Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — MRS. J. P. GREEN TRIES SUICIDE. [ARTICLE]

MRS. J. P. GREEN TRIES SUICIDE.

W’ife of Former Pastor of Baptist Church Took Poison Yesterday Morning—Will Recover. Mrs. J. P. Green attempted suicide about 8 o’clock yesterday morning at her home on Weston street by taking a quantity of bed-bug poison, which contained bichloride of mercury, a slow acting poison. Mrs. Green is crippled, and has been in very poor health for some time, and it is supposed that the condition of her health prompted the rash act. Mr. Green had gone over to C. M. Blue’s, a neighbor, to get some water and stayed for perhaps 30 minutes in looking over the war news in the daily paper. On his return home Mrs. Green informed him of what she had done. Dr. Loy was hurridly summoned and he later called in Dr. Kresler. A stomach pump was used to draw the poison before it became assimilated through (the system, and it is hoped that she will recover. Mercury is a very slow acting poison and it will probably be about a week before the doctors will he able to declare her completely out of danger. Rev. Green came here a few years ago as pastor of the Baptist church which position he has not held, however, for the past couple of years. The family has had pretty hard work to get along and the condition of Mrs. Green of late had made it all the harder for them.