Fulton County IN Archives Obituaries.....Waltz, William M. March 2, 1916
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Rochester Sentinel
Thursday, March 2, 1916

Twenty years of matrimonial strife and turmoil ended for Mr. and Mrs. William 
WALTZ Thursday morning at their farm home north of Rochester when he committed 
suicide, by firing a charge into his breast with a shot gun. Waltz killed 
himself after trying to murder his wife, she escaping from him when he left 
her to get a gun. "I can't say that I am sorry," said Mrs. Waltz to a SENTINEL 
representative. "My life with him for the last 20 years has been hell on 
earth."
 The suicide took place on the Waltz farm just north of Rochester where Mr. 
and Mrs. Waltz moved with their family last March. They moved frequently, 
according to report, Mr. Waltz never being able to meet the rent. His many 
debts are supposed to have caused him to worry until he took his own life. The 
family says that he often threatened to kill Mrs. Waltz, the quarrel usually 
following pressure to pay an over due note.
The trouble started when the two sons left for the day, leaving their father 
and mother alone. They had not been away from the house long, according to the 
wife, when the husband began to abuse her. Words led to blows and being a very 
strong man and she being very frail, he easily threw her on a sofa in the 
living room, saying, "I am going to fix you." Choking her with one hand he 
reached for his knife, but it was gone. Cursing all the time he released her 
and started for the kitchen, saying, "Dam you, wait 'til I get the gun." Mrs. 
Waltz ran out the door and had just reached the road, when she heard the shot, 
which killed him. Reaching the home of her brother-in-law, Charles WALTZ, who 
lives about a quarter of a mile south, she told him about the attempted 
murder. He soon found the body on the kitchen floor, the gun held by one hand. 
It is thought that Waltz committed the act by leaning over the gun, with the 
butt resting on the floor and pulling the trigger with his right hand. Death 
was instantaneous.
William M. WALTZ was about 48 years old and was the son of Henry WALTZ, who 
lives near Rochester. He leaves the following children: Mrs. Susan May CALVERT 
of Logansport, Joseph WALTZ of near Rochester and Jesse [WALTZ] and John WALTZ 
at home. Fred WALTZ, a son, was accidentally shot and killed two years ago 
while demonstrating a gun to a friend at the home. The deceased leaves the 
following brothers and sisters: Charles WALTZ of near Rochester, Mrs. Alva 
HALL of Firth, Nebraska, Mrs. John BRAMAN, Mrs. Fred DAVIDSON, Mrs. Pearl 
BRUBAKER and Mrs.Wilfred GUISE of near Rochester. He was a member of the Moose 
lodge.



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