Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1909 — FILLS BODY WITH NEEDLES [ARTICLE]

FILLS BODY WITH NEEDLES

Accused of Murder, Prisoner Attempts to Put an End to Life. Meadville, Pa., April 20. John Cronin, a prisoner awaiting trial for the murder of Harry Winters, has been trying to kill himself by filling his body with needles. He has pushed seven ordinary needles into his abdomen and one just below his heart, so close that the lining was perforated. He is in a critical condition.