Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — Minister Commits Suicide. [ARTICLE]

Minister Commits Suicide.

Naaiiville, Tenn.. Oct. O.—A special from Jasper, Tenn., says Rev. B. J. IMrtie. a t Cumberland Presbyterian minister committed suicide In the Presbyterian church at tills place by hanging himself to the liellcord. Despondency owing to lack of work la supposed to he the cause. He leaves a wife and three children, lie was stxiut 45 years old and has been at this place a I Kiu t one year. , , j