Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1910 — ANOTHER SUICIDE NEAR MONTICELLO. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER SUICIDE NEAR MONTICELLO.

Monticello Herald: John Phillips hung himself Tuesday at the home of- his brother, Wm. H. Phillips about six miles south cf here on the Oakdale road. He was about 70 vears old and unmarried. He was a man of veryregular habits, and when he failed to appear at dinner time Tuesday Mrs. Phillips went in search of him. To her horror she found him hanging by the neck to a beam in an implement shed off the premises. A doctor was summoned, but life was extinct. He had apparently been dead several hours. No.cause is known for his deed as he was surrounded by all the comforts of life.