News: Mrs. John Eltz, 1912, Adams County, PA

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WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Young Wife Of John Eltz, Near New Oxford, Takes Arsenic.

Family Troubles Said to Be the Cause – is the Mother of Two Children – Not the 
First Time She Attempted Self-Destruction – Will Recover.

Considerable excitement was created in New Oxford on Sunday evening, when a 
rumor prevailed that Mrs. John Eltz, of near that place, attempted to end her 
life by taking poison.

The rumor was later confirmed, when Dr. J. L. Sheetz was summoned to the Eltz 
home, where he found the young wife suffering from arsenic poisoning, and he 
learned that the drug was taken with suicidal intent.  He immediately 
administered an antidote, which counteracted the effects of the poison and the 
woman has now almost completely recovered.

Another rumor is current that this is not the first attempt Mrs. Eltz has made 
to end her life.  Domestic trouble is said to be the cause.  Continual worry, it 
is stated, has so prayed upon her mind that at times she is irrational, and it 
is then she makes attempts at self-destruction.

Mrs. Eltz’s maiden name was Loss, and she is only about 20 years of age.  She is 
the mother of two children.  They were former residents of Straban township, 
Adams county, but have been living in the vicinity of New Oxford for several 
years.

The husband is a tenant on the Nichols Lingg farm, near that place, which was 
the scene of the near tragedy on Sunday evening.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, October 19, 1912