Upson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hoyle, W. M. October 13, 1920
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The Butler Herald, October 14, 1920
W.M. Hoyle, Broke, Poisons Himself.

Macon, Ga., Oct. 8 — Abandoning his first plan to flee from the country and
attempt to redeem himself because of financial difficulties, W.M. Hoyle, aged
39, merchant of Thomaston, destroyed himself with strychnine in a room in the
Reed Hotel on Cherry street, yesterday morning.

Hoyle was known in Upson county as a big-hearted man and he extended credit to
his customers until he himself became embarrassed, members of the family stated
yesterday afternoon. With nearly $10,000 on his books and unable to make
collections to meet the demands of creditors, he is believed to have conceived
the plan to go elsewhere, leaving his wife and two children behind, in an effort
to recoup his losses.

He went to Atlanta Wednesday morning, wrote a letter to his wife, which he never
mailed and which was found in his room after his death, in which he told of his
plan to redeem himself. He said in this letter, a coroner's jury was shown, that
he had not been the husband that he ought to have been. He said that where he
was going he did not know. He asked his wife's forgiveness for his shortcomings,
and requested her to appeal to his father for financial aid in supporting their
two little children, both boys, until he returned.

Screams Bring Help Too Late.

Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning, Hoyle arrived in Macon and took a
room at the Reed Hotel. He had no baggage. He seemed rational and not a bit
nervous, according to A.S. Thompson, the proprietor, who assigned him to a room.

About 8 o'clock yesterday morning Dr. J.D. Watson, a physician of Columbus, who
occupied an adjoining room, summoned the proprietor of the hotel and the two
entered the room after a bellboy climbed over the transom and unlocked the door.
Hoyle was in great pain from the poison and medical aid was too late to save his
life.



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