Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1915 — OTTERBEIN MAN HANGS HIMSELF [ARTICLE]

OTTERBEIN MAN HANGS HIMSELF

Clement X* Woodhams Eludes Relatives and Takes Life—lce Pick Fails to Find Heart. After eluding the watchful eyes of relatives, Clement Locke Woodhams committed suicide at the home of his brother, Alfred Woodham, in Otterbein, Saturday afternoon. He had eatsn dinner as usual and did not set in any way Strang. He read a paper after finishing the noon meal and went into the yard His brother, Alfred, noticing that he was out longer than usual, started a search for him. He visited the barn and a shed, and on opening the door of an outbuilding was to find the lifeless body of his brother suspended from the rafters. He used a seine cord to hang himself and his throat was badly lacerated. Mr. Woodhams had been in poor health for some time and this as attributed as the cause of his rash. act.