Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — Au Attempt at Suicide. [ARTICLE]

Au Attempt at Suicide.

Last Saturday evening Noah Arnold, who lives with his father, Andrew Arnold, in Barkley Township, gave himself a big gash in the throat with a razor, with suicidal intent. The cut was about 2£ inches long and quite deep, but not deep enough to sever the windpipe or any main veins or arteries. He committed the I act in an up-stairs room, and it was j not discovered until members of the i family went to call him to supper,! when he was found in an unconscious condition. Dr. Alter was called and found him not very dangerously injured, although considerably weakened by the loss of biood. And this latter condition was increased Monday morning by the act of the would be suicide, who, on being left alone a few minutes, inserted his finger in his wound and deliberately tore it open

again, causing a farther considerable loss of blood; Dr. Alter was again called, and this time he strapped the man’s hands to his sides thus preventing any further attempts of the character. * The would-be suicide is about 45 or 50 years old, and has a wife and two children. He has never shown any evidence of insanity, but probably is very despondent over the fact that he has been losing his eyesight for some time and is now almost totally blind.

B. Eorsythe has a good force of brick-layers at work on his new building now. Lee Catt will move to Greenfield this week. He has accepted a good situation there as salesman in a large department store. Mr. Bernard H. Mein brook and Miss. Amzie E. Beck were married Tuesday forenoon, at list. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Rev. St. Neiberg preforming the ceremony. The newly married couple will live on the Kohloff place, 2 miles south of town. The bride is the daughter of “Uncle Billy” Beck, who lives just west of Weston cemetery. Sam Lee, the Chinaman, is still in the county jail, although his ten days sentence expired last Sunday. His fine and costs, amounting to $34 are are still unpaid, and it is likely that Sam will remain in jail the 34 days more, instead of putting up the cash. It seems according to Sam’s story he has been lending all his money to a cousin in Chicago, in order to have it where he could get it when he gets ready to go back to China, and that he has written to his cousin for money to pay his fine, and the cousin has written back that he could not get it for him. It is more than probable however that Sam don’t want to pay his fine,; but prefers to stay it ont in jail. He is now getting the equivalent of a dollar a day, and better board than he ever dreamed of furnishing himself with, and it probably being more than the aetr proffer of Iris wish hoose, hr hr willing to lay there until his fine is layedout \