Stingley - Willard
Source: Crawfordsville Journal 9 Apri 1923 p 1
Willard Layton Stingley, aged 54, a prominent farmer residing northeast of the city committed suicide this monring at 8:30 by taking carbolic acid. His rash act is believed to have been caused by ill health. Walking calmly into his home at 8:15 he informed his wife that he had taken carbolic acid and that he was going to die. At first, Mrs. Stinley thought her husband was joking. SHe became alarmed, however, when he produced an empty 3 oz bottle which had contained the deadly poison. Mrs. Stingley begged her husband to take milk and rushing to the telephone summoned a physician. Mr. Stingley was conscious about 15 minutes and died before medical aid could reach him. The suicide was the third that has been enacted in that part of the county in the past few months. John Malsbury, living near New Richmond was the first and shortly afterward William Brown, who resided on the first farm east of the Stingley residence, ended his life. The deceased, who had been engaged in the farmining business practically all of his life, had a wide circle of friends and his untimely death comes as a great shock. The farm where he had lived for th epast 3 years is located one miles west of the fish pond on the New Richmond Road Mr. Stingley was born December 12, 1868 on a farm 4 miles east of Linden. He was the son of John B. and Louisa Stingley. In 1891 he was united in marriage to Miss Lulu B. Paxton and to this union two children were born. The son died several years ago. The deceased is survived by his wife, one daughter, Edna Stingley, a student in the Crawfordsville HS and one brother, O.W. Stinley of Laayette. The unfortunate man moved to his present residence 3 years ago coming to Montgomery County from Thorntown. Arrangements for the funeral service will be announced later.- kbz