Volume 9 , Issue 19

1907 - Insane Farmer Assaults Wife

"Slashes Wife's Throat and Attempts Suicide With 22-calibre Rifle" - Perry, Okla., Nov. 15, 1907 -- "While in a fit of insanity, Frank Doorak, a farmer living near the place, slashed his wife's throat with a razor, and then attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself through the roof of the mouth with a 22-calibre rifle last night. Not being successful in this, he went to a pond a half mile away and attempted to drown himself, but the water not being of sufficient depth, he returned to the house and went to bed, where he was found by a physician who had been summoned to give attention to the wife. Both parties will live. Difficulty with a neighbor and worry over business matters are said to be the cause of the attempted tragedy."
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