A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1710 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=49639 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: February 26 1898 Article Description: Aged Man's Suicide. Robert RICHMOND Hanged Himself From a Bed Post. Article Text: Unconscious, with the last faint life breath ebbing away, the body of Robert RICHMOND, 59 years old, of Seventy-first and Yocum streets, was found hanging from a bed post in his room last night. The man had fastened the rope around his neck, tied one end to the top post and then jumped. The body was discovered by his wife and cut down. RICHMOND died before a physician could be summoned. Illness and worry from lack of work are assigned as the cause of his suicide. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com