HAYNESVILLE, Jan 24-Leonard Brazelton, aged 50, life-long resident of Haynesville, after leaving a note to his wife, who was visiting a daughter in Texas, telling her he "could not quit drinking whisky" which was causing her "so much grief," committed suicide by drinking poison at his home here Tuesday morning, according to officers.
He was found dead by Police Chief M.E. Norton, who had been called by neighbors of Brazelton, who informed the officers Brazelton was "acting very strangely." When the chief reached the house he found the man dead.
The coroner and sheriff at Homer were notified and came at once to conduct an examination, which revealed, it was stated, that deceased died from poison "self-administered." They also found a note addressed to his wife. The note asked Mrs. Brazelton's forgiveness.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending arrival of Mrs. Brazelton.
(Newspaper clipping on file at Vital Records office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
He was found dead by Police Chief M.E. Norton, who had been called by neighbors of Brazelton, who informed the officers Brazelton was "acting very strangely." When the chief reached the house he found the man dead.
The coroner and sheriff at Homer were notified and came at once to conduct an examination, which revealed, it was stated, that deceased died from poison "self-administered." They also found a note addressed to his wife. The note asked Mrs. Brazelton's forgiveness.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending arrival of Mrs. Brazelton.
(Newspaper clipping on file at Vital Records office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
HAYNESVILLE, Jan 24-Leonard Brazelton, aged 50, life-long resident of Haynesville, after leaving a note to his wife, who was visiting a daughter in Texas, telling her he "could not quit drinking whisky" which was causing her "so much grief," committed suicide by drinking poison at his home here Tuesday morning, according to officers.
He was found dead by Police Chief M.E. Norton, who had been called by neighbors of Brazelton, who informed the officers Brazelton was "acting very strangely." When the chief reached the house he found the man dead.
The coroner and sheriff at Homer were notified and came at once to conduct an examination, which revealed, it was stated, that deceased died from poison "self-administered." They also found a note addressed to his wife. The note asked Mrs. Brazelton's forgiveness.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending arrival of Mrs. Brazelton.
(Newspaper clipping on file at Vital Records office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
He was found dead by Police Chief M.E. Norton, who had been called by neighbors of Brazelton, who informed the officers Brazelton was "acting very strangely." When the chief reached the house he found the man dead.
The coroner and sheriff at Homer were notified and came at once to conduct an examination, which revealed, it was stated, that deceased died from poison "self-administered." They also found a note addressed to his wife. The note asked Mrs. Brazelton's forgiveness.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending arrival of Mrs. Brazelton.
(Newspaper clipping on file at Vital Records office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
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