BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 19, 1900 WAS IT MURDER? Some Strange Circumstances Surrounding the Death Of Walter T. Glover. Walter T. Glover, American Express Agent at Bedford, committed suicide shortly after noon Tuesday, by shooting himself through the head with a 38 caliber Colt's revolver. He left the office at 12 o'clock in good spirits, apparently, remarking to E. C. Burton, Auditor for the company, who was making one of his usual trips that he would be back as soon as he got his dinner, to go over the books of the office. Mr. Burton returned to the office after dinner, and waited till about 2 o'clock for Walter, who failed to appear. T. G. Glover, Water's father, went out to his home to see why he did not come. Mrs. Glover, Walter's wife, said he had eaten dinner and gone over to I. N. Glover's stable, across the street, in which he kept his horse, to feed. Mr. Glover saw the horse and wagon in the yard and sent Mrs. Glover to see what was the matter. She found him lying in the stall in a pool of blood, dead. Walter had placed the heavy Colt's express revolver belonging to the office at his right temple, and fired. The bullet went clear through in a straight line and made a dent in a pine board in the side of the stall. Death must have been instantaneous. Walter was about 27 years of age, and leaves a wife, formerly Miss Anna Jackson, and two small children. Coroner Voyles held at inquest at 3:45. **** The suicide, or – possible – murder, of Walter T. Glover, the American Express Agent, yesterday, is the principal topic of conversation here at present. Various theories are suggested why he should be in a sufficiently desperate state of mind to kill himself, but not one of them are adequate to explain the matter. The most serious cause advanced is that he might have got behind in his accounts with the company, and feared the consequences, but, though the office has not yet been fully checked up, the company has not yet notified his bondsmen of any such condition, and it is probable that it does not exist. Even if it did there could not have been a very large amount of discrepancy, and he and his wife owned property worth $1,200 or $1,500 with which to make it good, and Walter had relatives who would have been able and willing to protect him from trouble. Another suggestion is that charges had been made against him by patrons and that he was to have been relieved of the agency on that account. If there was anything of the kind he had not been notified by the company; and it is probably not true, as Walter was handling the large business of the company at this place very successfully, working day and night. If he had domestic troubles they were not known to his relatives, who scout the idea. He suffered at times from rheumatism in his knees, but the trouble was not sufficiently severe to incapacitate him for work. Walter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Glover, and his wife, can not believe that his death was the act of his own hand, but declare it was the result of foul play. The only thing that bears out this idea is the lack of powder burns on the side of the head and face. One of the boys who drives the wagon thought an attempt was made to assault him in the same stable where Walter met his death, a few weeks ago. If it was murder the only motive that can be assigned was robbery. Walter's watch and pocket-book, at first reported missing, were found. The relatives are terribly shocked by the tragedy, and several members of the family were quite ill Tuesday night. They are all excellent people and have the heartfelt sympathy of all. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Baptist church. Services conduced by Rev. G. W. Chadwick. The body laid in state at the residence, North M street, Thursday from 10 to 1:30 o'clock. Burial was at Green Hill Cemetery, conducted by Opitsah Tribe, I. O. R. M.