Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1915 — ATTEMPTS SUICIDE WHEN ARRESTED [ARTICLE]

ATTEMPTS SUICIDE WHEN ARRESTED

Man Who Lives With Mrs. Van Meter, Near Lee, Drank Spavin Cure— Says Stories Are False.

Monticello Herald. Because he was about to be arrested on a grand jury indictment, charging him and Mrs. May VanMeter with adultery, Frank Hoover, who formerly lived in Cass township, but who now reside in the edge of Pulaski county, just north of Morion, attempted suicide by drinking the contents of a bottle of horse medicine containing either at his home Wednesday. He drank the entire contents of an eight ounce bottle of the medicine, which was said to be a kind of spavin cure, and was only prevented in his attempt to take his life because the medicine made him so Sick that it was immediately thrown from his stomach. He was immediately rushed by Deputy Sheriff Ora Countryman and Marshal Claude Ireland, who 'had gone to his home to make the arrest, into the town of Monon, arid taken to the office of Dr. G. R. Clayton, where an examination revealed that he had not retained enough of the drug in his system to injure him iatally although he was still a very sick man.

This incident is the climax of a series of incidents which have happened in the Van Meter family in the past few weeks. Hoover was employed as a farm hand at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Van Meter in Cass township. Without any indication as to where he was going, and with all knowledge Of his whereabouts still unknown, Cecil Van Meter mysteriously disappeared from his home. Every effort to locate him by his relatives and friends was made but with no success. Some suggested the theory of foul play, while others said that he had left home because of domestic troubles. The present grand jury investigated the case and after hearing the evidence of neighbors and other witnesses returned an indictment against Hoover and Mrs. Van Meter charging them with adultery, and Deputy Sheriff Countryman, together with Claude Ireland, had gone to his home to serve a bench warrant on them from the circuit court. As the officers were approaching the barn where Hoover was standing he was seen by them to drink the contents of a bottle, which they afterwards discovered was the horse medicine above mentioned. He, together with Mrs. Van Meter, were brought into court Wednesday afternoon, and being unable to give bond, were remanded to the custody of the sheriff, who placed them in the county jail, but will remove Mrs. VanMeter as soon as possible. Hoover was questioned by Marshal Ireland as to why he attempted to take his life and said that he was not guilty of the crime charged but that people had been lying about him and that if he 'had to suffer because of semebody else’s lies he desired to inflict the punishment himself. At this time bath assert their innocence and although they have not retained attorneys, the case will probably be contested and set for trial some time during the present term.

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