Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1903 — SUICIDE IN NEWTON COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

SUICIDE IN NEWTON COUNTY.

Frank Carter, a well knowp farmer residing near Mt. Ayr, was found dead by the side of bis barn early Tuesday morning with a ballet hole from a small target rifle in his forehead. Carter waff aged about 40 years and leaves a wife and two children. It seems he had been greatly depressed of late and it is thought that he was temporarily deranged. He got np earlier than usual Tuesday morning and secured the target rifle and went out of the house. A search for him a few moments later resulted in finding his dead body as detailed above.