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October 20, 1946
Sunday Chicago Bee
Chicago, Cook County County, Illinois
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Ex-GI Ralph Perry, 26, a painter, hanged himself in his Chicago rooming house bathroom after a prolonged quarrel with his 21-year-old wife Ocie over his jealousy. They had been married nearly four years since his army days. Coroner's jury ruled suicide while temporarily insane.
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MARRIAGE FAILS;
VET KILLS SELF
A coroner's jury called it "suicide while temporarily insane". But failure to adjust to post-war marital life was seen by police this week in the self-hanging early Saturday of an ex-GI following a long quarrel with his wife.
The veteran was Ralph Perry, 26, a painter and interior decorator, who was found by his wife, Ocie, hanging from a pipe in the bathroom in a home at 4231 Prairie av. where they roomed.
The distraught, 21-year-old war bride told Wabash police that she and her husband had quarreled from 1:30 to 5 a.m. that morning about his jealous disposition. As in previous arguments, she said, he threatened suicide but she paid it no attention.
The wife sketched for police the night before the suicide.
They had attended the Tuskegee-Wilberforce football game at Comiskey Park and returned home about 1:30 a.m. They began to quarrel about his jealousy, she said.
"He said what he thought and that made me angry and I said a few harsh things," she explained.
She reassured him before going to bed that everything "is all right"
The wife said she went to bed thinking they'd made up, but upon awakening around 7:45 a.m. she noticed he wasn't in his bed. She started looking for him and found him hanging in the bathroom.
Mrs. Perry stated that they had been married nearly four years and had married while he was in the army. They had argued frequently, she said, but she thought it was like any other married couple.
Referring again to their quarrel of the night before, the wife said:
"He had said so many times that he figured he was just trouble and a bother to me on account of his jealousy, but I assured him he wasn't. I asked him not to continue arguing or being jealous as it was hard on both of us."
She recalled that he had threatened suicide on several occasions by saying "what would you do if I killed myself", but she said she never took it seriously.
Perry, who spent three years in the army, had been employed about a week on a job as painter and decorator, his wife said.
VET KILLS SELF
A coroner's jury called it "suicide while temporarily insane". But failure to adjust to post-war marital life was seen by police this week in the self-hanging early Saturday of an ex-GI following a long quarrel with his wife.
The veteran was Ralph Perry, 26, a painter and interior decorator, who was found by his wife, Ocie, hanging from a pipe in the bathroom in a home at 4231 Prairie av. where they roomed.
The distraught, 21-year-old war bride told Wabash police that she and her husband had quarreled from 1:30 to 5 a.m. that morning about his jealous disposition. As in previous arguments, she said, he threatened suicide but she paid it no attention.
The wife sketched for police the night before the suicide.
They had attended the Tuskegee-Wilberforce football game at Comiskey Park and returned home about 1:30 a.m. They began to quarrel about his jealousy, she said.
"He said what he thought and that made me angry and I said a few harsh things," she explained.
She reassured him before going to bed that everything "is all right"
The wife said she went to bed thinking they'd made up, but upon awakening around 7:45 a.m. she noticed he wasn't in his bed. She started looking for him and found him hanging in the bathroom.
Mrs. Perry stated that they had been married nearly four years and had married while he was in the army. They had argued frequently, she said, but she thought it was like any other married couple.
Referring again to their quarrel of the night before, the wife said:
"He had said so many times that he figured he was just trouble and a bother to me on account of his jealousy, but I assured him he wasn't. I asked him not to continue arguing or being jealous as it was hard on both of us."
She recalled that he had threatened suicide on several occasions by saying "what would you do if I killed myself", but she said she never took it seriously.
Perry, who spent three years in the army, had been employed about a week on a job as painter and decorator, his wife said.
What sub-type of article is it?
Family Drama
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Family
Misfortune
Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Veteran Suicide
Marital Quarrel
Post War Adjustment
Jealousy
Hanging
What entities or persons were involved?
Ralph Perry
Ocie Perry
Where did it happen?
4231 Prairie Av., Comiskey Park
Story Details
Key Persons
Ralph Perry
Ocie Perry
Location
4231 Prairie Av., Comiskey Park
Story Details
After attending a football game, Ralph Perry quarreled with his wife Ocie from 1:30 to 5 a.m. over his jealousy, threatening suicide as before. She went to bed reassured but found him hanged in the bathroom at 7:45 a.m. Married nearly four years since his army days, they argued frequently.