A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34793 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: April 17 1888 Article Description: Maj. Rudd’s Suicide Article Text: Maj. Rudd’s Suicide Charleston, W.Va., April 16. Major JOHN S. RUDD was found in his room at the Montgomery Hotel, Coal Valley, about 5 o’clock yesterday, suffering from an overdose of chloroform, and died 20 minutes later. He was a soldier in the Confederate army, being a staff officer of Gen LONGSTREET and a graduate of West Point. Of late he has threatened suicide and it is supposed he took chloroform with that intent. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com