Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Old Veteran Ends His Life. [ARTICLE]

Old Veteran Ends His Life.

Captain Charles Palmatier, a member of the G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion, shot himself at Kenosha, Wis., dying almost instantly. For thirteen years he has been a sufferer from diabetes. Last month he went to Hot Springs, but failed to And relief. He returned a few days ago and seemed despondent While talking to one of his daughters he asked her to step out of the room, and, rising from the bed without even closing the door, he took his revolver from the bureau and shot himself. The decedent was 67 years old. He served all through the civil war.