Booth, Barney – Died 1913

BOOTH

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/6/2020 at 15:43:20

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Aug. 15, 1913, P-7, C-3

The failure of Barney Booth, a native of Russia, to speak fluently the English language brought him to such a stage of despondency that he shot himself at Des Moines, dying almost instantly from the wound.