Mr. 0. Kluth, secretary of the Club Concordin, committed suicide on Friday, Inst by chloroforming' himself. He ha not been seen about the Club premises for some time during the forenoon, but absence excited no' comment until tifin time, when one of the members seeing that there were no menus on the tables, enquired of ore of the boys where the secretary was. The boy went up to Mr. Kluth's room, but found the door locked on the inside ahd on his giving information of this fact it was decided to break open the door. This was done, and the body of Mr. Kluth was found on the sofa, with a handkerchief saturated with chloroform covering the face and a hood drawn over his head. Two had both contained chloroform. "A letter empty bottles were found close by, which
as found in which he requested that his body might not be taken to his private residence. He had also posted a letter to his wife in which he stated his intention -|to commit suicide. "The police wore at once called in and Dr. Macleod summoned, but on his arrival he certified life to be extinct.
Mr. Kluth had been secretary of the, Glub: Concordia for about five years, prior to which he was an inspector in the local police force, in which he served for some seventeen years.
He leaves a widow and several children, the eldest of whom is about 17 years of age.
The deceased was buried in the New Cemetery on Sunday afternoon.
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