Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1892 — Saved from Suicide by His Dog. [ARTICLE]

Saved from Suicide by His Dog.

An intelligent pet dog owned by Louis Schmidt, of Camden, has prevented him from committing suicide. Schmidt is just recovering from a serious attack of typhoid fever, which left him very nervous and subject to fits of melancholia. He was seized with one of those spells the other night, and while his wife was asleep he stole to the kitchen. Here he procured a rope, and, making a noose, tied one end to an iron hook in the wall. Then procuring a chair he adjusted the rope, and kicking away the chair swung himself off, as he thought, into eternity. But, unknown to Schmidt, his faithful dog had followed him, and, instinctively knowing something was wrong, the intelligent animal went back into the bedroom whining pitifully. Finally he awoke Mrs. Schmidt by tugging at the bedclothing and rubb’ing his cold nose in her face, and she followed the dog down-stairs as soon as she missed her husband. There she found him hanging from the hook. She managed to cut him down in time to save his life.— Philadelphia Times.