Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1901 — A Mother Attempts Suicide. [ARTICLE]

A Mother Attempts Suicide.

Chas. Thrasher, of Marion, it is said, refused to give his wife ten cents to buy milk for her babe. She took the child and jumped with it into the river. Both were rescued by Charles Hines. Mrs. Thrasher is only 16.