Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Barber Ends Life With Morphine September 7, 1904
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Morning Oregonian September 7, 1904
Colfax,Wash.,Sept.6-(Special)- George Wever,a barber 40 years old,formerly od 
Settle,committed suicide here by taking morphine at 1 o'clock and died six 
hours later.although physicians and others worked industriously over him all 
the time. Weaver left a wife here and a mother and sister in Los Angeles. He 
had been here but three weeks,and had been employed in the Ideal barber 
shop.He was of jolly disposition and mae friends readily.
Weaver was in fine spirits when he left the shop at noon for dinner. He went 
tino a saloon,took a handful of morphine,called for a drink and soon lost 
consciousness.

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