Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Roy Allen, 1912
22 July 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ALLEN, ROY
(19 Sep 1912, The Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
ROY ALLEN COMMITS SUCIDE (sic)
Took His Own Life Wednesday Night by Swallowing Two Ounces of Chloroform.
Some time last night or early this morning Roy Allen took his own life by
swallowing two ounces of chloroform.  His lifeless body was found in Mr.
Mutcheller's barn, next door to where Mrs. Allen and her son lived.
The news of his death was a shock, not only to his mother, but to the
entire community.  On Wednesday night nothing unusual was noted in his
actions.  He went to prayer meeting after his mother and she noticed
nothing unusual in his actions.  She went to bed about ten o'clock and
supposed Roy did the same.  This morning she got up as usual, got
breakfast and went to call her son, when she found a note sticking in the
door.  The first few lines told her that he was going to take his own life
and without finishing it, she ran to the neighbors to summon help.  On
further investigation, the note stated that they would find him in Mr.
Mutchler's (sic) barn and when they arrived there, life was already
extinct.
The note to his mother was substantially as follows:
Dear Mother:  What I do tonight I hope you can forgive me for it.  It
looks like the last two years I have not been able to accomplish anything
and every thing goes against me.  What I do I believe it will be for the
best, for I feel that I am losing my mind and it worries me a great deal. 
My life insurance expires the tenth of this month and what I have will do
more for you than I can.  See Roscoe Yaden about it.
With best love,  Roy.
The note further stated that he would be found in Mutchler's barn, with
instructions to phone to the boys.
Beckham County News.