George Upham, father of Herbert,
antf George Keith, a neighbor, found
upon going to the home that Irving
Sumner had taken his life by tying a
piece of cord around a post of his bed
and fixing a noose about his neck
with the other end, and, apparently
as he strangled had rolled off the bed
so that his eyes, staring in death,'
looked out unseeing through an un-•
shaded window. j
In another room in the home Jesse,
Sumner, 87, father of Irving and an'
almost helpless Invalid, lay in bed j
powerless to get out and summon!
help, though his son had been dead in
another room for three days.
The Uphams have regularly had the
younger Sumner as a customer for
milk, but since Wednesday of last
week he had not been to their place
for his accustomed daily allotment
Knowing something of the Sumner
family circumstances this caused
some comment and Sunday morning,
it having been agreed that something
was wrong at the Sumner place, Her
bert Upham was despatched there
with a quart of milk. What the boy
found startled the community as well
as himself.
No note was found to explain what
induced the younger Sumner to take
hi" life. He had been regarded as men
tally unbalanced for a long time bnt
tne thought seems not to have enter
ed iuto the mind of anyone in the com
munity that he might end his life.
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSED
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Because of the death from scarlet
fever, of Miss Katherine Farrell, a stu
dent at the High school, the building
was closed Tuesday and Wednesday
and thoroughly cleansed and fumiga
ted. Sessions of school will be resum
ed tomorrow. Anf danger of contagion
has been reduced to a minimum.
