Suicide - Strychnine
25Y 6m 27D
Single male
BOYD, A. M.
b: abt 1860, Indiana
d: Dec 31 1885, Henry Co, MO
bur: Deer Creek Cemetery, Deer Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton MO, 1885 - A. M. Boyd, living in Deer Creek township, died very suddenly Thursday morning, Dec. 31, 1885 of a congestive chill. He fixed to go to church Wednesday night in perfect health.
The Clinton Advocate, Clinton MO, Thursday, Jan 7 1886
Sad Suicide - A. M. Boyd Passes Out By the Strychnine Route - Poison for Skunks Was His Excuse When He Purchased the Fatal Drug in Clinton - Is There a Woman in the Case? - In the Advocate of December 31st there appeared the simple announcement of the death of A. M. Boyd, at Deer Creek, in his 25th year, of a congestive chill. The information was obtained from his brother. Saturday evening Dr. Shankland, Jr., came to Clinton looking up evidence of the purchase of strychnine by A. M. Boyd on the 28th. The doctor's postmortem satisfied him that the death was not occasioned by a congestive chill, though the symptoms in the throes of death are much the same. Boyd was seen to go into two drug stores before entering The. Bolton's where, as the law requires, a register is kept showing the name of the buyer of all poisons, the date, the amount and the purpose for which it is bought. The register shows that A. M. Boyd procured 5 grains of strychnine on December 28th for skunk poison. The young man took the poison on the evening of the next day and at 9 o'clock, after several hours of excruciating agony, died. He was an expert amateur baseball player and on one occasion pitched a game for the Plough Boys of Deer Creek, in this city, July 4th, 1884. The Plough Boys tied the Lewis club and the latter quit and would not play another game. Afterwards the game was played over and the Plough Boys won. Just before his death Boyd remarked to one of his club: "I'll never pitch another ball for you." Conflicting rumors accompany, as usual, the rash act, and one motive and then another is given for the deed. Mr. Boyd was, it is said involved in debt in his coal operations, being a partner of the Thompson Brothers in coal mining. It is very authoritatively stated that he was soon to be married to a Miss Wichello, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of an excellent family in Deer Creek, the young lady now being on a visit to Kansas. One of the last acts of the young man's career was to send his sweetheart a message by post, including his photograph. Whether the match was broken or would have been consummated is too late now to determine. Two or three grains are enough to kill a man and probably no more than that amount was taken by Boyd of the five grains purchased by him.
((obits from Henry Co. website, used with permission.)
25Y 6m 27D
Single male
BOYD, A. M.
b: abt 1860, Indiana
d: Dec 31 1885, Henry Co, MO
bur: Deer Creek Cemetery, Deer Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton MO, 1885 - A. M. Boyd, living in Deer Creek township, died very suddenly Thursday morning, Dec. 31, 1885 of a congestive chill. He fixed to go to church Wednesday night in perfect health.
The Clinton Advocate, Clinton MO, Thursday, Jan 7 1886
Sad Suicide - A. M. Boyd Passes Out By the Strychnine Route - Poison for Skunks Was His Excuse When He Purchased the Fatal Drug in Clinton - Is There a Woman in the Case? - In the Advocate of December 31st there appeared the simple announcement of the death of A. M. Boyd, at Deer Creek, in his 25th year, of a congestive chill. The information was obtained from his brother. Saturday evening Dr. Shankland, Jr., came to Clinton looking up evidence of the purchase of strychnine by A. M. Boyd on the 28th. The doctor's postmortem satisfied him that the death was not occasioned by a congestive chill, though the symptoms in the throes of death are much the same. Boyd was seen to go into two drug stores before entering The. Bolton's where, as the law requires, a register is kept showing the name of the buyer of all poisons, the date, the amount and the purpose for which it is bought. The register shows that A. M. Boyd procured 5 grains of strychnine on December 28th for skunk poison. The young man took the poison on the evening of the next day and at 9 o'clock, after several hours of excruciating agony, died. He was an expert amateur baseball player and on one occasion pitched a game for the Plough Boys of Deer Creek, in this city, July 4th, 1884. The Plough Boys tied the Lewis club and the latter quit and would not play another game. Afterwards the game was played over and the Plough Boys won. Just before his death Boyd remarked to one of his club: "I'll never pitch another ball for you." Conflicting rumors accompany, as usual, the rash act, and one motive and then another is given for the deed. Mr. Boyd was, it is said involved in debt in his coal operations, being a partner of the Thompson Brothers in coal mining. It is very authoritatively stated that he was soon to be married to a Miss Wichello, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of an excellent family in Deer Creek, the young lady now being on a visit to Kansas. One of the last acts of the young man's career was to send his sweetheart a message by post, including his photograph. Whether the match was broken or would have been consummated is too late now to determine. Two or three grains are enough to kill a man and probably no more than that amount was taken by Boyd of the five grains purchased by him.
((obits from Henry Co. website, used with permission.)
