Monday, February 23, 2026

Ross Scott, 45, Committed Suicide Feb. 24, 1926

Ross N. Scott Takes Life in Charlotte. . . Body Discovered in Bathroom Which Was Filled with Gas—Every Sign of Suicide

Charlotte, Feb. 24 (AP)—Ross N. Scott, 45, book keeper, was found head in a gas-filled bathroom at his home here. Police after investigating said there was every indication of suicide. He had been dead several hours, they said.

Scott, clad only in underclothing, was found crumpled in a heap on the floor when they forced the door to the room.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-02-24/ed-1/seq-1/

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