July 3, 1913 - Fearing Asylum, Woman Kills Herself
As published in the Buffalo Evening News: FEARING ASYLUM, WOMAN KILLS SELF. Mrs. Susan Schroeder Drinks Carbolic Acid When She Sees Buffalo Hospital Attendant. Mrs. Susan Schroeder, 43 years old, of 432 Hickory street, died at the German hospital late yesterday afternoon after draining a bottle of carbolic acid in the parlor of her home when she caught sight of an attendant from the Buffalo State Hospital who had been summoned to take her to the institution, Medical Examiner Earl G Danser immediately turned her body over to the family after issuing a certificate of death by suicide. A husband and daughter survive. Some years ago Mrs. Schroeder was a patient at the asylum, but after two years' treatment she was released as cured and has lived with her husband and family ever since. Three weeks ago it was found that Mrs. Schroeder was acting strangely and her condition became so alarming yesterday that it was decided to send her to the hospital again.