ROBERT A. BARTLING
1959
SUICIDE VICTIM IS FOUND
A group of squirrel hunters discovered a suicide victim about
The victim, Robert Bartling, 34, of
Death occurred about
According to Deputy Sheriffs Frank Coomer
and Eldon Bates, who investigated along with
A green garden hose had been connected to the car's exhaust pipe
and run through the ventilating window of the driver's window. Police
said cracks around windows and doors had been sealed with rag.
The auto's engine was still running when the victim was found by
Donald Kemper, his son, Jackie, and William Hart, all of
The auto was on the edge of a small woods
just off State Route 64 on what is known as
According to investigating officers Bartling
had made three prior attempts at suicide. In the past he had cut his
wrist, taken pills and had unsuccessfully tried to take his own life by carbon
monoxide poisoning, officers said.
It was reported that the victim was the father of two children and
had been making his home with Paul Gregory, 127
It was also learned that he was a native of
The body is at Wright and Kendall Funeral Home pending completion
of final arrangements.
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The body of Robert A. Bartling 34, who
took his own life Thursday night by carbon monoxide poisoning, has been taken
from Wright and Kendall Funeral Home to
Mr. Bartling, an oil field worker from
Surviving are two children, Freddie, Joe and Debra Jean both of
Oklahoma City, Okla; two brother, Almon,
Derango, Colo; and Henry,
Denver, Color; four sisters, Mrs. Reba Igafus and
Mrs. Mary Morris, Montrose, Colo., Mrs Vera Braann, South Pasadena, Calif;
and Mrs. Ruth Sandell, Leicester, Mass.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers