Mrs. Margaret Heinlein (d. 1891)

HEINLEIN, OBEDORF

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/23/2002 at 16:30:38

On Sunday the body of Mrs. Margaret Heinlein, and her little son, of Eldorado, were found in an open cistern at their home, the Obedorf farm. Everything points to its being a case of suicide so far as the woman was concerned, and for the death of the boy the crime would receive a harsher name. Three weeks ago this woman lost her husband, and the present sad event was doubtless due to melancholy caused by brooding over her loss. It is a sad affair, and charity would suggest that it was not done by a responsible person. She was certainly broken in mind by her sorrows.

from Fayette County Union as printed in Oelwein Register, July 2, 1891