Miami Union

October 13, 1910 

SENSEMAN, JOSEPH - Joseph Senseman, 52, a prominent citizen of New Carlisle, committed suicide shortly after noon Tuesday by shooting himself through the heart.  The deed was committed in the sitting room of the home during the temporary absence of his wife and two daughters.  Despondency and brooding over losses sustained several years ago are given as the cause of his rash act.  It is said he had threatened to take his life several times during the past two years.  Besides his wife and daughters, one son, Harry, now of Dayton, survives him.  Funeral services were held from the residence Thursday afternoon.  Burial at New Carlisle cemetery.