Published in the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Saturday, June 14, 1919

Benjamin Theodore BALDWIN, 38, ended his life by hanging himself in a buggy shed on the farm of his brother, William BALDWIN, of near Loyal, late Friday afternoon. Baldwin, who had made a previous attempt at his life by hanging, following an attack of influenza last year, had been declared of unsound mind by an insanity commission and had been committed to Longcliff. It had been impossible, however, since that time, to get him into the asylum, which is crowded, and as a result he has been cared for by the members of his family. For eight weeks, following his first attempt at suicide, he lived with a brother in Mishawaka, returning later to the Baldwin farm near Loyal. It was known that he again contemplated suicide, and careful watch was maintained at all times. He was very weak and under a physician's care at the time he took his life, but even tho these conditions prevailed, ropes, straps, harness, etc., were kept hidden, as it was believed that if he again attempted his life it would be by the hanging method. Friday afternoon he went to the house and took his medicine as usual. From there he started for the barn and Mrs. William BALDWIN, who was in the house, noticing about 10 minutes later that he was not seated in an old buggy as was his custom, sent her daughter to look for him. The girl came back to the house shortly and reported that he could not be found. Mrs. Baldwin then left the house herself and noticing that a buggy-shed door was open, went in and found him there hanging with his feet only a short distance from the ground with a piece of binder twine about his neck. He had jumped from a manure spreader. She got him down, and altho not dead at this time, she was unable to bring the fleeting life back. He only moved his arm once and could speak no words. There survive the widow, Nora BALDWIN, three sons, Charles [BALDWIN], John [BALDWIN] and Thomas [BALDWIN], a daughter, Anna [BALDWIN], four brothers, William [BALDWIN], of near Loyal and Norman [BALDWIN], Omar [BALDWIN] and Albert [BALDWIN], of Mishawaka, and three sisters, Ella BALDWIN, of Ohio, and Mrs. Ruth KEHLER and Mrs. Sarah HIRSCH, of Mishawaka. The parents and a son preceded him. Funeral at the U.B. church in Rochester Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. George CRANE in charge. Burial at Sand Hill cemetery.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1919 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh