Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — MOTHER FINDS SON CHOKING. [ARTICLE]

MOTHER FINDS SON CHOKING.

Lafayette Man Fears Loss of Mind and Attempts Strangling. Lafayette, Ind., July 21.—William Ellison, 32 years old, was found by his mother at their home on First street tonight lying in his bedroom in an unconscious condition. He had tied a rope about his neck, and was attempting to strangle himself when he became unconscious. He was taken to the hospital, and after be regained consciousness said that the reason he tried to commit suicide was because a fellow workman told him he was crazy. He said this worried him, and he began to believe he was losing his mind.