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CUTS THROAT1FROM EAR TOIEAR IN ALLEYdDenied Patent on Pump,Missouri Inventor EndsWithWebbBLOOD FLOWS 20 FEEThWoman With Whom Suicide sI 4Boarded Identifies Body asThat of R. L. Sanders.8CbHie GloW Burefln. Mo. 6, Wstcnrorki Bite.WBbb City, Mo., Jam 5.—Refused a patent on pump he invented several years ago, R. La. Sanders of Bowling Green, Mo., cut his throat grom ear to ear in an alley here last fright and died1 before bis body was ound at 2 o'clock this monmlng. The was Identified tonight by Mrs. rler of No. 806 North Liberty Street, with whom he boarded.Papers in a valise at his board Inc: tiouse showed he had been in corre-gpondence with the authorities at {Washington several years, regarding jg potent pump he invented. The last letter was dated December 20, and advised him his pump could not be patented.Men Stumble Over Body.The body was lying within a dozen Iteet of the Allen street sidewalk, in the alley between Church and Main Streets. A stream of blood had flowed from the severed neck to a point Snore than 20 feet away. A bloody razor showed the manner of the sui-fcida.Two men who had occasion to pass the alley from one of the adjacent buildings stumbled over the body and *t once reported to the night police. Coroner Baird ordered its removal to the morgue.None Klse Oould Out Throat.His examination of the* slush in j Sanders' neck convinced him the |wound was self-inflicted.The coroner found $4.45 and a sil- | \er watch, further indicating Sautters ■ bad not been attacked with intent to rob.Coroner Baird tonight declared the | .wound, extending from the back erf the neck to a point under the chin, was of such character it oould scarcely have been inflicted by any person other than the inventor.
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Joplin Daily Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Jan 06, 1910
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