Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1915 — Former Thayer Man Suicides At Hammond by Hanging Self. [ARTICLE]

Former Thayer Man Suicides At Hammond by Hanging Self.

iMahlon F. DeWolf, a fdrmer resident of Thayer, but since of Hammond, was found dead last Sunday. The Lake County Times publishes the following: “While throwing down some hay in the loft of the bam of the Independent brewery in Hammond yesterday afternoon, Elmer Perry made a ghastly find when he came across the dead body of Mahlan F. DeWolf, 552 Morton avenue, suspended from thjs rafter by a rope. From the condition of the body it was evident that DeWolf had been dead several days. Upon finding the 'body Perry summoned the police and Coroner J.-A. Graham, who ordered the body gut down. It was removed to Nedow’s morgue. DeWolfe was 48 years old and was employed as a driver for the Independent brewery , in Hammond. Friends and relatives give no reason for his raSh act. Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter and three sons. The funeral was held from Nedow’s chapel Monday afternoon and interment was made at Oak Hill cemetery.