The Aberdeen News
Friday, Dec 18, 1885
Mrs. Charles Hutchinson committed suicide at Columbia, Dakota. She suspended herself by means of a sheet fastened to a rafter in her own house. No cause is assigned, but the deed was premeditated. She admonished her 12-year-old son after her death to be a good boy and obey his father.
The Coroner’s inquest revealed the above facts.
~Transcribed by volunteer researcher, Kathy Smith