Documents

» Show All     «Prev «1 ... 10400 10401 10402 10403 10404 10405 10406 10407 10408 ... 11104» Next»     » Slide Show

Obituary- Tucker, Ella 1

Mrs. W.O. Tucker Takes Her Life by Hanging

Mrs. Ella Tucker, wife of W.O. Tucker, Rossville's veterinary, took her own life yesterday morning, by hanging herself from a rafter in the barn at the Tucker home on Orange street.

Mr. Tucker found his wife's body suspended from the rafter upon returning from a trip to Maple Hill at noon. His children met him at the door and told him their mother was not in the house and Mr. Tucker then instituted a search.

The building in which the act occurred was built for a garage but Mr. Tucker had built a manger across the east end of the building. Mrs. Tucker had climbed on the manger, thrown the rope over the rafter several feet out from the manger's edge and then wrapped the rope about her neck three times without a know and swung off into space, her feet being about 18 inches from the floor. Death resulted from strangulation as the neck was not broken.

The act was committed some time after 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Joe Dean, Jr. had taken a load of cobs to the Tucker home and while unloading them into the coal house about 10:45, Mrs. Tucker came out of the house with a rope in her hand but seeing Mr. Dean, returned to the house. He finished unloading ten or fifteen minutes later.

» Show All     «Prev «1 ... 10400 10401 10402 10403 10404 10405 10406 10407 10408 ... 11104» Next»     » Slide Show