Obituary: Dane County, Wisconsin: John SWEET ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Deserted by his wife, with three of his little children in the home at Sparta, and the fourth, a little girl, in the care of a married daughter, John Sweet of Stoughton attempted to commit suicide at the St. Charles hotel, but failed. Sweet's wife left him in Stoughton five weeks ago and went to Janesville to live. Unable to care for his small children he had them committed to the Sparta home. Hearing his wife was in trouble he came to Janesville seeking a reconcilliation, and upon her refusal to see him he took carbolic acide. December 16, 1908, Enterprise, p. 4, col. 5, Evansville, Wisconsin