Sunday, April 6, 2025

J.B. Denis, 30, Arrested for Drunk Driving, Poisons Himself in Jail, April 7, 1925

Arrested While Drunk, Drinks Poison in Jail

Asheville, April 6—Arrested on a charge of drunkenness Sunday night, J.B. Denis, 30 years old, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing the contents of a small bottle of Bichloride of Mercury while confined in a cell at police headquarters.

Attendants at the hospital reported to the police that the condition of the man is grave and that there are serious doubts that he will recover.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, April 7, 1925

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1925-04-07/ed-1/seq-1/#words=APRIL+7%2C+1925

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