Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — MRS. GLEN OBERLY A SUICIDE [ARTICLE]

MRS. GLEN OBERLY A SUICIDE

Shoots Self in Left Breast, Inflicting a Fatal Wound. Mrs. Glen Oberly, aged 19 years, who was living with her husband v in the northeast part of town, just across the street from the W. F. Osborne home, with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith, shot herself in the left breast with, a revolver about 4 o’clock Monday afternoon, inflicting what would soon prove a fatal wound, the doctors stated. The bullet passed entirely through the body, coming out at the back, just missing the heart, at which It evidently had been aimed, and penetrating the left lung. Drs. Washburn and Johnson were called at once and it was thought the woman would die In a few moments. Later, about 6 o’clock, It was decided to take her to the hospital, and a call was sent in for Worland’s ambulance and she was taken to the hospital and was reported still alive as The Democrat went to press, although it was said that she could not live and death was liable to occur at any moment. Mrs. Oberly’s maiden name was Olive Carroll Line, and she came to Rensselaer about three years ago from her home at Munfordville, Ky., to visit her sister, Mrs. Riley Miller. She later secured employment here at the home of Glen Oberly’s mother, and on April 24, 1917, was married to Mr. Oberly.

Ob-srly was previously married ' and his first wife, from whom he wag divorced about 1911, attempted suicide some time before by taking carbolic acid. The family then resided in one of the C. B. Steward houses in the west part of town. Shortly after the first wife’s attempt at suicide she left her husband, who later secured a divorce. Just what prompted the present wife to take her life has not been made public, if known. She was conscious yesterday and is*said to have told bier brother that she was sorry she had shot herself, and now wanted to live. * f Oberly’s mother, Mrs. Smith, with whom and the step-father they lived, is an invalid and has been such for years. The young woman had to care for her mother-in-law and is said to have not got on well with the latter. She had been despondent and had said that she would not put up with conditions any longer, it is reported. She has evidently had a pretty hard life of it, too mueh work 1 being put on her young shoulders, and it is not so surprising that she decided to end it all.