Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Whistler, Lewis 1918
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Cedartown Standard,  Cedartown, GA., Thursday, January 17, 1918
Capt. Lewis Whistler, Friday night at Camp Funston, Kas., four men were killed 
and a fifth seriously wounded by a man wearing a captain’s uniform, who 
attacked them in the camp bank, holding them up first with a gun while he tied 
them and after robbery using an army hatchet as his weapon. It was at first 
thought that the murder and robbery had been committed by some one who used the 
uniform as a disguise, but all captains at the camp were put under 
investigation. When the order was given that all captains have their finger 
prints taken, Capt. Lewis Whistler committed suicide by shooting himself with 
an army rifle. He was identified as the murderer by the wounded man, and blood-
stained evidences of his crime were found in his room. He borrowed two more 
hatchets Saturday, and it is thought he had other murders in mind. Only a small 
amount of money was taken from the ban,. One of the murdered men was his 
intimate friend, the president of the bank. A note addressed to a woman was 
found, which said, "I have been thinking of committing suicide for a long time, 
but I have never had a good reason. Yesterday I went out and made myself a 
reason." (Cedartown Standard, Thursday, January 17, 1918) 


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