The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
Mrs. Louise Lander Sought Lake
at Chicago For Suicide.
CrawIs Out on Ice When Piece
She is On Becomes Detached.
BUT SHE is RESCUED.
1t is Pulled Back by Men Who
See Her Great Danger.
Nervous PrOstratiOn Follows
the Terrifying Experience.

Chicago, Jan. 14.-Mrs. Louise Lam
der of 6O6 Division street was res
cued from an ice foe in the lake
off Burton place last evening, whith-
er she had gone, it is supposed. in an
effort to end her life. She was suffering
from intense nervousness when she left
her home at o'clock and walked north
in the Lake Shore drive.
At Burton place, where the sea wall
has been washed away by the storms,
she lowered herself upon the frozen
cakes and made her way toward the
open water, 300 feet into the lake. Just
as she reached the edge of the stretch
of ice. where the spray from the waves
dashed into ner face, she fell faintIng,
and the huge slab on which she was
lying became 1oosened and began drift
ing out. She was removed from her
perilous position by park policemen.
Mrs. Lander is the wife of Dana S.
Lander. an attorney at 164 Dearborn
street, and is employed as a decorator
by the Tobey Furniture company. She
went to work as usual yesterday morn
ing, although she was feeling i'll. AT
noon she returned home, suffering in
prostrated. Miss Moffitt, a relative of
Mrs. Lander, who lives at the same
house. was at home, and the young
woman, thinking that her attack would
not prove serious, did not notify her
husband.
MRS. LANDER LEFT ALONE.
Shortly before o'clock Miss Moffitt
went out, leaving Mrs. Lander alone in
the house. A few minutes afterward
some of the neighbors saw her quit
the place. She was dressed in street
attire and carried small shopping bag,
which contained some money. She
walked to the Lake Shore drive, a dis
tance of less than a block from her
home, and then turned north
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extends 300 feet into the water, and
at the outer edge there is a border of
jagged drifts, over which the waves
dash their spray. Beyond is open
At the shore the ice is eight feet be-
low the sea wall and Mrs. Lander was
obliged to exercise. considerable
strength to lower herself upon it, for,
although the stone has been washed
away, a temporary wall of wooden
beams has been constructed. She was
lection, and no one noticed her until
she was within a few feet of the open
lake.
SEES HER AS SHE FAINTS.
tario hotel, saw her just as she fell
fainting. He is acquainted with her,
but through the gloom did not recog-
nize her. He ran to Lincoln park,
block away, and notified Park Police
men Wyman and Mooney, and with
them fastened back to rescue the
woman.
Before they could reach the outer
edge of the ice, however, they were
startled at seeing a large block break
loose and begin tossing upon the waves
with the unconscious woman upon 1t.
The officers hastened back to the shore
and procured two long planks, which
had been used in repairing the sea wall,
and with them they were able to reach
the foe. They drew it toward them as
far as possible, and then, using the
planks for a bridge, carried the woman
from the detached piece.
Friends of Mrs. Lander refuse to be-
lieve that she was conscious of her act
and say that if she attempted suicide
she must have been suffering from tenn
porary delirium brought on by her
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care of a physician. She is IS years old