FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, April 25, 1912 HENRY SLADE OF BONNE TERRE TAKES OWN LIFE WITH CARBOLIC ACID Henry Slade, aged 42 years, car-repairer in the M.R. & B.T. Railroad shops at Bonne Terre, committed suicide last Monday evening by taking carbolic acid. About three o'clock Monday afternoon he went into Romine's saloon and asked for paper and pencil, and receiving these passed on to a rear ware room. No further attention was paid to him until between eight and nine o'clock some one noticed a man lying in the ware room, and thinking he was asleep started to wake him up, when it was found that the man was Slade and that he was dead. Dr. J. H. English, County Coroner, was notified, and he went to Bonne Terre and held an inquest over the body Tuesday. A note which Slade had written to his wife was found, and from this it was inferred that he had had some trouble with her, as in the note he said he was sorry she "was mad at him," which was repeated twice, and hoped that she would forgive him; and he also named one of the children and said he hoped that he [sic] would be good to her [sic] mother. Slade was in the habit of imbibing at times, but was not considered a hard drinker, and witnesses testified that he had been drinking some when he entered the saloon, but was not much intoxicated, just enough to tell that he had been drinking. After taking the carbolic acid he recorked the bottle and replaced it in one of his pockets, where it was found. He leaves a wife and six children. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was suicide by carbolic acid.

Does anyone have information about Henry Slade's parents or family?  His sister, Martha Jane Slade , married John Thomas Wilson on 6/3/1883.  They had 5 daughters, Ida, Edith, Agnes, Katie, and Martha Virginia. Alice K : ) GO SOONERS !!!! --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> wrote: From: Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Henry Slade Commits Suicide By Drinking Carbolic Acid (1912) To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:24 PM FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, April 25, 1912 HENRY SLADE OF BONNE TERRE TAKES OWN LIFE WITH CARBOLIC ACID Henry Slade, aged 42 years, car-repairer in the M.R. & B.T. Railroad shops at Bonne Terre, committed suicide last Monday evening by taking carbolic acid. About three o'clock Monday afternoon he went into Romine's saloon and asked for paper and pencil, and receiving these passed on to a rear ware room. No further attention was paid to him until between eight and nine o'clock some one noticed a man lying in the ware room, and thinking he was asleep started to wake him up, when it was found that the man was Slade and that he was dead. Dr. J. H. English, County Coroner, was notified, and he went to Bonne Terre and held an inquest over the body Tuesday. A note which Slade had written to his wife was found, and from this it was inferred that he had had some trouble with her, as in the note he said he was sorry she "was mad at him," which was repeated twice, and hoped that she would forgive him; and he also named one of the children and said he hoped that he [sic] would be good to her [sic] mother. Slade was in the habit of imbibing at times, but was not considered a hard drinker, and witnesses testified that he had been drinking some when he entered the saloon, but was not much intoxicated, just enough to tell that he had been drinking. After taking the carbolic acid he recorked the bottle and replaced it in one of his pockets, where it was found. He leaves a wife and six children. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was suicide by carbolic acid. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Alice, I have a picture of a Slade that married a Blanton or a Blanton that married a Slade. It has been a couple of years since I looked at the picture. Do you know of anyone like this? I can get the name and send you a copy of the picture tomorrow if you would like? Ann -----Original Message----- From: mostfran-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mostfran-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alice Kelly Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:04 PM To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Henry Slade Commits Suicide By Drinking CarbolicAcid (1912) Does anyone have information about Henry Slade's parents or family?  His sister, Martha Jane Slade , married John Thomas Wilson on 6/3/1883.  They had 5 daughters, Ida, Edith, Agnes, Katie, and Martha Virginia. Alice K : ) GO SOONERS !!!! --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> wrote: From: Melanie Rickmar <rickmar@cdinter.net> Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Henry Slade Commits Suicide By Drinking Carbolic Acid (1912) To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:24 PM FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, April 25, 1912 HENRY SLADE OF BONNE TERRE TAKES OWN LIFE WITH CARBOLIC ACID Henry Slade, aged 42 years, car-repairer in the M.R. & B.T. Railroad shops at Bonne Terre, committed suicide last Monday evening by taking carbolic acid. About three o'clock Monday afternoon he went into Romine's saloon and asked for paper and pencil, and receiving these passed on to a rear ware room. No further attention was paid to him until between eight and nine o'clock some one noticed a man lying in the ware room, and thinking he was asleep started to wake him up, when it was found that the man was Slade and that he was dead. Dr. J. H. English, County Coroner, was notified, and he went to Bonne Terre and held an inquest over the body Tuesday. A note which Slade had written to his wife was found, and from this it was inferred that he had had some trouble with her, as in the note he said he was sorry she "was mad at him," which was repeated twice, and hoped that she would forgive him; and he also named one of the children and said he hoped that he [sic] would be good to her [sic] mother. Slade was in the habit of imbibing at times, but was not considered a hard drinker, and witnesses testified that he had been drinking some when he entered the saloon, but was not much intoxicated, just enough to tell that he had been drinking. After taking the carbolic acid he recorked the bottle and replaced it in one of his pockets, where it was found. He leaves a wife and six children. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was suicide by carbolic acid. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message