Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — COLD BATH IS CAUSE OF DEATH [ARTICLE]

COLD BATH IS CAUSE OF DEATH

Shock Supposed to Have Killed Miss Carrie Davenport. Beloit, Wls., dispatch: Miss Carrie Davenport, aged 45 years, was found dead in a bathtub. When she failed to come to breakfast her landlady went to find her and discovered her dead in the tub, which contained cold water. She had been in the habit of taking a cold bath each morning and it is thought that the shock of getting into, the cofd water caused heart failure.