The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-18
MRS. ANNIE HANSEN
DRINKS FATAL POISON
Victim of Her Own Rash Act Writes
Postal Cards to Friends and Takes
Lysol and Chloroform, Dying Later
at St. Margaret's Hospital-Suf-
fered Terribly.

A pitiabIe suicide took place here
last night.
Annie Hansen, the wife of Henry
Hansen, residing in 665 May street, sat
I'm chair near the window in her home
and took a quantity of IysoI and then
made sure of suicide by taking large
quantity of chIoroform. Doctors work.
ed over her from six O'Clock last night
until nine-thirty this forming when she
died in terrible agony.
That the suicide was long premidi-
tated is shown by the fact that she
purchased several postal cards and a
quantity of writing paper with a black
border and wrote n number of letters
to her immediate relatives and to her
friends. These were stacked up on the
table near her when she took the fatal
potfons.
| FAMILY TROUBLES THE CUSE.
The reason for her suicide is UNDER
stood to be some trouble which she had
with Henry Hansen, her second hus-
band. and his inability to get along
with her own son Tony Appleton
Last evening at about $50 p. m.
when Loring Sheffield, a next door
neighbor was sitting in the swing he
noticed Mrs Hansen in the window OF
her own home.
Finally she called to him and said
that she had just taken a quantity of
poison and was to die. Loring
Sheffield at once told his father, ]. P.
Sheffield and he and a neighbor. George
Z. Arter, opened the door of the house
and found Mrs. Hansen unconscious.
A physician was at once called and
DIR. Chidlaw and Dr. Graham responded.
They at once took the case in hand and
did all they could to relieve the woman
of the poison she had taken.
After working over her for several
hours she was taken to the hospital
at u o'clock. Her husband and her
son were called to her bedside and
spent most of the night with her.
sUFFERINGS WE'RE TERRIBLE.
During the night Mrs. Hansen re-
gained consciousness and recognized
those about her but her suffering was
terrible 1t was thought for time
THAT she might recover but this morn
ing she she took a turn for the worse
and died at $50.
1t is understood that Mrs. Annie
Hansen went down town in the after
noon and it is believed that she bought
the poison then with the idea of end
ing her life later in the day.
Mrs Hansen's former husband was
Mr.. Appleton but he was killed while
riding a bicycle in the old country.
She has been married to Mr.. Hansen
for several years.
Henry Hansen is now driver on a
brewery wagon and is said to be in
dustrious and hard working man.
Tony Appleton has not been doing any
thing for some time and recently was
compelled to marry a Hammond girl.
TOOK HER BOYS PART.
1t is understood that Mrs. Hansen
took her sons part and that Mr.. Han
sen upbraided him. This caused a
great deal Of trouble in the family and
lis said to have ben one of the causes
for Mrs Hansen's suicide
! The pile Of letters and postal cards
have not yet been translated and prob
ably contain the reasons for Mrs. Han
sens suicide Last night the cries and
; lmoans of the suicide We're heard all
lover the neighborhood and it was fin-
ally thought advisable TO remove her to
the hospital.
1t is understood that Mrs. Hansen
made a confession just before her
death in which she said that she bought
the poison the excuse that she
wanted 1t to kill her dog and then took
IT herself with suicidal intent.
The body was removed from the hos
pitaI to Stewards undertaking estab-
Ilishment where it will be held until the
inquest of over this afternoon.