Weaver - Mary Grimes
Source: Crawfordsville Review, Saturday, May 13, 1916
Indianapolis, May 12 - After a prolonged illness Mrs. Mary Weaver, 47 wife of Lt. Cletus L. Weaver of the police department, committed suicide at her home, 1121 Parker Avenue, early today; Mrs. Weaver suffered a nervous breakdown some months ago and this is believed to have been the cause of her act. She shot herself with Lt. Weaver's revolver. She lived only a few minutes, the bullet having entered her heart. It was about 3 o'clock this morning when Lt. Weaver was awaked by his wife, who said she was cold and asked him to pull the covers over her. Lt. Weaver believes it was more than an hour later he again was awakened, this time by the sound of a shot. He discovered his wife was missing from bed and hurrying to the front of the house, found her sitting in a chair, his revolver gripped in her hand. The officer called the city hospital and asked for an ambulance. He called Capt. Pope and Lt. Merrill and bicycle men Nagelesein and Sheridan were sent to the address. Mrs. Weaver died before medical aid arrived. Coroner Poole was notified. Lt. Weaver told the coroner his wife had been ill for some time and that she once before attempted suicide. Since that time, he said, he always hid his revolver and all his cartridges. She had found the revolver and two extra cartridges in his coat pocket. There were two cartridges in the revolver. Ms. Weaver was before her marriage Miss Mary Grimes and resided for many years with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Atkinson of this city. She was born in Parke County and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac L. Grimes. Her parents died when she was quite young. The deceased was a seamstress of much ability and before her marriage was employed in many homes in this city. - kbz