RAILROAD INDEX PAGE
HOME PAGE

THE BISMARCK GAZETTE, Bismarck, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. Sept. 14, 1906

WOMAN SUICIDES ---
Burns Her Home and Throws Herself Under Passing Freight
Train.

The Bismarck and Charlestone passenger train was flagged Tuesday morning
about a mile north of Knoblick and it was discovered that the remains of a
woman had been found scattered along the track.  Investigation made showed
that Mrs. Beula Acuff of Knoblick, aged about 55, had, in a fit of temporary
insanity, burned her home and a few moments later committed suicide by
throwing herself under a moving freight train.  The body was horribly
mangled, portions of it being scattered along the track, while the wheels
and rods bore ghastly evidences of the tragedy as far north as Bismarck
where the car inspectors found them.  We are informed that the unfortunate
woman was subject to temporary attacks of insanity and had been an inmate of
the insane asylum, having been adjudged insane by the county court in July,
1905, but was soon after released.

RAILROAD INDEX PAGE
HOME PAGE