Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1914 — Wolcott Man Tried to Take Own Life While in Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

Wolcott Man Tried to Take Own Life While in Lafayette.

Monon News. John Raybum, giving his residence as Wolcott, was found Tuesday in a semi-conscious condition, in his room at the St. Nicholas hotel, Lafayette. He had turned on the gas with the intention of suicide. The odor of the escaping gas was detected by a bell boy and when the door was forced open and fresh air let in, Rayburn soon revived. He was found to be under the influence of liquor and was taken to jail to answer the charge of intoxication. The cause of the attempt was probably due to the booze he had imbibed.

P. L. McManus, of Lafayette, superintendent of the Monon, came to Rensselaer yesterday and In company with W. C. Babcock and Agent Beam visited Kersey, where the meeting of the Gifford railroad stockholders was held.