Driven to Suicide By His Daughters

1908

St. Joseph, Mo., May 22. — With two daughters on the stage, which weighed heavily on his mind, and on account of other domestic troubles, Rev. Rufus R. Fletcher, forty-five years old, a Methodist preacher, committed suicide with carbolic acid. After taking the poison in a shed, he entered his house, took his Bible and, opening the book, began reading. He died a few minutes later.