Martin, Leo

age 37, a shoveler, who has been employed in the Blue Mound Mine for some time, committed suicide Tuesday night at 6:30 o'clock, at the Neff boarding house in Treece Kansas. He used carbolic acid, getting four ounces of that poison, stating that he was going to use it as a disinfectant in this hog pens. The body is held awaiting the arrival of the father, Irvan Martin, and brother Henry Martin from Fort Smith Arkansas. Buried G.A.R. cemetery, Miami.

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