Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — Fear Kills an Alleged Heir. [ARTICLE]

Fear Kills an Alleged Heir.

Wabash, Ind., Oct. 24.—Worry killed John Dye, who died Tuesday morning. He was one of the several heirs to au alleged estate of several thousand acres of coal land In Pennsylvania. Recently he received many anonymous letters stating that he would he kidnaped and held for ransom. Dye was an old man and the letters threw him Into a paroxysm of fright, which resulted in speedy decline and ‘dcnffi.