The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-02
SUICIDES IN JAIL
Cora Miller Cuts her Throat and
Dies Almost Instantly.

Cora Miller, one of the shop-lifter:
arrested Thursday, killed herself ir
the county jail at noon today by cut
ting her throat with case knife just
after she had eaten her dinner.
She and her sister, Mrs. Barbara
Wyant were in the womaa's cell to-
gether and each was given an ordi-
nary case knife and a spoon when
their dinner was taken to them
After they had time to eat Deputy
Sheriff Head started to the cell which
is in the second story OF the jail and
just before he reached the door he
heard terrible scream. He was in
the room in two seconds, the wom-
an falling on the floor just as he
opened the door, her throat cut al
most from ear to ear, the jugular vein
being severed
She was placed on a bed and Dr.
Knott called by telephone, but she
died almost instantly.
The names of both women were
given as Wyant Thursday. They
were sisters; the elder is or has been
married and has two children. Her
name is Barbara Wyant Both lived
with their mother, Mrs. Miller, FIVE
miles south of Hamlet Cora. the
dead girl. was not quite 20 years old.
Both seemed cheerful and Sheriff
Steiner says that when he took their
breakfast to them, Cora remarked
that he was feeding them we'll and
treating them we'll, and after talking
about what the court would probably
do with them, she said Il took the
goods myself. my sister did not take
them"
The sheriff said he gave them
knives to eat with because he had no
thought of their harming themselves
or any one else with an ordinary
table knife
He thinks the girl probably sharp
ened the knife on the stove, and the
cash she made at one stroke shows
the determination of the girl to end
her life gave her more than ordinary
nerve and strength
The evidence against the women
was overwhelming. Policeman Shear
er accompanied by William Ormond,
Arthur Wiltfong and Charles Hum
phreys drove to the residence of Mrs.
Miller in Starke county Thursday.
They had secured a search warrant
here. supposing that the home OF the
women was in this county, but when
they found that it was in Starke
county. they went to Knox and got a
warrant there The Knox marshal
accompanied them to Mrs. Miller's
where ahey found about 5000 worth
of goods supposed to have been stol-
en-. The goods consisted of silks,
silk skirts, shoes, umbrellas. jewelry
and other articles which were taken
to Knox by the marshal
Merchants at Knox and North Jud-
son have lost goods and suspicioncd
Mrs. Wynant and Miss Miller, but
had not caught them taking anything
Had they not attempted to get
away with two fine trimmed hats at
Balls Thursday morning they would
not probably have been detected here
as they had evidently taken goods
from all the stores in Plymouth at
other lines
The girl who committed suicide
has light hair and fair complexion
and seemed fairly intelligent. 1t is a
sad ending to lie so young. Sher-
idf Steiner and his family are perhaps
as sorry as any relative of the girl
can be, but no blame can be ascribed
to them.
The remains were taken to Bun
rells undertaking establishment to be
prepared for burial
"A telegram announcing the girls
death was sent to the sheriff at Knox