Rejected Suitor Shoots Himself

by | Oct 4, 1926 | Russell, Suicide

RUSSELL – Fred Heard, 22, manager of an oil company, shot and killed himself here late Saturday night after having been rejected by Hilda Nuss, a Russell high school girl. Heard has threatened to take his life for several weeks, but no one had taken him seriously. The...

Ruby Clampitt Jumps From Train

by | Jul 7, 1924 | Rice, Suicide

Rejected by Sweetheart Caused Girl To Take Life Discover that Lover was “Double-Crossing” Her Led Ruby Clampitt to Jump to Death STERLING, KS –  July 7 – It was the discovery that her sweetheart had gone back on her, and had given information...