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ifthe restMahle W. was a WoodhuE caller a letter 'of consent for examination Sunday at 2 a* m. . tfrom the physician.■JAgony ! word nation 7 ty Bak-our dialOlaf Olson Ends Life Monday ForenodriM-iBy Slashing His Thro■** V-Olaf Olson who resided on the called sheriff Fred Swanson, at once^* i€ air so k. We g to in-le to beie mean«a - badSheller farqj. northeast of WoodhuE He then returned to Olson to find, some eleven miles, committed suicide ev»de“ce of life and. to render first¥ mMonday forenoon about eleven o’clock., ^ possible.Olson was found by Howard Phillips arr*va*Vrof 'Genes eo, an insurance. agent, .whohappened to'* call at three o'clock. I fit. *T ■ of sheriff■»!V * -I mSwanson1 from Cambridge - it: was d£-ft. ntermined ;that ’Olson/ first' attempted f| his life with a. heavy, large size par-the. afternoon. - He testified; thaf he.1 fcg-..s^ufe; 'cutting through W 'rib i -« in the barn yard and butfailing to hit the. heart nor cause proceeded to the house . where ,.heknocked-on the door. -;No response, he turned to- leave when he-saw 01-j*son :.lyisgritt~the~- snrd.S' Thinking him asleep he walked over to awakes:k when 11800: a of I our1sn’t • his! him. Phillips. detected. aamount of blood lt;on, the ... ground around. Olson' as he. drew .closer and saw. that his throatJ was. art. Then__ * -t * * ~ « JPhillips went into the -, bouse and1*►^ * •set forn’t take* ^ - J■Ms, death.'. This. imsuecessful attempt-evidently happened in die house.- The /_■ paring - knife ..‘was carefully laid bn*■* *’ • ; v*-/ »v - ^ ,a paper on a chair in’ order ■'not'to’1 -i» Ssmear r the, house with\blood. . Olson• '-faccording .to the ' evidence' presented,,: ; then went to his razor, case,'selsct-t^;'•T**ed a razor,and ‘walked’into the yard';l(Contmued ovl fire)v *
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Woodhull Dispatch
Woodhull, Illinois, US
Thu, Jun 25, 1931
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