Houston County GaArchives Obituaries.....Houser, Mrs. W.L. July 31 1894
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The Butler Herald, August 7, 1894
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, August 7, 1894
Page Three

A Sensational Suicide

Mrs. W.L. Houser, of Fort Valley Cuts Her Throat With A Razor

Fort Valley was startled with a sensational report on Tuesday, July 31st by the 
announcement of the suicide of Mrs. W.L. Houser, the wife of one of the best 
known citizens of that community.

About 6 o’clock on the above date, she and her husband were seated on the back 
porch of their home, when at her request, he went into the house to secure 
something she desired.  As soon as he was out of sight, she went at once to the 
barn nearby, and taking a razor, cut her throat, severing both arteries and 
windpipe.  He missed her, and going in search, found here near the point of 
death.  Physicians were summoned but she soon expired.  Mrs. Houser had been 
sick for a year, and was just recovering after treatment at John Hopkins’ 
hospital at Baltimore.  The act was the result doubtless, of a temporary 
derangement of the mind.



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