Augusta County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Suicide, 1898 

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          AN UNKNOWN SUICIDES. 
                 ŻŻŻŻ 
  A Supposed Pittsburger Hangs Him- 
         self in a County Jail. 

 Washington, Pa.,  Aug. 3.-(Special.)- 
The dead body of a colored man who gave 
his name as Charles Edwards, Charles 
Jeffrey and Joseph Reed and his home as 
six miles from Staunton, Va., and Pitts-
burg, was found suspended from a cord 
made from a bed tick in the county jail 
this morning. 
  It is thought that he hanged himself 
about 10 o'clock last night.  At that time 
noises were heard in the cell, which he 
occupied alone. 
 He was committed to jail Thursday 
night, being found wandering around on 
the street.  He said that some one was 
trying to murder him.  Edwards seemed 
to be insane, and was kept locked in the 
cell all the time. 
 He was about five feet five inches tall 
and weighed about 125 pounds, wore a 
light gray coat, dirty white shirt, and 
claimed to be a tailor. 
 He arrived here Tuesday, he said, from 
Wheeling and Martin's Ferry.  To all ap-
pearances he was a tramp. 


[Charles EDWARDS, aka Charles JEFFREY, aka Joseph REED, 
 alledgedly of Staunton, VA, & Pittsburg, PA,
 suicide, 3 Aug 1898, Washington, PA, 
 "The Pittsburg (PA) Press," Saturday, Aug. 13, 1898] 

[article submitted by Mary Hurst (neffhur@aol.com);  
 file transcribed by Matt Harris (Zoobug64@aol.com).] 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/augusta/news/18980813.txt