OBIT: Fred B. SIPE, 1916, Jenners, Somerset County, PA

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Sipe, Fred B.

Fred B. Sipe, proprietor of the Sipe House at Jenners, committed suicide by 
shooting himself through the head in his room March 21. Mrs. Sipe found the body 
about ten minutes after the shooting. Relatives of the dead man can give no 
reason for his deed. His father had been in conversation with the suicide less 
than 15 minutes before he went to his room and had not noticed anything unusual 
in his actions. His widow stated that she knew of no reason why her husband 
should have been despondent, as he appeared to be in the best of spirits earlier 
in the afternoon. There were 10 or 12 guests at the hotel at the time, but 
nobody heard the report of revolver.

Meyersdale Commercial, Mar. 30, 1916