 The Kansas Daily Tribune
Lawrence, Kansas June 26, 1882 pg. 2 Denison, Texas, June 24, - W.F. Hasters, one of the first settlers of this city, suicided yesterday by taking morphine. He was living on a farm, 5 miles in country. Early yesterday he walked into town, bought 12 grains of morphine, walked home, poured the drug into a cup of water and h olding it up before his family said: "Here is a good-bye to all my friends," and he drank it down. It was seceral hours before a physician arrived, when it was too late to save him.  SUICIDE Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |