Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1903 — Violent Deaths. [ARTICLE]

Violent Deaths.

The State Board of Health Bulletin for January says that 131 persons died from violence in January, of which 26 were females. Four of the violent deaths were murders, fourteen were suicides and 113 accidents. Of the murders one was by pistol, one by drowning and two by beating over the head. Of the suicides, eight were males and six were females. Five males k chose pistols and three hanging. Of the females, pne chose carbolic acid, one drowning and four morphine.