Henry Leutzenger (1898)

LEUTZENGER

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Date: 9/16/2008 at 13:37:11

Winterset Reporter – March 24, 1898
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Suicide at Des Moines.

Henry Leutzenger, a farmer who resided near Patterson with a wife and three children, committed suicide at Des Moines last Monday by throwing himself in front of a moving train on the Northwestern with the result that his head was severed from his body. It was some time before he was identified, as the only paper on his person was a note bearing these words: “No money, no friends; bury me.” Mr. Leutzenger and family moved to Madison county recently and bought a little farm near Patterson, paying $250.00 cash on it. They have resided there every since. He was a sufferer from cancer of the stomach and evidently went to Des Moines for the purpose of committing suicide. He was buried at Pleasantville, where he formerly resided.
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Winterset Madisonian – March 23, 1898
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Henry Leutzinger, who the Des Moines papers state lived near Patterson, committed suicide at Des Moines last Monday by throwing himself in front of a locomotive. His head was entirely severed from his body. He was a new comer in the vicinity of Patterson and was known to very few. He is reported to have had a wife and three children.