The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, March 8, 1906 JAMES H. HAYWORTH, who until recently resided on the Hammers place, north of Russell, committed suicide on Monday, by drinking carbolic acid. The particulars as the Leader gets them from Coronor Blanton is as follows: HAYWORTH is a man between 45 and 50 years of age. He has a wife and several small children. He was a poor man and for the past few years has been renting land and farming. Recently he leased the Spurling farm, southeast of town, and moved his family there, and had been engaged in moving his personal effects to his new location. At about 10:30 on Monday mornong he drove into town, presumably on his way to his former location for another load, and hitched his team, going into the Mettlin Drug Store. Several were in there and he seemed cheerful and laughed at some jocular remarks with the rest. In a short time he called for a dime's worth of carbolic acid and left the store and went directly to R.T. Huston's Livery barn. He was noticed by several as he passed into the pump room. G.M. Whittlesey was in the barn at the time and he with others noticed that something was wrong when he came out. He staggered and they caught him before he fell. He was taken into the office and there soon expired. It was found that he had poured about half the contents of the vial into a cup with water, which he drank. His family was immediately notified and soon arrived, but of course not before his life had gone out. Coronor T.P. Stanton, of this city, was notified and held an inquest over the remains. J.H. Cook, J.E. Plotts and W.L. Werts constituted the jury but after the examination of several witnesses, no cause for his act was developed. His wife says there was no domestic trouble whatever, that he was ever patient and devoted; that financially, while poor, they were getting along better than ever before. On his person he had a check for over $60 and $3 in money. Dr. Stanton suggests this theory; Mr. Hayworth was subject to chronic sick headaches and prior to these attacks there is apt to be a period of despondency. It may have been that he was on the verge of one of these attacks. This, together with the worry of moving over the rough roads with a poor team so affected his nerves that it was impossible for him to resist the impulse when it presented itself. The deceased was a good law abiding citizen and held in esteem by all who were acquainted with him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert October 1, 2004 [email protected]