Obituary of John BAHN, Macoupin County Illinois 22 March 1998
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Name of Deceased: BAHN, John
Name of Newspaper: Staunton Star Times
Date of Obituary: Feb. 16, 1917 
Obituary: JOHN BAHN YOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Wednesday evening and
yesterday morning the sad new of the suicide of John BAHN spread in our city and
was received with general regret. The young man and wife who had made their home
with his father-in-law and her parents in Klondike, Mr. and Mrs. Frank HETFLEISCH,
returned home after a week's separation from his wife after 6 p.m. Wednesday and 
while in the room with Mrs. BAHN, made the remark: "This is my last drink," then pulled
out a revolver from his coat pocket and sent a bullet into his right temple with fatal results.
The frightened wife telephoned to Dr. W.L. McBRIEN but by the time he could reach the
house, Mr. BAHN had passed away. Coroner Frank SAWYER of Sawyerville was 
notified and he held the inquest Wednesday evening . The jury was composed of H.W.
FRITZ, foreman, W.E. PRIESMEYER, Carl L. KAESEMAN, Aug. SCHNEIDER, R. A.
MILLER and Anton GUSEL. After hearing the evidence they returned the verdict:
"We, the undersigned jurors, on oath do find that John BAHN came to his death by a
gun shot wound from a 32-caliber Iver- Johnson revolver, inflict by himself on Feb. 14,
1917, at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Frank HETFLEISCH." Mr. BAHN was born Jan. 25,
1891 at Sabutsch in Hungary, Austria, to Geo. BAHN, Sr. and his wife, Mary nee
SAATKAMP. In 1892 the father, Geo. BAHN, Sr. came to America, location at Staunton,
and the family followed him the next year, arriving in our city April 11, 1893. Here the
young man grew up, worked for some time in the mine then in [copy blurred....
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