Charles Earl Fallet
Born
Parents George Lewis Fallet & Cora A. Merseal
Died
Buried
PPG Death Records (1917)
Chas. E. Fallet (as signing Coroner)
Jefferson County Record,
Mike CLOVER, a farmer of lower Belews Creek died last
Sunday. He had been ill some time and shortly before his death, he asked his
family to retire from the room and informed Dr. L. F. PARKER, his
attending physician, that he had been poisoned and
would die. Fred HEIDBRINK was present and heard the statement made. CLOVER died
as he said he would and while Dr. PARKER was almost certain that there was only
delirium in his statement, the fact that his patient believed it, so preyed
upon his mind that he could not suffer the funeral to go on without examination
into the facts. The Coroner being absent at the time, Judge
J. P. MILLER and Robt. E. KLEINSCHMIDT,
Prosecuting Attorney started out to hold the inquest. In the meantime Dr.
LUCKEY had been summoned and Dr. FALLETT
the Coroner arrived before the investigation began. A jury was empanelled and
found that Mr. Clover came to his death from natural causes, but recommended an
autopsy. The Doctors PARKER, LUCKEY, and FALLETT held the autopsy and from all
appearances indorsed the jury's finding. In order that there might not remain
any trace or vestige of suspicion, the stomach was removed and sent to
Jefferson Co. Record,
Dr. J. H. PARKER Makes the Following Statement to the Public
Concerning The Death of Mike CLOVER: So much has been
said and thought that is untrue, concerning the demise of the late Michael
CLOVER, I have concluded that it is no more than r??? to
the family, to Mr. HEIDBRINK and myself that a statement of the actual facts in
the case he presented to the public. I am conversant with the family possibly
more so than any other, I have no earthly reason to tell as the truth about
this case. If you have heard or thought other than is related below, and if you
love the truth, prepare to disgorge yourself of your obvious opinion, for this
is the truth.
Mike CLOVER told Fred HEIDBRINK and myself, on Friday
before he died on Saturday, that he had been poisoned. Told us that someone, he
accused no one in particular, had put lye in a glass containing whiskey that he
had been drinking from. He said he was going to die and asked that after his
death that I perform an autopsy on his body and ascertain whether or not he was
speaking the truth. He was seemingly at the time as sane as he ever was in his
life. I was with him an hour and neither heard him utter a delirious remark or
saw him act in any manner other than a man well set who had absolute control of
his mind. Fred HEIDBRINK who probably knew him better than any man on Belews Creek had been with him for five hours and Fred said
he was at himself.
His temperature was not high and he was not under the influence of any drug at
the time that would affect his mind. Prior to that time I had not the slightest
suspicion of anything of the sort. Some one has said that I had said that I
suspected poisoning from the beginning. I never said it. He died, as he had
predicted. What were we to do? It was a grave and serious thing to tell what we
had been told and a dangerous thing to conceal it. Other than his dying
word there was nothing to cause us to believe he had been poisoned. Symptoms
had developed that we knew were pneumonic in character. Nothing
else. I could sign a death certificate with pneumonia as the cause of
death with a clear conscience, knowing he had pneumonia. We delayed making a
decision as to what we would do and herein we are to blame. We admit it. But
put yourself in our place for one moment and then tell me would you decide in
an hour whether you would arouse the entire country and practically accuse one
of the finest families in the county, of murder, or would you allow the burial
to proceed unmolested and possibly conceal a terrible crime?
At the eleventh hour we decided to do an autopsy, hoping that it would prove
that his death was caused by pneumonia alone and thus save the family of this
awful stigma and also save Mr. HEIDBRINK and myself from carrying through life
the thought that possibly we had concealed a crime. There was the happy
termination. A complete autopsy performed by Coroner FALLET, Dr. LUCKEY and myself, together with a chemical
analysis of the stomach, showed Mr. CLOVER’s
suspicion to be unfounded.
And so ends the case. Mrs. CLOVER remains the same estimable lady, above
reproach that she has always been in the minds of all right thinking people. We
feel sorry for the family that this trouble came up affording such scandal
mongers and tattlers a chance to get in their deadly work.
Dr. FALLET has a
new Chevrolet roadster, purchased of H. HAMEL, the agent.
WWI Draft Registration, June 1917
Charles Earl Fallet, Age 25, Single
Residence DeSoto
Born
Occupation Physician
Med Height, Med Build, Brown eyes, Black hair
Doctor’s Permits to Prescribe Ethyl Alcohol and Wine 1922-33
Chas. Earl Fallett, Festus
1936 Directory of the City of
Dr. C.E. Fallet, Tel. 73, 112 A. N.
Charles E. Fallet: by George Keane
Dr. Fallet and Dr. W. W. Wieman D.D.S. shared office space and interests in fishing
and hunting. Dr. Wieman also contributed his efforts
to civic enterprises. Both men were honored by the Rotary club for their
community service. Dr. Fallet was a prominent physician
and civic leader. Born
Dr. Fallet was much interested in
the merger of the Friedens Evangelical & Reformed and the Congregational
churches. He was always interested in the towns
appearance and it was through his suggestion to Mrs. Fred Spross
that the city purchased the land for the park. Dr. Fallet’s
spouse, Blanche E. Fallet lived to age 90. She was
born in
Daily News Democrat
Charles Earl Fallet, M.D., 76, a practicing physician in DeSoto
since 1915, died suddenly at his office at
Dr. Fallet, a civic leader in the
DeSoto area, had just returned from a vacation and it was his first day back at
his office. He had finished seeing his
patients and was preparing to make his house calls when he collapsed. His nurse, Mrs. Lysle
Filkins heard the doctor fall in the rear part of his
office where he had gone to check some x-rays.
He was pronounced dead at his office where he had served the community
for 53 years.
Dr. Fallet was a 50 year member of
DeSoto Lodge 119, AF and AM, and the American Medical Association. He was a Past President of the DeSoto Chamber
of Commerce, Past Exalted Ruler of DeSoto Elks Lodge, former member of the
A native of
Survivors are his wife, the former Miss Blanche Wilson of
DeSoto: a son George Fallet, St. Louis county: two
sisters, Mrs. Paul (Anna) Maness, St. Louis, and Mrs. Frank (Dora) Kilzer, Billings, Mont.: three brothers , G. A. Fallet of Lake Worth, Fla., Fred of Montebello Calif., and Jess, of Monterrey California: and two grandchildren.
Funeral will be from
the Dietrich funeral home DeSoto, to the United church of Christ for 2 P.M.
Services Thursday with Rev. C. H. Rohlfing
officiating, Interment will be in the
City cemetery, DeSoto.
A son, Mark, was lost in Air Force action over