JOSEPH M. GLICK COMMITS SUICIDE TODAY!
He Fires a Forty-Calibre Revolver Ball Into His Mouth –
Financial Embarrassments Said to be the Cause for the Rash Act of Self-Destruction
Joseph M. Glick, ex-postmaster of Girardville, and one of the most prosperous shoe merchants of the county, ended his own life this morning by shooting himself through the mouth with a 40-calibre navy revolver. The news of this awful deed spread like wildfire and everybody who knew Mr. Glick expressed the deepest feeling of sympathy for his family. He was one of the best known men in the county, and when it was learned at the county seat that he had committed suicide, his freinds could hardly believe it. The story of the suicide is very plainly told in a few words.
Mr. Glick arose at 6 o’clock this morning. He went into the yard and began to clean it up. He gathered a lot of kindling wood and carried it into the kitchen. He then told the servant girl that he was going to get a good cold glass of water. He walked toward the shoe shop, a small building at the end of the lot. An hour later, Jacob Portz, one of his workmen, entered this building and found Mr. Glick lying on the floor with a revolver in his hand. He had shot himself through the mouth and the bullet passed out of the back of his head.
Deputy Coroner Donahue was notified immediately, and held an inquest. It is impossible to give at this time any reason for the deed. Mr. Glick was enjoying good health. He served on the Petit Jury last week, and was in his spirits. He called at the Republican office on Saturday and was talking to several members of the staff. Nothing transpired to show that he was suffering physically or mentally. It is believed that financial embarrassment is the cause of his trouble, and that this played on his mind.
Joseph M. Glick was 54 years old last April. He had been in the shoe business in Girardville since 1866. He served through the war and has a good army record. He was married twice. By his first wife he had three children. George Glick is a postal railway clerk. Reuben Glick is a student at Lafayette College and Hower Glick is at home. By his second wife he has two sons Ollie Glick and Allen Glick, both at home.
Mr. Glick was a member of the Town Council. For eight years he was postmaster of Girardville. He was a Mason, being a member of Catawissa Lodge. He was also a member of the Girardville Lodge, No. 737, I. O. O. F; Camp 125, P. O. S. of A.; Post Commander of the local G. A. R. Post; Secretary of the Palace Theatre Company; secretary of the Girard Building and Loan Association; and director of the First National Bank of Ashland. He was a man of integrity and honesty and was highly respected by everybody who had business dealings with him.
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From the Pottsville Republican, May 14, 1894, via Newspapers.com.
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