Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — FARMER'S WIFE TAKES LIFE [ARTICLE]

FARMER'S WIFE TAKES LIFE

Daughter Finds Body Hanging From Rafter in Summer Kitchen. Logansport, Ind., Oct 14. - Mrs. John Yeakley, wife of a farmer, committed suicide at her home four miles south of this city, Slipping into the summer kitchen adjoining the home Mrs. Yeakley tied a rope to one of the rafters, made a noose, which she slipped around her neck, then leaped off the chair on which she was standing. The body was discovered by her daughter several hours later. No cause is known for the act.