Newspaper item: Drank lye June 3 dead from effects. Mrs. Clarence E. Stiles is dead here as the result of drinking lye on June 3. She poured a quantity of the acid over the face of her sleeping husband before drinking the poison and he was nearly blinded by it. She has been in precarious condition since the deed. She was mentally deranged by the death of a sister at the time.
The dates in the article are curious since the death date on her stone is May 21, 1920.