I wonder what Arthur was diagnosed with for him to be discharged (honorable medical) and to be so despondent as to commit suicide just as he was arriving home. His mother ordered the military stone, which has the correct birth date. The one on his death certificate says 1917, which is incorrect. He died single, no children. From the Richmond paper...
Discharged from Army, Jumps to Death
LYNCHBURG, Oct 8 - (AP) - The body of Arthur Livingston Franklin, 26, who had received a medical discharge from the army, was found yesterday afternoon under a 150-foot trestle in the James River, Captain L.D. Staton of the life savings crew reported.
Captain Staton said Franklin umped from the washroom window of a train as it crossed the bridge. The badly broken body was in 15 feet of water.
The Richmond News Leader
Richmond, Virginia
8 Oct 1943
pt 1, col 2
Discharged from Army, Jumps to Death
LYNCHBURG, Oct 8 - (AP) - The body of Arthur Livingston Franklin, 26, who had received a medical discharge from the army, was found yesterday afternoon under a 150-foot trestle in the James River, Captain L.D. Staton of the life savings crew reported.
Captain Staton said Franklin umped from the washroom window of a train as it crossed the bridge. The badly broken body was in 15 feet of water.
The Richmond News Leader
Richmond, Virginia
8 Oct 1943
pt 1, col 2
I wonder what Arthur was diagnosed with for him to be discharged (honorable medical) and to be so despondent as to commit suicide just as he was arriving home. His mother ordered the military stone, which has the correct birth date. The one on his death certificate says 1917, which is incorrect. He died single, no children. From the Richmond paper...
Discharged from Army, Jumps to Death
LYNCHBURG, Oct 8 - (AP) - The body of Arthur Livingston Franklin, 26, who had received a medical discharge from the army, was found yesterday afternoon under a 150-foot trestle in the James River, Captain L.D. Staton of the life savings crew reported.
Captain Staton said Franklin umped from the washroom window of a train as it crossed the bridge. The badly broken body was in 15 feet of water.
The Richmond News Leader
Richmond, Virginia
8 Oct 1943
pt 1, col 2
Discharged from Army, Jumps to Death
LYNCHBURG, Oct 8 - (AP) - The body of Arthur Livingston Franklin, 26, who had received a medical discharge from the army, was found yesterday afternoon under a 150-foot trestle in the James River, Captain L.D. Staton of the life savings crew reported.
Captain Staton said Franklin umped from the washroom window of a train as it crossed the bridge. The badly broken body was in 15 feet of water.
The Richmond News Leader
Richmond, Virginia
8 Oct 1943
pt 1, col 2
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