SUICIDE
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James Curran Takes Poison and Dies
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"About noon yesterday, Dr. Van Duyn was called to the residence of Mr. James Curran on Spruce street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and found Mr. Curran in the embrace of death caused by an overdose of poison.
A bottle of strychnine was found in the pocket of the deceased, and he had threatened on many previous occasions to kill himself; there is little doubt he killed himself.
He called for his wife, who was ironing in another room a few minutes after taking the deadly poison, and she going to him, found him in violent cramps.
Immediately, she informed her neighbor, Mr. Enos Hook, that her husband had taken something, and he started at once for a physician, but the poison accomplished its fatal work before the doctor reached the house.
Mental distress caused by misfortune and adversity is supposed to have induced him to take his life.
Mr. Curran is a man aged about forty years and resided in Leavenworth since 1860. He leaves a widow and two children."
The Leavenworth Times. 01 Aug 1873, Fri ·Page 4
SUICIDE
___________________________________________________________
James Curran Takes Poison and Dies
____________________________________________________________
"About noon yesterday, Dr. Van Duyn was called to the residence of Mr. James Curran on Spruce street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and found Mr. Curran in the embrace of death caused by an overdose of poison.
A bottle of strychnine was found in the pocket of the deceased, and he had threatened on many previous occasions to kill himself; there is little doubt he killed himself.
He called for his wife, who was ironing in another room a few minutes after taking the deadly poison, and she going to him, found him in violent cramps.
Immediately, she informed her neighbor, Mr. Enos Hook, that her husband had taken something, and he started at once for a physician, but the poison accomplished its fatal work before the doctor reached the house.
Mental distress caused by misfortune and adversity is supposed to have induced him to take his life.
Mr. Curran is a man aged about forty years and resided in Leavenworth since 1860. He leaves a widow and two children."
The Leavenworth Times. 01 Aug 1873, Fri ·Page 4
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