Controversy over ether discoverer linked to Wells case
Coroner records reveal Horace Wells aged about 35, formerly jailed on a vitriol assault charge, found dead in his cell after allegedly cutting the main arteries of his left thigh. A chloroform bottle, tied handkerchiefs, and letters were discovered in the cell as investigators examine motive and method.
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