DRABELLE, Ulysses (1853-1896)

DRABELLE

Posted By: Vicki Stinson (email)
Date: 7/17/2010 at 13:42:19

Des Moines Daily News
September 22, 1896
Page 1

FOUND DEAD IN A STABLE

HIS FATHER MADE THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY AFTER LIFE WAS GONE

Ulysses Drabelle, an unmarried man aged 43 years, committed suicide by hanging himself in a stable on his father’s farm one mile and a half southeast of Spring Hill, Warren County, Monday morning between 10 and 11 o’clock. He hanged himself in a crossbeam in the hay loft with a halter rope. The body was discovered by his father, Julius Drabelle, after life was extinct. Despondency owing to ill health was the cause of the tragedy. The deceased was a native of Warren County and was in good circumstances and highly respected. He had a brother John Drabelle, at St Louis and hade received a letter from him just before the suicide.

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