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