Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — QUINCY EDITOR KILLS SELF [ARTICLE]

QUINCY EDITOR KILLS SELF

Ben Lewis Turns on the Gas While Family Is Away from Home. Quincy, fll„ March 22.—Ben Lewis, aged thirty-five, business manager of the Quincy Journal, committed suicide. He turned on the gas in the bathroom at his home while the members of th£ i„mily were away, and was found some time afterwards by his wife. The reason for his act is a mystery.