Wisehart - H.M.
Source: Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery COunty, Indiana Monday March 13, 1916
Dr. Harry B. Williams county coroner filed
with the authorities Saturday his verdict in the case of his
investigation of the death of HM Wisehart whose death at the Manning
grocery Thursday evening shocked the city. The verdict is as follows "I
find that the death of HM Wisehart was due to poisoning by strychnine,
self administered with suicidal intent." Prof. JM Brekenridge of Wabash
College made the chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach of
the deceased and strychnine in quantities was found. This fact, coupled
with all the other data collected by the coroner in his inquiry,
including the note left by the deceased led to the verdict of the
official. The funeral services for Mr. Wisehart were held Saturday
afternoon from the United Brethren church and burial was at Darlington,
the place where the deceased was born and reared. - kbz