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TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.Van FaraRC Commits SuicideThis Afternoon.a mo hose or oarromo aoid.1 he 11 Ji 1 *t 11I ihrn ii' '■ I*' «t»*l «»t U«M tail k \ tin ii r I II ttW rt- ■*ftp tt.nl tlmi in r-HH II* tl'li mill lt*’«I»«ntilr*ll1 I t'i ntut* I’liilf Iiat M ml i111 lt;iit f ti»tn* n I iniH ■Vnti Forage, u priubr nt**ni I o y« .n * old. commitled mil. i«I«' thin rift erm mil by taking carbnhe olt;id Tin povi* rful poison was unallowed nt b nullity.t €Vloek, hu quickly lt;b I It it* t. was doori*Ihirmgilu l,,s| m*nitli vming Forage 11iim iHifMinii a I milieu !u uie upon theHtn’i fh ttf Norfolk M* enme here fromwith V I’ Fluids. for whomhe tun) Ihm'h \viu king on the K* porter,but mre h* arnv' l u» Norfolk In' lias notbeen following lii-* trmhv For awhile h, boarded with .1 S i Jullhiger, an employe of Ilio Tunes-1 ribuno Ho com*mctterd on Monday to work iih a solicitor for N I lilab hli y, tin- pmno tuner, and neomed to bo getting along nicety Mr. Blatrldey saw him after o lt;look toilay ami li• seemed to ho in good spirits, reporting n Hin employer what li. hiul (lorn* timing thn day ami layingout his work for Ilio remainder of theafternoon. Tim 11 rut intimation anyotm tmlt;I that there win anything wrong was about ’ In, when Judge Kelly hoard a noise tti tlm hallway lending to his otllee in tho Met'lury block. which Hounded like some oim spitting and coughing. 4Siiing to tlm door to* found young Far-ago just lying down, who simply said •'I’m dying Tho judge saw an amply In it tin on tin- floor which h*re the IuIm 1 *t 'arbulii* A» b1 lr Mm hay wa-r tahastily summmed and In* u-ed thotommdt pump vigorously, but thowould bo sun ido had phitilb’tl too Willto ho thwart* d, and wlnlo tlm doctor was still working over him ho censedhis struggles and W'as dead. Tho remains W'tr t iken b* Sessions A Boll s undertaking rooms win to they are hoing prepared for burialYoung Fa rage has hud periods of illhealth for sum*' him , when he would become V* i\ much depressed ami threaten tt. fill hinelt 11m threathud boon mtide ho fiT«tucutly that Ids friends had Income accustomed to it and thought it was only talk * *11100 ho has broil at work lilts week he has appeared to feel unusually well, und whenMr. Blatehlev last saw him ho seemed*ty be bright and cheerful.Lust fall he wont to Falifornia in hopes of bettering hi*' health, but returned in the spring not much improved. Ills parents live in Madison, and they have been notified of the Had tragedy, u has also lt;kuoner Tinnierat Battle Frock Therein no ipieatiou but that the suicide was premeditated,uh in bis pocket wim found a note addressed to hit* mother in which he tills her that h* is going to kill himself. The note is written with a pencil and is so dim that it can hardly be deciphered, but enough can be rend to show that he has done just what lie intended to do.
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Norfolk Weekly News

Norfolk, Nebraska, US

Thu, Jun 15, 1899

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