Obit of Fiddler, Charles (f346) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 8 Jul 2002 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Fiddler, Cheavenka CHARLES FIDDLER COMMITS SUICIDE SUNDAY NIGHT Hanged Self In Barn On Farm Owned By His Son. SON FINDS BODY Fiddler Came to America As Boy From Czecholovakia Charles Fiddler who resided about two and a half miles northwest of Carpenter, committed suicide Sunday night by hanging himself in a barn owned by his son, which is located about three miles from the senior Fiddler home. Fiddler came to America together with his mother and brother Frank Fiddler from Czechoslovakia when a small boy and has live in this county since that tiem. He was 51 years old at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and six children. Mr. and Mrs. Fiddler went to the home of Mrs. Fiddler's mother, Mrs. Joe Cheavenka, near Canute, where the heirs of Joe Chevaneka held a conference in an effort to settle all matters concering the estate before the estate was formally settled. On their return home Mr. and Mrs. Fiddler discussed the way Mrs. Fiddler had agreed to share her share of the estate. Mr. Fiddler was not pleased with the settlement. After they arrived home the conversation contiued. Mrs. Fiddler attempted to tell the children about the settlement proposed, when Mr. Fiddler became angered and said he was going to leave home. He got some clothes and his security card and left the home about 10:00 o'clock Sunday night. It is reported that he had gone away before for a short time, but always returned, consequently the family thought he was going to Amarillo to his brother, Frank, and was not unduly alarmed by his action, Monday morning Charles Fiddler, Jr., went to the old Hunter farm, whch he recently purchased, to do some work. As he drove into the barn yard he noticed the barn door opern and as he drove past the door he saw his father standing in the drive way. He got out of the car and went into the barn when he discovered that there was a rope around his father's neck and that he was dead. Charles, Jr. went to a neighbor and reported the tragedy. He then went to Hammon and notified Sheriff Moad. Sheriff Moad, County Attorney Leroy Vick and Justice Bowman went to the old Hunter farm to hold an inquest. A jury was summoned in the Carpenter community and the inquest was held. The verdict was that Charles Fiddler took his own life by hanging. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok 7-Aug-1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html