Seymour (IN) Daily Republican, May 4, 1897, p. 3. ROUGH ON RATS Ended Life of John Conway Last Night John Conway, who lived with his family on East Fourth Street, committed suicide last night by taking a dose of "Rough on Rats." It is supposed that he took the poison late in the afternoon and then went to his bedroom. Near nine o'clock, members of his family heard him fall heavily to the floor. When they reached him, he was in the last agonies of death and only breathed a few times more. A physician was called, but nothing could be done for him. A postmortem examination revealed the poison in his stomach that it is believed was taken with the intention of suicide. For many months he has been suffering from a cancer on his head and face from which he could get no relief. It is believed that the realization of his hopeless condition caused him to take poison. He leaves a wife and several children. The burial will take place at Jonesville tomorrow.