Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1911 — Wealthy Benton County Man Shots Himself Through Heart. [ARTICLE]

Wealthy Benton County Man Shots Himself Through Heart.

I. N. Atkinson, of Benton county, a wealthy farmer and once trustee of Pine township, that county, suicided Thursday afternoon by shooting himself through the heart. 11l health had caused him to become despondent and this is attributed to be tbe cause of the deed. For many years Mr. Atkinson was a partner in the Bank of Oxford. Senator Halleck arrived home this afternoon to remain over Sunday. He says that the legislature looks a big lot like brewOTs’ convention. The attempt to regulate the liquor traffic is by giving tbe saloonkeepers almost full swing. The democratic party is doing more than it agreed in its efforts to reinstate saloons in “dry” territory.