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- \ .+ r*• -f --j. w . i 4 *__‘ * VROHRER TRIES SUICIDEw'« twy •»“*:'** a ■■ ana a ■ a a , a a a ■ a -m * m ■ ■ a a a a ■■ - i * ****'' . St* v z .m i’ rz 1 i 'S.***'l»Viy4‘V*'*1*' 41* / ' »■ 11 ■ *v t w^1 r-:- ' *1 *-_,,►*/ «■ «• y *.. •i._*.._l*. *r. *_* *_ - *j !, tr7ir«iiwAk--cAf “Prprirhv” Tlinnias.1Frenchy’’/Thomasft . a .M • # s » f .» • . -r ■ V . i If L ■J ^1 I ■* * lt;*1 .V* «* . •'CUTSiTliROAT WITH RAZOR.* ^ '’tij,-*.. r®? u * *, .• 4 lt;•., «. *r\- *^ * *v .■* f p ■ »_ •. _ * .^VIiZ»ftliittM S»y Clitiicei.ol Recovery ^Aro: Vcry: I»or-I*rd AVmn I'remcd* !$$ ItrtcdrWrllwy^iWiro Bcforo.He ^«k'e«; AUoii»pt on 111* Life. ‘vIly.:o’clobk.\” At the ;pr o s on t-time' Hohrer iv Is at the Rybnrh -Hospital hovoring,be-l * twsen lifo and deaths . HIbt chances .ofhow;.’knownbe^n intdnding to cimrait,suicide for I ]i f 4 ~ ~ .m t. ~,4 ' .-■) a ■% *• - st*.i p sdvWai days jRst.numberr of his 11hequwhtah^s^wtbd * him atthe jail., ^_and Isom jr^wot'a•: dropped * now * and 11 /then iViWfiber of ’ his callers were im-' pressed.with’thb ,belief/-that * Robrer [.wouldt attempt suicide/; After his ar-fvSrest Rohrer learned that his wife had :started,, proceedings fOr a divorcet and :?V that she had returned to Sonibnauk to y J11ve.-: The faiIu re of aoy momber, of?Vhis- family/, to visit.him preyed on the ^ prisoner’s miudrnd flnaily-epded .with i :Vjtbe attempt at suicide; V-\:. .27 .*; /rr;* .,'.vFriday*was general cleaning up day i;:,'ambng :the prisoners, and each in turn %7:wore*, given an .^opportunity. of using the, razor.,vRohrer’s . turn ,-mme. f 'He■ v, started ^in - tO sSbavQ bimsolf, and bad r^v'about, finished, when one of the ..other ^ •prisoners :stotpad. npand told him to^hurry' up/ /Rohrer . replied* *,that he fc* would, bo through.in.laj^cqinnte^The • H: prisoner ; who, had - asked him for tbe razor turned away to whore a^number - of ..other prisoners wore playing cards; if: A few, minutes later they heard a' com-if motfon, and turning about saw Rohrer | ; stbggeriDg-ab'out with %hislt;throat cut ‘ fromr ear to oar.; - The prisonersgave V the ; alarmr ,aud , shoutedfv “Mnrderl” t ^Murder!”.until v Deputy Thomas ar-'‘ rived. The ^Sheriff’s * olfioe was called up and nOtifled of Robrer’a .conditioo;-\X)ta: ^Binterfleld^Hatbeway and Her-* ALJ i.Jl k 4lkPi ar‘'4. '•-zog arrived at the’jail,about the . same time andjdid_.wbat they could to .stop .the flow ofjhlbod. Rohrer was carried !downffrom' the third floor aud.taken toTthe hoep*talT^Anrexaln I nation showed’/a^gapitikt'.wound six inches,long and . penetrat ihg hearly.tbrough the aesoph; tragus.; The wind pipe was .seti’erod as' *' well as*a branch of - tbo^vj^g^la^voiii. 1 The;, fail ore to cut the main blood vbs-v*;86i was alU/that^ SH^ed Rohrer- from bleeding to death/. *At8 o’clock Friday L' eveningit was/beUeved that Rohrer v was Vdyiug, but horraUfecl and rested’: co m fort ablyJin;ingJthe„nj gl 11.2:.\ J 1_.7,^,/ Be f ore* atte in ptiug.*hls-li f e- Rob rerV^ wrote- a letter and- directed it to his wife. Thlsletthrwas tnrned ' over to Sheriff Trumbo for safe keeping.*;Charles Rohrer,’ a brother , of the prisoner, was' idtlio city yesterday In consultation- with ^Sheriff -Trumbo. ■' Tee fftther^-LQuia/Itohref. is confinedtto his bed with Illness .and unable tovisit his lt;500.- w w *-^ ^, , Dr. JUuttcrflold, the .^attending nhj-siclan, say'sRohrer has but littlevchanco for, recovery. - Pneumonia is y, what is feared at this Umo.- —
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Earlville Lasalle County Gazette Express
Earlville, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 20, 1904
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