Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-09
R|TESFOR KENDALL
TO Be WEDNESDAY
Representative Who Took
:! Own Life to Be Buried
in MyerSdale, Pa.

Representative Samuel A. Kendall
who shot himself to death yesterday
in his suite in the House Office Build
ing, will be buried Wednesday after
noon in his home town, Myers
dale, Pa. Services will be in the Myers
dale Lutheran Church.
The following committee was named
by Speaker Garner to represent the
House of Representatives at the funeral
of Represent alive Kendall:
Represent. i've Temple. Darr w,
WANT, Camp ell, Kelly, Swick, Haines,
wolfenden, Brumm, Rich and Boland,
all of Pennsylvania, and Mead OF New
York. The Senate committee has yet
to be named by Vice President Curtis,
The House adjourned today, on
motion of House Leader Rainey, out OF
respect for Representative Kendall and
Representative Robert r. Butler OF
Oregon, who died Saturday at Provi-
dence Hospital:
In a note found on his desk, Repre-
sentative Kendall who has been mem
Der of Congress for IA years, gave ina
bility to throw off my grief over
the death of his wife as the reason
for his suicide.
The 73-three-old Republican, who
was defeated for reelection, was found
sitting in an easy chair beside win
dow Of his Office about IL O'Clock yes
terday morning In his right hand,
which rested in his lap, was new So
caliber revolver. and there was bullet
hole above his right ear.
Clerk Discovers Suicide.
William Whelan. House mail clerk.
discovered the suicide, the first to
occur in either the Capitol or the
legislative Office buildings. He notified
Capitol authorities, who in turn, sum-
moned Detective Sergts. Dennis J.
Murphy and Jerry Flaherty.
After reading two notes found in the
suite and another discovered by the
dead mans son. j. w. Kendall. 240l
Calvert street. Deputy Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald issued a certificate
of suicide.
One Of the notes found in the office
simply gave the sons telephone num-
Der and requested that he be notified
The other, addressed to Representative
Kendalls dear children" said:
My work on earth is completed. The
sudden death of your dear mother
was the most severe shock of my whole
life, and 1 have been unable to throw
off my grief.
Every day has added to my sorrow,
and can no longer bear my suffering,
which I have kept from you
Mother has been calling me to join
her and little Van in Heaven, and
can no longer resist the call and am
going to join them"
The little Van" referred to was a
4-year -old son, Grant Van Nest Ken
dali, who died in 1913. Representative
Kendall's wife. the former Miss Minnie
Edith Wiley of Liscomb Iowa to whom
he had been married for nearly half a
century, died last August.
Notes Are Identical.
The note found at the Calvert street
address, where Representative Kendall
lived, was Identical to the one describ- !
ing the Representatives grief Both
were signed Father"
Representative Kendall. who served
the twenty-fourth congressional district
of Pennsylvania, went to the House Office
Building from the Calvert street adj
dress, where he breakfasted with his
daughter, Mrs. Grace NJ. Angus, at
about $50 o'clock.
Some time between 1918 and l0:45
O'Clock Representative Hall of North
Dakota and other occupants of the
House Once Building heard a report, 4
but did not identify it as the sound of
q gunshot.
Examination of the body BY DR.. Mac
Donald disclosed the bullet went
through Representative KendalIs head.
emerging near the left temple.
Born on farm in Somerset County.
Pa, on November l. 1859, Representa-
tive Kendall was educated at Valparaiso
University, Valparaiso, Ind, and Mount
Union College, Alliance, Ohio.
He began teaching school at 18, fol-
lowing that profession for IA years. the
last IS years of which he served as
superintendent of schools in Jeffer-
son, Iowa.
Conducted Lumber Business.
Returning to Pennsylvania after
severing his connection with the Jeffer-
son school system, he served in the
State Legislature from 1899 to 1903
He also engaged in the lumber business
with his brother. with whom he con-
Quoted the Kendall Lumber Corpo-
ration of Roseburg, Greg
The brother was killed in an auto
mobile accident several years ago. He
was involved in the same mishap, but
escaped with minor injuries
Making his home in Myersdale. he
was elected to the Sixty-sixth Con-
gress in 1919. He was defeated in the
November election. but, according to
his son. Samuel A. Kendall jr.. also
of the Calvert street address, did not
seem to be greatly affected by the
defeat.
Representative Kendall, high rank
ing member of the House Post Office
Committee. sponsored considerable leg
islation favoring postal workers. Among
the bills he sponsored was one reduc-
ing the working hours of postal clerks
from 40 to A a week