Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — EX-OFFICIAL ENDS HIS LIFE [ARTICLE]

EX-OFFICIAL ENDS HIS LIFE

B. F. Harper Suicide After Getting Ready to Move to Chicago. Fort Wajne. Ind., Sept 15. —Just as he and his wife were ready to depart for Chicago to make their home there, Benjamin F Harper, for many years treasury auditor for the war department, committed suiiede here by shooting. 11l health is given as the cause. Harper resigned his position with the war department last April, and. after practicing law here, decided to remove to Chicago The household goods were packed, and just before startjng to the railroad station Harper went to the barn and shot himself. Mrs. Harper found the body when she became worried over his long absence. Harper, who was forty-five years old, was appointed to the war department post in 1905.