The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-12-25
JEALOUSY THE
CAUSE OF ACT
Husband Hangs Himself
In Coal Shed and
HIS Wife SWALLOWS POISON
Terrible Tragedy Enacted On
Eve of Season of Gen
eral Rejoicing.
MAN USED WIRE CLOTHES LINE

MAN USED WIRE CLOTHES LINE
(The following account of al
awful tragedy appeared in the
Louisville Times of Monday even
InE.J
i-lease notify my sisters. Mrs.
Tandy and Mrs Brown, OF Fr9nk-
fort. Also, a sister, Mrs. G. l.. Tai
rot, at LaGrange, Ky. We have in
surance in the Prudential and If
you find us dead. please notify I'm
dertaker Peake, at LAGRANGE, to
bury us. My wife is the cause of
this occurrence She intended leav-
ing me to-day, as she loved another
man. w. N. KEATON."
The above note found upon ia
BILE in the sitting room of the Kea-
ton home, 1901 Frankfort avenue,
after the body of Mr.. Keaton had
been found hanging from a rafter
in the coal shed with life extinct,
explains the mans action in ending
his life. 1t is probable that a sui
eide agreement was entered into by
Keaton and his wife, since she was
found shortly afterward by Miss
Louise Fendle, a boarder, lying in
stupor in her bed. She had swal
lowed the contents of an ounce bot
tie of iodine and her recovery is ex-
tremely doubtful, according to DR..
C, D. Morris, of 2214 Frankfort av-
enue, the attending physician.
Still counting death, Mrs. Keaton
is a stubborn patient. She refused
to take medicine prescribed for her
by the physicians in attendance,
and at IL o'clock was removed
from her home to the City Hos
pital, where she can better be kept
under constant care and surveil-
lance.
Keaton had torn down a wire
clothesline to use in his rash deed.
The wire was knotted around his
throat and he was hanging with
his feet about a foot from the floor
of the shed when found by his
brother-in-law, Joseph CooDs, at
5:15 O'Clock this morning The
body was still warm when the po-
lice of the Clifton substation cut it
down. .-
Mr.. Coons fastened to the house
after finding the body and notified
Miss Fendle. The latter fastened
to the home OF Mrs. Ida Dreas. a
neighbor, intending to get her as
sistance in breaking the news to
the wife. The two women went to
Mrs. Keaton's bedroom and there
found the woman in a semi-con-
scious state.
Mrs. Keaton paid slight attention
to Miss Fendle's statements when
the latter told her that something
had happened to her husband. Mrs.
Keaton's left eye was blackened as
if from a blow with a fist and when
Miss Fendle asked her If her hus-
band had struck her. she answered
yes" The two women then no
ticed the empty bottle lying upon
the coverlet
1t is the opinion of Dr. Morris,
Miss Tendle and Mr.. Coons that
Mrs. Keaton took the poison when
her husband arose this morning at
4:30 O'Clock, as was his custom.
Miss Fendle states that she heard
him get up and dress and leave the
place. Then she heard the woman
eroan. but thought nothing of it, as
Mrs, Keaton had been complaining
of feeling i'll.
According to Miss Fendle. who
had known the couple for manv
vears. and who had made her home
with them TO" the past two months, |
Keaton was intensely jealous of his
wife,, but. had 10 reason to be sus-
picious of her Miss Fcndle stated |
this morning to a reporter for the |
Times that so far as she knew Mrs. |
Koaton was true to her husband, !
although he made his jealousy |
manifest in many WAYS.
Keaton was employed bv the l., !
6 n. Railroad Company as a gate !
tender at Reservoir PPrk. The !
family. has lived in Louisville for !
about two years, coming here from /
Mrs. Keaton was Daisy |
Coons. Of LAGRANGE, before her /