Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — JUDGE J. H. GILLETT SUICIDES [ARTICLE]

JUDGE J. H. GILLETT SUICIDES

Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court Ends Life by Hanging. /Hammond, Meh. 17. —Judge John H. Gillett, 63 years old, formerly chieC'sjustice of the supreme court of Indiana, hanged himself in the garret of his home yesterday with a clothes line. The body was discovered by his son Gerald. Judge Gillett’s wife died a year ago and he had been despondent ever since, according to friends. Mr. Gillett was chosen as .a judge of the supreme court in 1902 and served as chief justice from 1903 to 1908. Before that time he was a circuit judge in this county for 12 years and also had served as assistant attorney-general of Indiana. Since retiring from public life he had practiced law in this city and was the author of several law books.