Rockdale-Fulton County GaArchives News.....DEAD IN BED July 4, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 April 26, 2005, 7:17 pm The Solid South July 4, 1891 Thursday’s Constitution says: “A man was found dead in bed at the boarding house of Mrs. Clower, 101 Decatur Street yesterday morning. His death was due to morphine, but whether taken with suicidal intent or not could not be decided. He was dead, and in his pocket was found a bottle containing a little morphine. The man was T. L. HARRISON, a carpenter by trade, who recently came to Atlanta from Conyers, seeking work. It appears that he has been boarding in Atlanta with his mother. Tuesday night he went to her home, but found no one there, and not being able to get in, left, telling a neighbor that he would be back at 6 o’clock for breakfast. He went to Mrs. Clower’s and obtained lodging. About 11 o’clock he was taken sick, but soon seemed to recover. He fell asleep, apparently all right, and the people who were waiting upon him left the room. Yesterday morning just before 6 o’clock his door was opened and he was found lying dead upon the floor. For some time no one knew who he was . Coroner Davis was summoned, and an investigation was begun. His mother was soon found, as she was then searching for him, because he had not returned home. A sister of the man living here was also found. The mother and the sister went at once to the house, and a pathetic sight it was when they saw him cold in death. Mr. Harrison has a wife and six young children living at Conyers. The body was taken to that place yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the dead man’s sister. Whether the death was a suicide could not be determined by the coroner’s jury. There was no evidence to show that the man desired to take his life, but the manner of the death was mysterious.” The remains of Mr. Harrison were carried to Social Circle Thursday for burial in Walton County. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/rockdale/newspapers/deadinbe647gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb