Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-16
COLD POISON.
Another Suicide BY Tough on
Rats.
Mrs, Yaehnke Finds Her Trouble Greater
Than She Could Bear and
Kills Herself With
Rat Poison.

What is believed, at this writing, to be a
successful attempt at suicide, was made at
10 o'clock, yesterday, and created pro.
found sensation in the vicinity OF the LIS
Belle mill. Rough on rats seems to now
bea
FAvoRITE ROUTE TO THE OTHER WORLD
and was employed in this case. Louis
Yaehnke is German carpenter who re-
sides on Mccullough street. northeast OF
the mill. He has married a second time
and has five children, ranging from four to
twelve years of age. His wife is described as
a very good wife and mother and is gener.
ally liked, but her husband i'll treats her,
the neighbors say and has made the burden
Of life very hard for her to bear. At 10
o'clock yesterday morning, her 9year old
child, Maggie, leading little sister by the
hand, went to the door Of Mrs. Rieyer,
across the street, and said
Mrs. Reiver, will you take care of Sal.
lie, mothers going to take poison"
Mrs. Reiyer rushed across to Yaehnke's,
and found Mrs. Yaehnke standing in the
middle of the floor, holding in her hand
glass into which she had Just emptied
AN OUNCE OF trough ON RATS"
Mrs. Reiver seized the glass and took in
from her, but Mrs. Iaehnke wlested it
back, stirred the contents with her finger
and swallowed it. Mrs Reiver exclaimed:
"Oh, Mrs. Iaehnke, what are you do.
iDg?'
my troubles are more than l can bear,
and Pm going TO kill myself"
With this she fell back on chair and
Mrs. Riever ran out and gave the alarm.
DIR. McCoy was summoned to attend the
poisoned woman anu did ali in his power
Fully two hours elapsed after she swallow
ed the dose before the physician arrived
aid in that time the potion had done its
work. The stomach was actively engaged
in digesting the morning meal and the
physician feared the worst. Powerful
emetiCs were administered and vomiting
was Immediately induced. Purgatives
were also given and the system was freed
Of all poisonous matter that had not been
absorbed. At this writing there seems lit
tie hope for the unfortunate woman, who
now fingers in the direst agony, awaiting
the death which seems inevitable, aud
which will relieve her from her sutferings.
As Mrs. Isehnke said, the rash act was
the result Of
TROUBLE IL THE FAMILY.
The neighbors say her husband uses her
roughly and beats her. Living on the same
ot, is h woman known as Dutch Liz" VINO
has also made life a burden TO Mrs
Isehnke. The drain from the lattsr's
house runs back through LIS yard aud
empties into Caldwells run. Yesterday
Mrs. laehnke emptied tub of soap suds
into the drain, which reused LIS wrath
and brought her down to her neighbor's to
get satisfaction. Mrs. Iaehnke was afraid
TO 20 into the yard to hang out her laun-
drying and leaving home she went to where
her husband was at work and told him
He told her to go home and hang out her
c .Othes, and he would see about it when he
came home to dinner. Not getting the
sympathy and satisfaction she expected,
weighed on Mrs. Iaehnke's spirits, AMI she
did 90 home, but only to mix the fatal
draught of rough on rats The neIghbors
SPEAK highly and kindly OF her and de.
nUunCe the causes which brought about
the terrible denouement of her troubles.
PROVED FATAL.
AT twenty minutes after o'clock last
n Ight, Mrs. Iaehnke died of the effects of
the poison.
Rough on Rats is mixture OF arsenic
and phosphorus, made into 4 powder and
- deadly poison.