenn
porarily insane"
The wound where the bullet en-
tered the head was very unusual,
according to DR.. Joseph De Silva,
who attended Schroeder at the hos
pital, because of the ragged condi-
ton, which is a very rare case
when the gun is held so close to
the head. The gun was found at
the left of the body.
Officer Kirsch, C. o. Larson, 631 u
Ninth street, and Mr.. Noe also tes-
tilted at the inquest. Mr.. Noe said
that he had been talking to Schro-
der at 2 o'clock and he seemed the
same as usual. He did not see him
again until his children called him
after they, heard the shot.
Family in Holland.
Schroeder had been a roomer at
the Noe residence for the last nine
years. He was in the United States
army in the World war and was in
service overseas.
He was a native of Holland, and
after coming to this country had
spent the greater part of his life
in the tri-cities He was a member
of the United Presbyterian church
Moline His mother, brother and
two sisters, in Amsterdam, Hol-
land, survive.
Funeral services will be held at
O'Clock Friday afternoon in the
Hodgson & Hoban funeral parlors
Rev. A. Campbell Bailey, pastor OF
the First United Presbyterian
church, Moline, will conduct the
services. Burial will be in Chip
niannOck cnmetery