| Cassville Republican May 25, 1916, Thursday |
| Former Cassville Man Takes Own Life G. W. Dodd of Hugo, Oklahoma Commits Suicide in Own Home Particulars Not Known Here |
| G. W. Dodd shot and killed himself in his home in Hugo, Oklahoma, Friday night, May 13. This news reached Cassville Sunday morning when cards giving the sad news were received from Barney Bush, who with his wife and daughter have been visiting at Hugo. The particulars were not given and as Mr. and Mrs. Bush have not yet returned home the particulars are not yet known here at Mr. Dodd's former home. Walter Dodd and his brother, J. B. Dodd, engaged in the mercantile business at Monett, in the early nineties. Later they moved their large stock of goods to Cassville where for a time they had an immense business for a town of this size. In addition to the mercantile business, the two brothers engaged in the nursery business on a large scale, operating principally in Oklahoma. J. B. Dodd built the elegant home now owned by Jas. P. Turner on the east side of Flat Creek, from town. They remained in Cassville until about 1902 or 1903 when G. W. known generally as Walter, moved to Oklahoma and J. B. and family moved to Fulton, Ky. Walter lived for awhile at Grant and later built a fine home and moved to Hugo where he had since lived. He had been successful in his business enterprises and is thought to have been worth possibly two hundred thousand dollars or more. While living in Cassville, Walter married a St. Louis girl. They remained in Cassville only a short time after his marriage but the children here who were well acquainted with Mrs. Dodd say that she was a lady of unusual culture and a most pleasant woman. |
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