Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Land, James C June 13, 1904
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The Times Dispatch, June 14, 1904
Drank Laudanum; Dead in His Bed

J.C. Land of Norfolk Found Yesterday in His Room at the Davis Hotel

Note taken from Pocked
Asked the Finder to Care for Man’s Wife and Children
Empty Vials

The dead body of J. C. Land, a Norfolk traveling salesman of shoes, was 
found in room No. 2, at the Davis House, No. 1529 East Main Street, 
yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. He was lying in bed at the time, and near 
him were two small empty vials, which had evidently contained laudanum.
Coroner Taylor was notified. He examined the body and pronounced death due 
to an overdose of laudanum.
A note was found in his pocket, directing whoever found it to look after his 
wife and children in Norfolk.
The body was turned over to Billups undertaking establishment, where it was 
prepared for burial. Friends in Norfolk were communicated with and the body 
was sent to Norfolk at 9 o’clock this morning.
Mr. Land went to the Davis Hotel about 9 o’clock Sunday night and asked for 
a good room. He said he was not feeling well and would not eat supper. The 
clerk showed him room No. 2, one of the best in the house. Nothing further 
was heard from the guest. Yesterday afternoon a chambermaid went to clean up 
the room, she found the door locked from the inside. An investigation was 
made and the man was found as related.
Early in the day a telegram was received here from Norfolk, stating that the 
man had been missing since last Friday, and his wife was very uneasy, 
fearing suicide, although she knew of reason why he should take such a step.
Mr. Land was about thirty years old and good looking. He was a shoe drummer, 
representing a New York house and his headquarters were in Norfolk, and 
covering the territory of Virginia, North Carolina and the District of 
Columbia. 
He was last heard of in Newport News last Friday. He said he would return 
that night to his home.
Close inquiry last night failed to result in the discovery of any one who 
knew Mr. Land.


Wife in Norfolk Prostrated-Had Threatened Drowning in River

Norfolk, VA., June 13-The first intimation of the suicide of J. C. Land in 
Richmond came to his family here this afternoon in the shape of a letter 
written aboard the Old Dominion Steamer Brandon, in which he stated that 
before the letter would arrive he would be beneath the waves of the river. 
This was followed almost immediately by a message from Richmond telling of 
his death in the Davis Hotel. No reason is assigned for the suicide by the 
family, and explanation is offered.



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