Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-02
GIRL SUICIDES;
STRANGE NOTE is
FOUND ON TABLE
Miss Alice May Iglehart Found
Dead With Head Pillowed on
Oven Door of Gas Range.
REASON FOR ACT UNKNOWN
Deceased Born In Davenport but Had
Lived Here Nearly All of
Her Life.

Lying with her head pillowed on the
oven door Of a gas range, the jets of
which she had turned on at full blast,
the body Of Alice May Iglehart, 1927
Fifth-and-one-half avenue, was found
this morning. No reason for the sui
eide has been discovered.
On a table near the body was found
the following brief note:
Well. goodbye, girls, l am tired
Of living. No one is to b.ame for
what ] have done. Hoping that
you will do what I asked you to
do the other night when we we're
talking. So good bye. Alice.
To what conversation she referred
her family are at a loss to discover
AS far as is known she had had no
trouble OF any kind and she was not
known TO have been suffering from any
sickness.
FOUND EARLY TODAY,
The body was found short
ly after o'clock this morning by her
brother-in-law, G. II. Knauel, who was
returning home from work. Mr.
Knauel detected strong oder of gas
while attempting TO enter the rear
door, but thought that some Of the
family had carelessly left one Of the
stove jets open and paid no particular
attention TO IT.
Finding the rear door locked, how
ever, he aroused his wife and called
Ter attention to The odor. Mrs.
Hnauel Immediately started an in
yestigation while her husband re-
mained outside stating that he would
have to go TO work again al and was
afraid tina: he would fall asleep If he
entered.
BODY IN KITCHEN.
Mrs.KnaCel made a hasty search of her
sisters room but could find no trace
of her. She then went to the kitchen,
the source of the odor. In the dark
e1ed room she saw her sister ~
!nE on the floor. In terror she
rushed into the kitchen and hastily
raised the widows TO permit the suf-
locating gas to escape. He then at.
tempted to turn off the gas supply
from the Gel ar put was unsuccessful
and was forced to again enter the
kitchen and stoop over the PROSTATE
body 10 turn of the flow.
Tho haenro
act had opened one of the doors o.
the gas range and placed pillow OF
IT, She had then placed her head OF
this pillow and, opening her mouth
80 as to receive the full flow OF the
gas, had turned on the jets. She had
apparently been dead several hours
before being found. The deed mus
have been committed some time early
this morning as she was clad only in
her night clothes.
REASON A MYSTERY.
The reason for the deed remains {
mystery. All day yesterday she hat
been with one of her sisters and ap
parently been feeling entirely well
She had al no time given any hint tina
she was planning the deed. II is plain
however, that she had carefully
planned the rash act. Beside the not,
was also found a dollar bill! whicl
she had promised TO give TO her little
niece a few days before
SUICIDE VERDICT.
Suicide by asphyxiation was tn,
verdict returned by the coroner's jur.
ths afternoon.
Deceased was born in Davenport
Jan 20. 1882, but removed to this cit.
when but three years OF age.
There survive seven sisters
Mrs. William Schmook OF Rock
ford. Stella of Rock Island. Mrs
John Hubert, Of Henry, Ill; Mrs
Fred Peterson, OF Rock Island; Mrs
G. II. Knauel Of Rock Island, Mr.:
Eugent Ceurvorst OF Davenport an
Ruth OF Rock Island. Two brother.
Benjamin Of Emmett S. D.. an
Ralph OF Roc: Island. also survive.