Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1918 — DRAFTED SOLDIER IS REPORTED A SUICIDE [ARTICLE]

DRAFTED SOLDIER IS REPORTED A SUICIDE

A report reached Crown Point on Wednesday, although not officially verified, to the effect that John Arvidson, who had to 'be arrested in Chicago by federal agents and taken bodily to Crown Point a few weeks ago to answer his draft call, had recently committed suicide at Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was sent by the Lake county conscription board. Arvidson registered at Miller Station, but later moved to Chicago, and when drafted notified J. A. Donnaha that he absolutely would not go to war. It was necessary to order his arrest and send him to Camp Taylot under guard and the report of his suicide is no surprise to those who heard him beg to be relieved from fighting in France.