Shot Himelf-Mr. R. H. Dutton-1876

DUTTON

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 2/20/2020 at 17:10:20

The Jefferson Bee, Saturday, Jul 29, 1876, Jefferson, IA, Page: 1

Mr. R. H. Dutton, assistant postmaster to Cedar Rapids, who disappeared so mysteriously on the 4th inst, and who was supposed to have been lost in the storm of that date, committed suicide at DeWitt, Clinton County, on the 2?th, by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. He was a defaulter to the amount of $1,200.