Jackson County KS Archives Obituaries.....Cunningham, William September 3, 1876
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The Holton Recorder Express, Holton, Kansas, September 7, 1876
A SAD DEATH.     INTEMPERANCE THE SUPPOSED CAUSE.
On Sunday afternoon, last, the people of West Muddy were at once surprised and 
sorrowed to hear of the sudden death of Wm. Cunningham, who had suicided a few 
hours previous by poison.  A few days prior to his death, he had been on 
business to Topeka, and, as was often the case with him, partook of liquor, 
but this time more freely than usual, which led to a prolonged spree, and his 
untimely ending.  Everything indicates that the suicide was premeditated; for 
on Sunday morning he arose, ate his breakfast, washed, and donned a clean 
attire, and after the folks had gone to church, retired to his room to make 
ready for a voyage over the valley of death.  After having procured a glass of 
water, he swallowed the poison, drank of the water and placed the empty glass 
and vial upon a chair beside his bed, and then, as everything would go to 
show, died in terrible agony.  Mr. Cunningham was 50 years of age, an old 
citizen of Jackson county, and a man who was universally respected by all who 
knew him; a large circle of friends and acquaintances sadly deplore his death, 
and especially the cause, and the taking of his life by his own hands.

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