Jack County, TX - Obituary - Clarance Wakeland ********************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************** Clarence Wakeland, a young man from Dallas, who had worked in Jack County during the past few months, died Saturday from the effects of drinking carbolic acid. He met Sheriff W.F. Middleton within a few minutes of swallowing the poison and told what he had done and handed the latter two notes with a request that they be delivered. Mr. Middleton summoned a physician immediately but the young man was dead before medical aid could be administerd. The remains were taken to Dallas. Survived: his mother, widow and baby. The Jacksboro Gazette Jacksboro, Texas Thursday, September 26, 1929