Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. KILLS HIMSELF WITH RIFLE Indianapolis Man Recovering From Debauch Places Muzzle of the Weapon in His Mouth and Pulls the Trigger. Indianapolis, April 12. —Charles Craig, forty years old, shot and instantly killed himself with a rifle. Craig shouted. ’This is the way to do it” to Mrs. Mattie Trusty just before the shot was fired. He had been on a protracted debauch and was in bad physical condition. Craijf placed the rifle between his knees with his mouth over the muzzle, then dktcharged it.