OBIT: John C. RING, 1898, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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Death from Alcoholism.

John C. Ring, a Dane, was taken to the Lancaster station house in an intoxicated 
condition on Tuesday afternoon, and a few hours later was found dead in his 
cell.  The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death from apoplectic congestion 
of the brain, due to alcoholism.  Ring was a peddler and had resided at 
Lancaster since last October.  His age was about 45 years of age.


Ephrata Report, Ephrata, PA, Friday Evening, April 15, 1898