Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — Attempted Suicide in Jordan Tp. [ARTICLE]

Attempted Suicide in Jordan Tp.

Last Friday evening the wife of Al Keister, a farmer residing near Egypt school house, in Jordan tp., attempted suicide by cutting her throat with a butcher-knife with which she was at the time engaged in cutting slaw. Only the dullness of the knife prevented the job being complete and death resulting at once. She had slashed her throat from ear to ear and jabbed the point of the knife deep into the throat, and at this writing it is said that her injuries are of such a serious nature that recovery is impossible. Mrs. Keister is about 38 years of age, and is said to have been partially insane for years. She once before attempted suicide it is said, some years ago.