Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1912 — BIG CAT COMMITS SUICIDE [ARTICLE]

BIG CAT COMMITS SUICIDE

Great Ratter Is Found Dead Near Pipe From Which Illuminating Gao Is Still Flowing,* Everett, Wash.—Everybody connected with the Chelan Fruit house declares the cat deliberately and premeditatedly destroyed herself by inhaling gas. The cat had been a great favorite with her two masters. The way she captured mice and rats endeared her to their hearts. When the proprietors opened their place Of business the other morning a strong smell of gas met them. She was te a position that evidently gave her some trouble to reach. Further, she had her kittens a few days ago and had evinced a dejected spirit, losing her appetite for mice, rats and i milk.