Mrs. Alonzo (Mary) Swaney died 1913

SWANEY

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 5/6/2022 at 11:38:53

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 1, 1913

Maquoketa Woman a Suicide

Maquoketa, Ia., April 1. – Mrs. Alonzo Swaney, aged 55 years, committed suicide this morning at 9:30 o’clock by shooting herself through the mouth with a 32-calibre rifle. She had been in failing health for several years. She had gone about her household duties as usual this morning, and at the hour named, was missed from the first floor. Upon investigation she was found in a closet upstairs dead with a rifle lying by her side. She leaves a husband and two sons, Herbert of Kirksville, Mo., and Leslie of Butte, Mont.