Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — WOMAN SUICIDES AT WINAMAC. [ARTICLE]

WOMAN SUICIDES AT WINAMAC.

Mrs. J. M. Steis, wife of County treasurer Steis, of Winamac, was burned to death on Wednesday night of hist week about 9 o’clock from gasoline with which she had accidently or otherwise saturated her clothing, and then set it afire. She lived 4 hours after the flames were extinguished. Deceased was 48 years of age and leaves a husband and three children. Her mind had been affected for the past two years, and it is generally thought that that the act was that of an insane person.