Suicide - Strychnine
25Y 6m 27D
Single male
BOYD, A. M.
b: abt 1860, Indiana
d: Dec 31 1885, Henry Co, MO
bur: Deer Creek Cemetery, Deer Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton MO, 1885 - A. M. Boyd, living in Deer Creek township, died very suddenly Thursday morning, Dec. 31, 1885 of a congestive chill. He fixed to go to church Wednesday night in perfect health.
The Clinton Advocate, Clinton MO, Thursday, Jan 7 1886
Sad Suicide - A. M. Boyd Passes Out By the Strychnine Route - Poison for Skunks Was His Excuse When He Purchased the Fatal Drug in Clinton - Is There a Woman in the Case? - In the Advocate of December 31st there appeared the simple announcement of the death of A. M. Boyd, at Deer Creek, in his 25th year, of a congestive chill. The information was obtained from his brother. Saturday evening Dr. Shankland, Jr., came to Clinton looking up evidence of the purchase of strychnine by A. M. Boyd on the 28th. The doctor's postmortem satisfied him that the death was not occasioned by a congestive chill, though the symptoms in the throes of death are much the same. Boyd was seen to go into two drug stores before entering The. Bolton's where, as the law requires, a register is kept showing the name of the buyer of all poisons, the date, the amount and the purpose for which it is bought. The register shows that A. M. Boyd procured 5 grains of strychnine on December 28th for skunk poison. The young man took the poison on the evening of the next day and at 9 o'clock, after several hours of excruciating agony, died. He was an expert amateur baseball player and on one occasion pitched a game for the Plough Boys of Deer Creek, in this city, July 4th, 1884. The Plough Boys tied the Lewis club and the latter quit and would not play another game. Afterwards the game was played over and the Plough Boys won. Just before his death Boyd remarked to one of his club: "I'll never pitch another ball for you." Conflicting rumors accompany, as usual, the rash act, and one motive and then another is given for the deed. Mr. Boyd was, it is said involved in debt in his coal operations, being a partner of the Thompson Brothers in coal mining. It is very authoritatively stated that he was soon to be married to a Miss Wichello, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of an excellent family in Deer Creek, the young lady now being on a visit to Kansas. One of the last acts of the young man's career was to send his sweetheart a message by post, including his photograph. Whether the match was broken or would have been consummated is too late now to determine. Two or three grains are enough to kill a man and probably no more than that amount was taken by Boyd of the five grains purchased by him.
((obits from Henry Co. website, used with permission.)
25Y 6m 27D
Single male
BOYD, A. M.
b: abt 1860, Indiana
d: Dec 31 1885, Henry Co, MO
bur: Deer Creek Cemetery, Deer Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton MO, 1885 - A. M. Boyd, living in Deer Creek township, died very suddenly Thursday morning, Dec. 31, 1885 of a congestive chill. He fixed to go to church Wednesday night in perfect health.
The Clinton Advocate, Clinton MO, Thursday, Jan 7 1886
Sad Suicide - A. M. Boyd Passes Out By the Strychnine Route - Poison for Skunks Was His Excuse When He Purchased the Fatal Drug in Clinton - Is There a Woman in the Case? - In the Advocate of December 31st there appeared the simple announcement of the death of A. M. Boyd, at Deer Creek, in his 25th year, of a congestive chill. The information was obtained from his brother. Saturday evening Dr. Shankland, Jr., came to Clinton looking up evidence of the purchase of strychnine by A. M. Boyd on the 28th. The doctor's postmortem satisfied him that the death was not occasioned by a congestive chill, though the symptoms in the throes of death are much the same. Boyd was seen to go into two drug stores before entering The. Bolton's where, as the law requires, a register is kept showing the name of the buyer of all poisons, the date, the amount and the purpose for which it is bought. The register shows that A. M. Boyd procured 5 grains of strychnine on December 28th for skunk poison. The young man took the poison on the evening of the next day and at 9 o'clock, after several hours of excruciating agony, died. He was an expert amateur baseball player and on one occasion pitched a game for the Plough Boys of Deer Creek, in this city, July 4th, 1884. The Plough Boys tied the Lewis club and the latter quit and would not play another game. Afterwards the game was played over and the Plough Boys won. Just before his death Boyd remarked to one of his club: "I'll never pitch another ball for you." Conflicting rumors accompany, as usual, the rash act, and one motive and then another is given for the deed. Mr. Boyd was, it is said involved in debt in his coal operations, being a partner of the Thompson Brothers in coal mining. It is very authoritatively stated that he was soon to be married to a Miss Wichello, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of an excellent family in Deer Creek, the young lady now being on a visit to Kansas. One of the last acts of the young man's career was to send his sweetheart a message by post, including his photograph. Whether the match was broken or would have been consummated is too late now to determine. Two or three grains are enough to kill a man and probably no more than that amount was taken by Boyd of the five grains purchased by him.
((obits from Henry Co. website, used with permission.)
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