Seybold - James - 1900
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 9 March 1900
Yesterday morning at his home near Brown’s Valley, James Seybold, a well known citizen, sustained fatal injuries. He was in the hay loft cutting down seed corn with a knife, when he in some way fell. The knife cut an ugly slash across his face and his back and one leg was broken. He was conscious for awhile after his fall and described his injuries. -s
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 13 April 1900
Several weeks ago while working in his barn loft, James Seybold, a prominent farmer living near Brown’s Valley, fell to the lower floor and sustained ugly injuries that were thought for awhile to be fatal. He rallied, however, and seemed to be getting along very nicely until two or three days ago, when he gave some signs of mental aberration. Still he was not considered in alarming condition. Tuesday, however, while his wife was out of the room he seized a dull pocket knife and deliberately cut his throat from ear to ear, fortunately missing the jugular vein. Drs. Ball and Williams were called from Waveland and are attending him. Mr. Seybold is a man about fifty five years of age and has always been held in high esteem in the community. -s