Estella A Marney Shipley

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Obituary- Shipley, Estella 1

SHE TAKES POISON

Mrs. Stella Shipley, Age 19, of Rossville Commits Suicide

Rossville, March 1 -- Mrs. Stella Shipley, age 19, wife of a Rossville stonemason, was found dying Tuesday at her home here. The cause of her death was a self administered dose of strychnine. Before her death Mrs. Shipley admitted taking the powerful poison but refused to give a reason for her act. She purchased the drug Monday from a Rossville druggist "to kill some rats."

Dr. H.L. Miller was summoned when the woman's act became known but he failed to save her life. Rodney Shipley, the woman's husband, was working on a farm several miles distant when his wife died.

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