Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Fred G 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com April 29, 2007, 2:14 am The Daily Herald, May 18, 1901 The Daily Herald, Chicago IL May 18, 1901 Insanity Leads to Suicide Fred G. Smith committed suicide at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield. He had not left his room for two days and had taken no nourishment. He blew his brains out with a revolver. He was a well known young business man of Springfield and a member of the firm of Smith & Co., wholesale notions. A note addressed to his father, Fred Smith, stated that insanity had prompted him to commit the deed. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/sangamon/obits/s/smith591nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb