Owens - Allen
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Tuesday, 14 April 1891
Word reached the city this morning of the suicide of Allen Owens at the home of his relatives about a mile south of Alamo. Owens was a well known character here, being an experienced and skillful watch mender. He was a crippled and made his rounds by means of a hand propelled chair. His deformity and ill health are what caused him to make the rash step. He committed suicide by taking a large dose of morphine and left a note by his side stating that he had taken the poison to end his life which had become a burden to him. He was discovered by his relatives before life was extinct, and he stated to them the same statement which the note contained. Medical aid was summoned, but too late to save the victim’s life and the poor cripple’s troubles were soon at an end.
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal
Saturday, 26 December 1891 Listing of Deaths in 1891
January—A. G. McDaniel, , John Cogle, Walter McClure
February—Elizabeth Handy, John B. Tutt, Mrs. Homer Hills, Mrs. Christian Patridge, Wm M. Craig, Buck Marley, Mrs. C. L. Myers
March— Susan Best, Jackson Borum, , Rev. Reuben Claypool, Rev. John Safford, Mary Campbell, Wm McIntyre
April—Mrs. Paul Hughes, Joab Eliott, Captain Tribby’s mother, John A. Cooley, Mattie Morgan, Mrs. Curtis Edwards, Hannah Gilkey, Allen Owens, Catherine Hall,, Mary Southwell, Mrs. James Francis, John Francis, Samuel Moore, Eugene Heaton
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Saturday April 18, 1891
Word reached the city last Monday of the suicide of Allen Owens at the home of his relatives about a mile south of Alamo. Owens was a well known character here, being an experienced and skillful watchmender. He was a cripple and made his rounds by means of a hand propelled chair. His deformity and ill health are what caused him to make the rash step. He committed suicide by taking a large dose of morphine and left a note by his side, stating that he had taken the poison... (sorry, rest gone)