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Show 00 DYNAMITE IS USED TO COMMIT SUICIDE GRANTSVILLE. Sept. 12 By blowing blow-ing the top of his h'-ad off with a stick 1 of dynamite, Gustave Vollinger. 63 years of age. blacksmith, and well digger, dig-ger, committed sukide yesterday afternoon. aft-ernoon. Death was apparently Instantaneously. Instan-taneously. Vollander. who had been In poor 1 health, since the first of the year, appears from the investigation made, to ha'., carefully planned the deed of self-slaughter. The hom in whi-Ti he llyed Is about two and one-half mlb-s from tho center of town. Shortly before 3 o'clock he Insisted that his wife walk to the postofflce :-nl null two letters. She complied and Vollander Vollan-der tlK-n sent his boy of 10 years and his little girl of 6 years to B well some distant, away from his house He then went to the back of the dwelling, seated seat-ed himself In a chair, placed a full stick of dsnamlte on his head lighted the fuse attached to the cap. covered his bead with a workman's cap, lighted light-ed a cigaret and waited for the en a Sheriff A. O. Evans and Coroner F P. Burmelster made an Investigation and reported that th facts were so plain that there waa no need for an Inquest. Examination showed that Vollander had stuffed cotton In ins ears before lighting the fuse. Vollander was a native r.f Sweden, hut had lived In Grantsvllle since Infancy. In-fancy. He Is survived by his' widow and four children. Arrangements for tho funeral are pendlnr |