OBIT: Jacob SPRINGER, 1918, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ DIED FROM ALCOHOLISM Acute alcoholism caused the death of Jacob Springer, who was found dead in the borough lockup yesterday, according to the verdict of a Coroner's jury. The Coroner investigated a story that Springer was fatally injured in a fight with a soldier but the trend of the evidence led to the above decision. The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Saturday, June 29, 1918