Denison Daily News
Thursday, April 10, 1879
pg. 4

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
An Irishman made his appearance in one of our drug stores Wednesday morning and demanded 25c worth of arsenic.  The unsuspecting clerk promptly weighed out the required amount and handed it to his customer, who at once seized the paper, opened it and conveyed it to his mouth for the purpose of swallowing its contents, but the horror-stricken clerk at once jumped forward and succeeded in knocking the paper from his hand.  The would-be suicide was very angry at these proceedings and roundly abused the clerk.  He said that this was a free country, and that anybody had a right to kill himself when he thought proper.  It was his wish to become an angel, and he thought it was a scandalous outrage that he should be prevented from carrying his design into effect.  The man, apparently a railroad hand, was considerably under the influence of liquor, which explains his queer conduct.

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