Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-08
WONANTAKES HER OWN LIFE
Prepares TO Hang Herself and Then 0On-
Oludes to Take Poison.
INNATE OF MERCY HOSPITAL FOR A TIME
Home was NJ DeshIer, Neb., and at
One Time Had Been sent Home
Pronounced Cured of Her
MalRdy.
INNATE OF MERCY HOSPITAL FOR 4 TIME

The dead body OF woman later identi-
ned as Mrs. Amanda Asche of Deshler.
Neb.. patient at Mercy hospital, was
found yesterday afternoon in a small barn
at the rear OF vacant cottage at 2Zr Logan
street. That the unfortunate woman had
taken her own life was indicated by the
discovery of a small bottle containing
stEyuA~hAs s~ar whore the body wsa found
WvrS 81 the discovery Of the BoAy W.
sent to the police over the telephone shortly
before / o'clock but by whom the officers
were unable to learn. Oficer Smith was
sent to take charge Of the premises and
body until the arrival of the coroner.
When officer Smith reached the barn he
found the woman lying in a corner on
some hay. face down, with her arms
stretched by her side. That she had been
dead for several hours was shown by the
fact that her face and hands were badly
frozen. Marks on the floor of the barn
near where the body lay showed that she
evidently had staggered and struggled be.
fore falling, although with the Exception
OF slight bruise on the forehsAd there
were no marks of violence on the body.
The body was at first identified as that
OF Mrs Chris Christensen, a resident OF
this city. but after being removed 20 Cut
iers undertaking rooms on the order Of
Coroner Treynor, 1t was positively identi-
4 ned by Dr. F. 7. Seybert as that of Mrs
t-Asche, patient of his at Mercy hospital.
| Close to where the body lay was found
a rope made out of a piece of a white
linen undergarment This had been adroitly
| twisted and plated and attached to a piece
J OF baled hay wire. formed into the shape
OF hook. The supposition is that the
unfortunate woman had at first planned to
i hang herself by means of this improvised
rope, but failed to find any place to which
she could attach IT, The bottle containing
the strychnine was not found by Officer
Smith until after the body had been re-
moved by Undertaken Cutler The bottle
originally contained an eighth of an ounce
OF the deadly poison and on red Label
bore the name Of the Malluuckrodt Chem.
icsl works, St. Louis-New York. The bot.
tie was found I'm the hay a short distance
from where the body lay.
Further investigation brought to light
| from where they had been hidden undei
the hay in corner of the barn. opposite
from where the body was found, liner
undergarment, three handkerchiefs. badly
stained, and n portion of a white liner
skirt from which II was apparent IN,
piece to make the rope had been torn Tn.
updefgarment was marked with the nam,
Of the woman and had probably been dis
carded by her with the intention OF ais,
using It, II necessary TO make the rop
from u
The footprints in the snow, leading from
the sidewalk. by the house to the door o
the barn were fresh and from the humble
I'm the immediate vicinity of the barn in
dicated that the woman had entered an
left it. more than once.
: Mrs. Asche was fully dressed In a blacl
J suit, black jacket. black hat and a heav
fur collarette around her neck, but he
feet were encassd only in pair of ligh
: house slippers with arctics over them.
Mrs. Asche came to St. Demands hospits
last November from her home in Deshlei
Neb at the time suffering from melan
! cholia. About Christmas time she was sen
8 home. apparently greatly improved.
week later she returned, accompanied b
: her mother and was, placed IN Mercy hos
pital. At the hospital Il was stated MTi
Asche was in the habit of taking a walk /
= the afternoons when the weather pei
o mitted. She left the hospital about 2 o'cloo
: Wednesday afternoon, and when she al
not return the sisters In charge suppose
| she had gone home, and II was not unit
4 the unfortunate woInan's body was foun
: about a, block from the hospital that the
q knew otherwise.
Mrs. Asehe. It is said, was about 46 yea
old. and besides her husband Is survive
: by two children, .. a -.-. t......