Siler City, June 3—John Wilson, 40, jumped in a well at his home near Siler City and killed himself at 8 o’clock this morning, about 36 hours after the death of his wife.
Mr. Wilson, who was well known in the county, had been despondent for the past several days after it had been learned that his wife would be unable to recover. He told relatives that he intended to kill himself.
For this reason he was closely guarded. But this morning he asked a relative who was staying at the Wilson home to assist one of his children in the morning milking, sent his son to a nearby field to bring to the barn some gears which had been left in the field, sent his daughter to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and ordered a younger child, the only one left in the house, to go to the barn and get a hammer.
As soon as he was alone, Mr. Wilson left the home and went to the well. One of the youngest of his nine children is reported to have seen him jump in. J.D. Jones and Irving Headen, passing by the home, were first to find his body, which had been badly mangled by hitting the rough stones with which the well was walled. The well is about 40 feet deep and it is thought that Mr. Wilson was unconscious before he hit the water. he was dead when ropes were lowered and his body recovered.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, June 4, 1924
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