Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1916 — MOTHER OF A WEEK TRIES TO SUICIDE [ARTICLE]

MOTHER OF A WEEK TRIES TO SUICIDE

Mrs. Newton Kupke Arose From Sick Bed to Get Revolver and Fire Bullet Into Breast.

Mrs. Newton Kupke, mother of four children, the youngest osly a week old, lies in her bed at Newland in a precarious condition, the result of having fired a bullet from a 32caliberTvers & Johnson revolver into her breast. , The act was committed at about 6 o’clock this Saturday morning. Other members of the family had gone to the dining room for their breakfast and Mrs. Kupke, who is not strong and who was still confined to her bed in consequence of the recent birth, arose and procured the revolver which her husband had kept hid. She placed the muzzle at her breast and pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through the body, piercing the left lung and j&st missing the heart, and came out back near the left armpit. —called- and has worked earnestly to save her life. This afternoon he called Dr. Johnson into consultation. It is thought that the poor woman can not live as she was weakened as a result of her confinement. Mrs. Kupke is a woman about 33 age and her mental condition has been bad for some time. She insisted that she had tuberculosis and an examination was made by doctors but a negative return was made each time. Her worry is said to have caused her mental trouble.