Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1899 — Chicago Man Tries to Die. [ARTICLE]

Chicago Man Tries to Die.

At Santa Ana, Cal., E. R. Howe of Chicago tried to commit suicide by shooting. The bullet passed through his head, lodging under the right eye. He declared he was without friends and, therefore, did not care to live. Physicians think he will recover.