Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-15
YOUNG WIFE COMMITS
SUICIDE By HANGING
MRS. N. F. MlShLER, OF llScOMB.
PLANS SELF DESTRUCTION
METHoDicALLY.
FORECASTS DEED TO HER
HUSBAND IN THE MORNING
Cries as She Kisses Him Goodbye, and
Tells Him He Will Know When He
Returns Home Why She Weeps-
Writes Last Letter to Sister and
Posts Il Just Before She Dies.

Posts Il Just Before She Dies.
What are you crying for" asked
NJ F. Mishler, of Liscomb. when h,
kissed his wife goodbye upon leavinE
home for this city Monday morning.
You'll know when you get nome
tonight" was Mrs. Mishler's reply.
At the union station Monday evening
at o'clock Mishler received a tele.
gram from c. B. Jentsch. OF Liscomb
informing him that Mrs. Mishler was
dead. The message gave no hint as &c
!; the cause. Mishler knew tina, his wife
was we'll in the morning, and the pro-
phetic words with that last kiss
haunted him. He could not dismiss
from his mind: You'll know when
you get home tonight" Mishler reached
Liscomb by automobile shortly after
o'clock. He found that his wife had
ended her life by hanging.
Goes About Death MethodiealIy.
Mrs. Mishier went about her death
methodicaliy. Since she and her family
had returned to Liscomb from Lime
Springs last October. the family had
been staying with Mrs. Polly Weather
~. aged So. keeping her company and
looking after the place.
Mrs. Mishler kept Very busy all day.
After her death was discovered Mrs.
"eatherly could see that the woman
mad appeared nervous in her anxiety to
get many things out OF the way. She
mended her children's garments: she
gave her baby son Donald. aged >. a
path and changed his clothing. altho
the clothes were clean. and the boy
had been bathed Saturday night.
letter 10 her sister. Mrs F. L.
nays. at Des MONIES. had been started
Sunday hight. Monday afternoon Mrs
Mishler finished the missive.
At 3 o'clock Mrs. Mishler told Mrs
"eatheriy that she was going 10 the
Darn 20 get some coal. She was zone
fully haif an hour. and 1t is now be-
lieved that while there she made the
preparations for her swing into eter-
nifty.
Mails Letter to Sister.
Upon her return from the barn Mrs.
AIshler changed her clothes and went
=" >-4C PSSlSiiINc, WHERE SNc mailed n6Y
letter. AS she and her family were
making preparations to move soon Mrs.
NishIer told Mrs. Waatherly after re-
turning from the postoffice that she
was going to the barn again to look
lot some curtains. some Of the fam
ny household effects being stored in
the barn.
four O'Clock came. and shortly after
the Mishler children. Cleta, aged -
and Glenn, 9 years old. came home
from school. Mrs. Mishler had not re-
turned from the barn, and Mrs.
" eatherly. becoming somewhat I'M
easy. and fearing that possibly the
woman had fallen and hurt herself
asked the children TO go to the barn
and look
The children did SO, but found no
signs of their mother They reported
to Mrs. Weatherly. She asked them to
return and look in the hay loft. The
children, frightened at the possibility
OF anything being wrong with mamma.
were afraid to climb the ladder. They
called D. w. Reisinger who lives
across the street from the WeatherIy
nome. He came over, mounted the
ladder, and saw che woman's dead
body dangling from the end OF a small
rope
Neck Broken by Fall.
Mr.. Reisinger hurried up the street
and got the help OF several men. The
body was cut down. II was found to
be warm. but was pulseless.
Mrs M:shler had placed a box on
top OF chair. tied the rope around
rafter. adjusted the moose abou, her
neck and jumped. The woman's neck
was broken by the fall She was
dressed just as she had appeared on
the street TO post her 'etter
Note Found in Clothing.
Aitho saying nothing about why she
committed the act. Mrs. Mishler left
one note in addition to what NAV be
contained in her letter to Mrs. Hays
In the note, which was found by Mrs
j. w. Pursel when she prepared the
body for burial, directions were left
as to what clothing should be placed
on her body for burial, and where to
find the different articles. BE good to
the children" was the mothers Last
injunction. The note was signed by
the initial M OF her christian name.
No Cause Fer Act Known.
Coroner A. r. Lynn. who was called
to investigate the case, could discover
no Gauge for the woman's act. All evil
dence of neighbors. and that of Mrs.
Weatherly. Indicated that the domes-
tic life Of the Arishlers was happy.
Mrs. Hays is not expected TO reach
Liscomb until this evening. and until
she arrives the family win be in dark
ness regarding the contents OF the last
letter Mrs. MishIer wrote
Was Native Of County.
Mrs. Mishler was born Mary Ewalt
at Melbourne. Feb. 10. 1888. a daush
ter Of David K. Ewaft, now Of Brom-
ley, and his second wife. She became
the wife of Marion Francis Mishler in
this city Nov. "a, 1901.
In addition TO her husband, three
children. and her father. Mrs Mishler
is survived By four brothers and one
sister. ten half brothers and sisters
and seven step-brothers and sisters
The own brothers and sisters are
John FwaH, Of Keller. Mimi: Charles,
Of Pilot Mound: Frank. of Ferguson:
Myron. Of Liscon1b: and Mrs F. I.
Hays, Of Des Moines.
The half brothers and sisters are
Mrs. Carey Miller, William EwaN, and
Mrs. Elan Adams, OF IiscoI1asss:: as-a.y
Dwalt, Of Harmony, Mimi: and
Rebecca- Marion, Clarence. Randall