Source: Waldron Recorder 30 Jan. 1903 Tired of Life - Former Waldronite Died - George VanOrsdale, a young man about thirty years old, who has been a porter at the Keefer House by taking an ounce of laudanum, but because he had been drinking considerable just previous to the act, he seemed to be in a jolly mood and told several of the help in the hotel and also showed them the empty bottle. Dr. Frankhauser who was summoned at once, but VanOrsdale refused to let him touch him saying that he wanted to die and the sheriff had been called. After several hours, part of which time he was unconscious, the Doctor finally got him returned to the hotel. Dr. Frankhauser said that had it not been for the liquor that he had previously taken an ounce of laudanum would have killed him in forty-five minutes, as it was fully that long before he could get any medicine into him. It was evident that his intentions were not long before committing the deed as he purchased the poison only a short time before taking it. The only reason ! that he gave for his action was that he had the blues and wanted to die - Hillsdale Leader.