Beckham County, OK - Deaths: W. A. Spangler, 1905
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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SPANGLER, W. A.
(2 Aug 1905, Roger Mills Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
W. A. SPANGLER, SUICIDES
Found Sunday Morning by his Son, with a Wire Around His Neck.
W. A. Spangler who lived about three and one-half miles southeast of
Canute (Washita County), hanged himself Saturday night or Sunday morning. 
He went out to a nearby canyon, tied a wire around his neck and rolled
off.  He had had some little trouble from which he became demented and
decided to end his life by that means.  He was found by his son Sunday
morning, who called in some neighbors, who took him loose from the wire,
and a coroners inquest was held.  He was buried at the Tate school house,
Monday (Page Cemetery, Washita County).
Mr. Spangler was a man about 50 years.  He was always jolly and in good
humor.  This rash act was a shock to the neighbors.

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