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Edward A. Smith, a resident of j VTest River road, ^as apparently!Pion tile road io recover}' today in (^ ; Elyria Memorial hospital after an ; t; attempted suicide Sunday foreasinoon.' :I A rail received at the sheriff's j; office Sunday gave the information k ^I that Smith had slashed his-throat' ^I with a jacknife. He was not bo 1 cbady W'ounded, howpyer. that lie.iijconld not run from the officers y[when they arrived- According to [ ! Chief Deputy Ives. he was chased about a mile before tli^y found hira„ too weak to proceed further.; He was rushed to th* hospital im-O;*w. r\ i * ■- * ~■ iJl u ini. ■ I * _o.wslt;ftsiPiMrs. Smith told the officers that her husband had boon brooding u\cr fiis job. He is an ^ngtn^-r at the National Tube Company. Lo-;j« rain Thr* National Tube Company. ^ reported to the officers later that , ^ thev ki^v no reason why he; should be brooding about r*!S jo b! ro there. IOhi^f Deputy I v ps. art in*: h^ad;5n of the sheriff's department in the]^absence of Sheriff E. G. Mathews. ju 7i::*oa the hospital Sunday Ldghl and had a short talk v.ilh Smith Smith is reported to have said that j he was sorry he did it
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The Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 18, 1927
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