Kent County MI Archives News.....Hanged Herself (Mrs John Banfill) July 5, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat McArthur http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006091 May 27, 2009, 12:29 pm Adrian Daily Telegram, Wednesday - Pg1 July 5, 1901 Hanged Herself Grand Rapids, Mich., July 5 - Mrs. John Banfill, aged 45, committed suicide early yesterday morning by hanging. She came here from Pierson several weeks ago to take treatment at a hospital for melancholia, but grew no better, and became despondent. Before anyone else awoke she stole out of her room into a closet, where she tore her underclothing into strips and made a rope with which she hung herself to a hook. When found by a nurse an hour later, she was dead. The coroner decided an inquest unnecessary. Mrs. Banfill leaves a family at Pierson. Additional Comments: Adrian Telegram, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/newspapers/hangedhe107nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb