Obit for John W. Washburn -  Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 

Submitted by:  Barbara Clayton		  OklahomaClaytons@aol.com
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Hennessey Man Takes Own Life.


John W. WASHBURN, 71-year-old Hennessey resident, died about 2 p.m. Saturday 
at his home in Hennessey from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

C.C. "Joe" FISHER, Kingfisher county sheriff, and Olin LINTON, deputy, who 
were called to the WASHBURN home, reported that WASHBURN'S body with a .32 
calibre revolver clutched in his right hand was found on a bed.  A bullet wound 
was found in WASHBURN'S forehead.  The revolver chamber carried two cartridges, 
one of which had been fired.

Officers report that WASHBURN, who was in ill health, had mentioned suicide in 
conversations with his wife.  Mrs. WASHBURN was out in the yard Saturday afternoon 
when she heard a gun fired within the house. She immediately called a Hennessey 
physician, but WASHBURN was dead when the physician arrived.