Edward Jeffs (1912)

JEFFS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:40

The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 2, 1912
Page 1, Column 2

KILLS HIMSELF IN A CORNFIELD

Ed Jeffs of Kasson Found in Cornfield by His Wife With Bullet in His Brain

Alarmed at the absence of her husband, Mrs. Ed Jeffs, living near the old postoffice of Kasson, in Monroe township, went in search of him. She found him lying on the ground almost dead with a .38 revolver clutched in his hand. He died before the physician could reach him.

The Jeffs family live in the house just north of the Kasson church and Thursday, a little after noon, Mr. Jeffs took a couple of grain sacks saying that he was going to gather some beans. After he had been gone for some time, his wife, evidently mistrusted something and went to look for him. She found him about a hundred yards from the house in the corn field where he had shot himself, nearly dead. Help was summoned and word sent to town for a doctor, but life was extinct before help arrived.

It was a clear case of suicide, he having shot himself in the right temple with a .38 caliber revolver, the bullet ranging upwards and breaking the skull above the temple on the left side. When found, he still had the revolver in his hand, his front finger still being in the trigger guard.

Mr. Jeffs was a man about 45 or 50 years old, well respected by those who know him. He leaves a wife and a number of dependent children in very poor circumstances. The funeral was held Saturday forenoon.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 2, 1912
Page 3, Columns 1 & 2

Kasson

The community of Kasson was startled Thursday by the report that Ed Jeffs had committed suicide, being found by his wife in the cornfield just north of the house about one o’clock. The Jeffs family live in the house just north of the Kasson church and Thursday a little afternoon Mr. Jeffs took a gunny sack saying he would gather the beans. He was gone so long that his wife became uneasy about him and went to look for him. She found him about a hundred yards from the house in the cornfield where he had shot himself, nearly dead.

Help was summoned and word sent to town for a doctor, but life was extinct before help arrived. It was a clear case of suicide, he having shot himself in the right temple with a .38 caliber revolver, the bullet ranging upwards and breaking the skull above the temple on the left side. When found he still had the revolver in his hand, his front finger still being in the trigger guard. Mr. Jeffs was a man about 45 or 50 years old, well respected by those who knew him. He leaves a wife and a number of children. The funeral was held from the Kasson church Saturday afternoon. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the people in this their sad hour of darkness.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 2, 1912
Page 8, Column 2
Neighborhood News

Farmer Kills Himself in Field.

Winterset—Edward Jeffs, a farmer of Monroe township, was found lying in his corn field a short distance from the house in a dying condition with a bullet wound in the forehead and a revolver grasped in his hand. He leaves a large family.

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