Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1902 — DIES BY HER OWN HAND. [ARTICLE]

DIES BY HER OWN HAND.

Bessie Ford, Formerly of Rensselaer, Shoots Herself at Elwood. FMrs. Lewis Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Foster, formerly of this place, committed suicide at her home in Elwood Wednesday night by shooting herself through the head with a revolver, report telegraphed to the city papers stated that the deed was committed because her husband would not let her accompany him to a dance at the Columbia club rooms. Mr. Foster moved “here several years ago from Forney, White county and while residing here conducted a restaurant near the depot for some years, later selling out and moving upon a small farm south of town. Bessie worked for some time as compositor in the Rensselaer Republican office, but moved to Elwood with her parents about one year ago. Last July, at the age of about 18, she was married to Lewis Ford, formerly of Remington, who was employed in the tinplate mills at Elwood. They got along nicely together, it is eaid, and news of her tragic suicide come as a shock to her friends here.