Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1909 — PREFERRED GRAVE TO A LIFE WITHOUT CHILD [ARTICLE]

PREFERRED GRAVE TO A LIFE WITHOUT CHILD

Prof. Gordy and Wife Commit Suicide After Girl's Death. New York, Jan. I.—Unable to endure the thought of spending their declining years without the cheering presence of a daughter whom they both worshiped, Professor J. P. Gordy, of New York University, and his wife committed suicide. The girl, eighteen years old, died Friday of pneumonia. The two swallowed the contents of three bottles of chloroform. Two hours later Professor James E. Lough of New York University, who occupies apartments at the Paterno, Riverside drive and One Hundred and Sixteenth streets, adjoining those of Professor Gordy, broke in the door. Making their way to the bedroom of the professor and his wife, they found the couple clasped in each other’s arms and dead.