Saturday, September 21, 2024

"Please Forgive Me," Sept. 22, 1924

J.C. Collins Takes Own Life

By the Associated Press

Wendell, N.C., Sept. 22—Suffering from despondency following a nervous breakdown, J.C. Collins, aged 42, local business man, early yesterday morning ended his life by firing a bullet through is chest. He left a note to his widow reading: “Julia, do not worry. It is all right. Please forgive me.”

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, September 22, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1924-09-22/ed-1/seq-1/#words=SEPTEMBER+22%2C+1924

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