Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tabor, John A. 1912
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Lyons Herald, 6 Jun 1912

Confronted by a charge of undue familiarity with young girls of the village, 
John A. Tabor, postmaster of Hubbardston, ended his life by swallowing carbolic 
acid Monday.

Wm. Langdon, a merchant of Hubbardston, confronted Tabor with the confession of 
his 13-year-old daughter, who had told him, he said, of Tabor’s treatment of 
her.  Tabor admitted that Langdon’s charges were true, and said he was willing 
to give himself up to the authorities.

He was informed that Sheriff Taylor would place him under arrest Tuesday 
morning.  An hour later, Langdon called the sheriff, and said that he would not 
be needed as Tabor had cheated justice with poison.

Tuesday morning Under-Sheriff Lowrey, accompanied by Attorney Carr and Coroner 
Boynton, went to Hubbardston to learn the facts concerning the death, but the 
evidence was so plain that no inquest was necessary.

Mr. Tabor was aged sixty-four and had been postmaster for many years.  He was a 
prominent republican and business man of the county.  His death must have 
occurred at about nine o’clock in the evening.  His son committed suicide 
similarly some years ago.


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