tSDAY, JULY 26,;f917
MISS RUBY Bl 1
tskf<; mm 1 IFF s
Unbalanced Mind Leads Her to
■' Commit the Deed—Was U,
of M. Graduate
. The village of Elmore was
shocked last Sunday afternoon
when it learned, that Miss Ruby
Bair, niece of the Hatha ways,
had committed suicide by hang¬
ing in the attic of the home of
her uncle, H. S. Hathaway on j 2
West Fremont street. While her|
relatives here knew she was in a ; n
condition that required constant jt
watchfulness they never sns-. Is
pected her of planning such a j u
deed at the time. | n
'•On Saturday she had acted | r
somewhat strange wlien she went r
to the Elmore Garage -and hired : i
an auto to take her to Genoa, j i
froni which place she was taken i 1
to Bradner and finally to Roller s.-
viUe« In the meantime she was
missed and search made which
resulted in 'locating her at Rol-
lersville with friends. She was
brought home Saturday towards]:
evening and it was then decided I j
to carry out a plan previously .
agreed upon of taking her to a
private * sanitarium at Marion,
Ohio, for treatment. Arrange- j <
merits had been made to start]
Sunday morning but Miss Bair,
generally known as "Dollv" Bair, ]
begged off by pleading weariness, j
Her uncle finally consented, to j
postpone the trip until Monday
and to ease her Dr. 'Willett was
called to give : her t something to
quiet .her nerves and put her to
sleep." It was one -o'clock when]
her aunt went with her to her<
room, gave her a massaging and j
a sleep tablet end then left her to j
;rest. '},. -
Only a short time after her
aunt left her she felt a jar ami
going up to the room again found
it empty. Mr.' Hathaway then
joined in the search which ended
by' finding her lifeless body in
the farther end of the attic be¬
hind the water tank. She had
