Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1907 — A SUICIDE AT REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

A SUICIDE AT REMINGTON.

Harry Noland, An Epileptic, Takes Carbolic Acid. Coroner Wright was called to Remington Wednesday to hold an inquest over the remains of Harry Noland of that place who had committed suicide about 11 a. m„ of that day by taking carbolic acid. Deceased had resided in Remington the .greater part of the time for the past dozen years with his mother, Mrs. Rowe, at whose home the act was committed. He was aged 39 years, was subject to epilepsy, and was unmarried. This is the third suicide in the cdunty in the past three weeks, the others being Henry Sanders of near Parr, who cut his throat with a razor April 13, and Anthony Castor of Gillam tp., who blew the top of his head off with a shotgun last Friday morning. Noland had been in a deplorable condition for several years, droppingover in a fit frequently when up town. It is said that he had expressed a fear that he would murder his mother, and this and the condition he was in is responsible for his taking his life; Three dollars gets The Democrat and Chicago Daily Examiner each a full year. <