Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1898 — Double Suicide in Jail. [ARTICLE]

Double Suicide in Jail.

Murray, Ky,, April 25. —Boone Spencer, in jail for horse stealing, was visited by his wife Saturday, and when inside the cell she cut her throat with a razor and Spencer -cut his with a knife, both dying in a few minutes. The suicides were committed before the eyes bf the jailer, who was powerless to prevent It.