Family Believes Man Committed Suicide Due to Poor Health, Oct. 19, 1925

Man at Salisbury Takes His Own Life. . . Dan A. Kelly Commits Suicide by Firing Pistol Ball Into His Head

Salisbury, Oct. 19 (AP)—Dan A. Kelley, 62 years old, committed suicide at his home in this city this morning about 6 o’clock. Arising at his usual hour he went to the kitchen where it was his custom of build a fire in the cook stove, but instead he went to the woodshed and fired a .38 calibre pistol ball in his right temple, the bullet passing out on the left side of his head. Ill health is assigned by members of the family as the cause.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, Oct. 19, 1925. Dan's last name was spelled "Kelly" in the headline and "Kelley" in the article.

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