Lititz Record (Lititz, Pa.), Thursday, November 1, 1906, page 2, col. 2:
"THE ROTHSVILLE SUICIDE
Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Hangs Herself in a cow stable.
The RECORD last week briefly referred to the suicide of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams at Rothsville, which occurred about the time the RECORD was ready to go to press, and therefore could not give full particulars.
It seems that the woman, who lived with her aged mother, took as an excuse that she was going out to the shed for a bucket of coal. As she remained longer than necessary, the woman's mother instituted a search, and, after looking for her all over the premises, at last found her about 10:30 o'clock hanging in the cow stable. Deputy coroner A. B. Reidenbach, of Lititz, and his physician were notified and decided that death was caused by strangulation.
The mother, Mrs. Hannah Johnson, eighty-eight years old and very deaf, was nearly heart-broken, as the two had been living in perfect harmony for the last eighteen years. The deceased was fifty-nine years old, and had been married twice. Her first husband was named Martin, and of this marriage the deceased had one son, Elam now located in the West. His child, Emory, a boy of about thirteen, was living with the deceased, his grandmother and his great-grandmother. The woman's second husband was John Adams. Of this marriage no children are living.
Mrs. Adams had no apparent reason for the deed, as she was in good circumstances and seemed to be in good health, although subject all her life to sick headache. She was a member of the Evangelical Church and was a consistent Christian. It had been the intention of the mother and daughter to sell their home at Rothsville and go to live with a daughter and sister, Mrs. Wenger, at Reading, in the near future. Upon Mrs. Adams' person was found a letter written with lead pencil, and addressed to her son, in which she begged him and her relatives not to trouble themselves about her, as she felt she was born to die in this manner. Besides her mother, son, and grandson, the deceased is survived by one brother, Aaron Johnson, of Mt. Joy; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Wenger, of Reading, and Mrs. Catherine Haldeman, of Akron. The remains were interred at the Rothsville Evangelical cemetery on Sunday."
"THE ROTHSVILLE SUICIDE
Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Hangs Herself in a cow stable.
The RECORD last week briefly referred to the suicide of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams at Rothsville, which occurred about the time the RECORD was ready to go to press, and therefore could not give full particulars.
It seems that the woman, who lived with her aged mother, took as an excuse that she was going out to the shed for a bucket of coal. As she remained longer than necessary, the woman's mother instituted a search, and, after looking for her all over the premises, at last found her about 10:30 o'clock hanging in the cow stable. Deputy coroner A. B. Reidenbach, of Lititz, and his physician were notified and decided that death was caused by strangulation.
The mother, Mrs. Hannah Johnson, eighty-eight years old and very deaf, was nearly heart-broken, as the two had been living in perfect harmony for the last eighteen years. The deceased was fifty-nine years old, and had been married twice. Her first husband was named Martin, and of this marriage the deceased had one son, Elam now located in the West. His child, Emory, a boy of about thirteen, was living with the deceased, his grandmother and his great-grandmother. The woman's second husband was John Adams. Of this marriage no children are living.
Mrs. Adams had no apparent reason for the deed, as she was in good circumstances and seemed to be in good health, although subject all her life to sick headache. She was a member of the Evangelical Church and was a consistent Christian. It had been the intention of the mother and daughter to sell their home at Rothsville and go to live with a daughter and sister, Mrs. Wenger, at Reading, in the near future. Upon Mrs. Adams' person was found a letter written with lead pencil, and addressed to her son, in which she begged him and her relatives not to trouble themselves about her, as she felt she was born to die in this manner. Besides her mother, son, and grandson, the deceased is survived by one brother, Aaron Johnson, of Mt. Joy; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Wenger, of Reading, and Mrs. Catherine Haldeman, of Akron. The remains were interred at the Rothsville Evangelical cemetery on Sunday."
Lititz Record (Lititz, Pa.), Thursday, November 1, 1906, page 2, col. 2:
"THE ROTHSVILLE SUICIDE
Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Hangs Herself in a cow stable.
The RECORD last week briefly referred to the suicide of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams at Rothsville, which occurred about the time the RECORD was ready to go to press, and therefore could not give full particulars.
It seems that the woman, who lived with her aged mother, took as an excuse that she was going out to the shed for a bucket of coal. As she remained longer than necessary, the woman's mother instituted a search, and, after looking for her all over the premises, at last found her about 10:30 o'clock hanging in the cow stable. Deputy coroner A. B. Reidenbach, of Lititz, and his physician were notified and decided that death was caused by strangulation.
The mother, Mrs. Hannah Johnson, eighty-eight years old and very deaf, was nearly heart-broken, as the two had been living in perfect harmony for the last eighteen years. The deceased was fifty-nine years old, and had been married twice. Her first husband was named Martin, and of this marriage the deceased had one son, Elam now located in the West. His child, Emory, a boy of about thirteen, was living with the deceased, his grandmother and his great-grandmother. The woman's second husband was John Adams. Of this marriage no children are living.
Mrs. Adams had no apparent reason for the deed, as she was in good circumstances and seemed to be in good health, although subject all her life to sick headache. She was a member of the Evangelical Church and was a consistent Christian. It had been the intention of the mother and daughter to sell their home at Rothsville and go to live with a daughter and sister, Mrs. Wenger, at Reading, in the near future. Upon Mrs. Adams' person was found a letter written with lead pencil, and addressed to her son, in which she begged him and her relatives not to trouble themselves about her, as she felt she was born to die in this manner. Besides her mother, son, and grandson, the deceased is survived by one brother, Aaron Johnson, of Mt. Joy; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Wenger, of Reading, and Mrs. Catherine Haldeman, of Akron. The remains were interred at the Rothsville Evangelical cemetery on Sunday."
"THE ROTHSVILLE SUICIDE
Mrs. Elizabeth Adams Hangs Herself in a cow stable.
The RECORD last week briefly referred to the suicide of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams at Rothsville, which occurred about the time the RECORD was ready to go to press, and therefore could not give full particulars.
It seems that the woman, who lived with her aged mother, took as an excuse that she was going out to the shed for a bucket of coal. As she remained longer than necessary, the woman's mother instituted a search, and, after looking for her all over the premises, at last found her about 10:30 o'clock hanging in the cow stable. Deputy coroner A. B. Reidenbach, of Lititz, and his physician were notified and decided that death was caused by strangulation.
The mother, Mrs. Hannah Johnson, eighty-eight years old and very deaf, was nearly heart-broken, as the two had been living in perfect harmony for the last eighteen years. The deceased was fifty-nine years old, and had been married twice. Her first husband was named Martin, and of this marriage the deceased had one son, Elam now located in the West. His child, Emory, a boy of about thirteen, was living with the deceased, his grandmother and his great-grandmother. The woman's second husband was John Adams. Of this marriage no children are living.
Mrs. Adams had no apparent reason for the deed, as she was in good circumstances and seemed to be in good health, although subject all her life to sick headache. She was a member of the Evangelical Church and was a consistent Christian. It had been the intention of the mother and daughter to sell their home at Rothsville and go to live with a daughter and sister, Mrs. Wenger, at Reading, in the near future. Upon Mrs. Adams' person was found a letter written with lead pencil, and addressed to her son, in which she begged him and her relatives not to trouble themselves about her, as she felt she was born to die in this manner. Besides her mother, son, and grandson, the deceased is survived by one brother, Aaron Johnson, of Mt. Joy; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Wenger, of Reading, and Mrs. Catherine Haldeman, of Akron. The remains were interred at the Rothsville Evangelical cemetery on Sunday."
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