The Razor Was Still Clutched in Her Hand

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MRS. BAILEY CUTS THROAT WITH RAZOR

Suicide of the Wife of a Young Morgan County Farmer.

SHE HAD BEEN DESPONDENT

And Her Suicide Is Attributed to Insanity.

HER BODY FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING

The Razor Was Still Clutched in the Hand -- Suicide Caused a Sensation.

Madison, Ga., January 13.-(Special.)- News was received over a private telephone wire from Moxeys, Ga., this morning concerning a sensational suicide which occurred there last night. Mrs. T. B. Bailey, wife of a prominent young farmer, who resided at Moxeys, cut her throat with a razor. When found about 9 o'clock her body was in a woodshed cold and stiff in death, the razor still in her hand. Her mind is supposed to have been unbalanced, as she was gloomy and despondent several days previous to her death. She leaves a little babe two months old. The affair created quite a sensation in that section.

--The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, January 14, 1900, page 4.



HER LOVE AFFAIR CAUSES SUICIDE

Miss Lena Mierson of Marinette, Takes a Dose of Corrosive Sublimate.

Marinett, Wis., Jan. 26-[Special Telegram] - Miss Lena Mierson, a domestic employed at the home of A. D. Curtis, committed suicide last night. She took corrosive sublimate. She refused to take antidotes. Disappointment over a love affair was the cause.

--The Daily Gazette, Janesville, Wisconsin, January 26, 1900, page 1.



Kills Baby and Self.

Mrs. Valentine Roullier, committed suicide at Two Rivers by drowning, taking with her her two-year-old daughter. The bodies were recovered. The cause of the deed is attributed to constant worrying because her husband intended to take up farming, to which she had a decided aversion.

--Monroe Weekly Times, Monroe, Wisconsin, October 18, 1900, page 3.