Elizabeth City, May 26—Lee Dunton, 65, formerly Currituck county representative in the general assembly and long active in the business and political affairs of the county, took his own life at his home on Pine Island, Currituck county, yesterday afternoon, it was learned her today.
Mr. Dunton is said to have been despondent as a result of ill health He is reported to have arisen from the dinner table, walked into his front yard without hinting at his intention, and shot himself through the head, death resulting immediately.
From page 4 of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 27, 1926
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