Huss, Harry 1868-1925

HUSS

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 8/30/2007 at 21:55:42

From the LeMars Sentinel, Friday, June 5, 1925, Page 1, Column 2:

KINGSLEY MAN USES SHOTGUN

HARRY HUSS, POPULAR KINGSLEY RESIDENT FOLLOWS THE SUICIDE ROUTE

Harry Huss, 60 years old (error--56), retired business man and former saloon keeper, of Kingsley, committed suicide Wednesday morning at his home in that place by blowing off the top of his head with a shot gun. The act was committed in the basement of his home. He leaves a wife and four grown up children.

Some ascribe the act to the outcome of domestic infelicity while others scout the idea of suicide and claim the shooting must have been accidental.

Huss was a popular resident of Kingsley for many years and was credited with conducting an orderly and well patronized saloon before the advent of prohibition.

He was a well known booster for his home town and bore a wide reputation in Iowa as a sportsman, being a good shot with both gun and rifle, taking part in many shooting tournaments in various parts of the state.

Coroner L. E. Mauer, of this city, was notified of the shooting. He decided an inquest was not necessary as the affair was apparently a plain case of self destruction.