Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-16
tragedy
Shocks TULSA
COMMITS SUICIDE 49, TRIES TO
KILL WIFE.
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Is Responsible for an Early Morning
Tragedy by Dcspondcnt
Father.


Wen known local character awakened
to find her husband beating her In
the head with n batohrt Pv mira
Gle the woman sucredod I'm getting out
Of bed and Wrestling the batshet from
her husbands hand ana moment
later. beofre his family could pre-
vent H. Wren had swallowed the con-
tents Of a hottie of carbolic acid and
slashsd bis throat from eor to ear.
He lived but a few moments breath
ing his last breath ON the ambulance
stretohcr az he was being rushed up
the stairs ~ tho Phvsicians and sur
geons HospltaI
Despondoncv over IN health and
financial difficulties are the apparout
causes Of yyren's attempt TO extermin-
ate his family before taking his own
life. He has been m for several wears
and upouestionahlv wes suffering
from consumption. He was also out
~ vorl, was watched bv tho local
poIice and was unable 10 nav his
grocery bin and other costs OF ly-
ing
yren llvod with his boautlfuI vounr
wife and seven-vear.old daughter
Audrev in n euite NJ rooms on the
second Goor or tho KeImon b,oct ON
south Main street rr,dav rtpbt no
and his ,rISo won, For a bupgv ride I'm
a horroo,od voblc,e and be told his
cor,napion tbot a would bo tho last
ti,ro +bey would ride toqatber Mrs
wren thougbt bor husband was des-
rordor+ oyor bis fact railfrc boalth
and foored tbot he wopdI NOT live very
Iono THO eulcido and ottomptod mur-
dow mover ertored ber mind
rbov wont homo and retired oarlv.
Nvron corcbad oII NIGHT and was very
restless Ar dayhreak Mrs. Wren
dozod oN IN sIaan At G o'clock
Audrov Wren and her playmate.
| Clodve rIotfiald who spent the night
Win her saw Wron mss through
Itbolr hedroop, morent later he
roturrod CARRYING botcbct 81
roorod sometime would bappen. ."
eaid tep-veor-oId GLADYS Hatfield yes
tordov "ond sbut INV ewes as tight
os couId and huddIed mn close TO
Audrey
The next instant there was a com
motion IN yvron's bedroom He had
struck his sleeping wife in the fore
head win tbe hatcbet The blow was
light owing to Wren's lack Of strength
and onIv stunned his victim. Mrs.
Wrer iImncd from the he'd shouting:
"Dear. what on earth do YOU mean 2"
The crazed man did not speak. but
answered her with another blow on
the head. This brought Mrs. Wren
tn her senses and she grappled with
her husband for poesesslon Of the
batcbet. After receiving q third blow
on the head and three on the right
forearm Afrs Wren succeeded I'm dis
arr,nq her husband.
Wren stlll refused to talk. and
walked into the next room. Selling "a
small vial Of carboIic acid.
Don't do anything worse" cried
Mrs. Wren as she and her daughter
noticed the bottle In the clenched fist
oP the father and husband. Mrs.
Wren busted herself finding n band
oga for her heod and while her at
tontIon was diverted, Wren. in tho
nresenca Of his curley-headed girl.
swallowed the contents OF the bottle
Wren reached the room Just IN time to
SOC n razor slip from her husbands
hand az his head dropped and the
blood noured down his shirt front.
ue had cut his throat form ear Ia
oor and was diving from tho effects OF
tho cerbolio acid and tho loss OF
HOOD
"yvhat made Won do Il? Speak TO
ma can't Won tell me9" cried Mrs.
Wran nut her husband did not an
swer. He merely shook his head and
gozod into her face. lie had severed
| bis tuqIar vein and windpipe; his
sneech was gone. Mrs. Wren forgot
her own Injuries and tried to assist her
husband while Mrs James Brown.
a nelehbor in the fat and witness TO
part OF the tragedy summoned med
ical aid.
Wren was rushed to tho PhysIc-
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