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Vermont Youth Hangs Self In Virginia Jail
Albert Andrew Hall 26 of Montpelier Vermont was found hanged with a belt yesterday morning in the Bluefield Virginia jail where he had been granted permission to stay overnight. Police report Hall sought help at the town hall and was moved to a sanitarium before a Salem hospital transfer was planned. He was examined by doctors who deemed him mentally ill and needing hospitalization. A hospital visit and a journey to Salem were arranged. Hall died in his Bluefield cell before departure. The youth, son of Dean Hall of Vermont, had entered the army in 1941 and was discharged in 1946. His body lies at Wagner and Hawkins funeral home awaiting relatives.
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Albert Andrew Hall
Montpelier
Bluefield
J. Brit Brown
Hall
Town Hall
Brown
Bluefield Sanitarium
Veterans Hospital
Salem
H. R. Connell
John Newman
H. A. Porter
Boissevain
Dean Hall
Ee Vt
Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home
Virginia