Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — DRAGS COMPANION WITH HER [ARTICLE]

DRAGS COMPANION WITH HER

Bedford Woman Attempts to Commit Suicide While Deranged. Bedford, Indu, May 26. Mrs. Ida Payton of this city attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a thirty-flve-foot ledge into an abandoned quarry beneath. Miss Inez Prather, a six-teen-year-old girl, who was with her and who attempted to hold her back, was dragged over the side of the ledge. The two women fell forty feet into about four feet of water, which broke the foice of the fall and saved them from instant death. Both are badly hurt. No reason is given for the attempt at suicide, except that Mrs Payton had been suffering from mental trouble, and, fearing that she would make just such an attempt, Miss Prather had been employed to watch her.