Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Walke, Littleton Tazewell March 10, 1901
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The Times (Richmond), March 13, 1901

WALKE’S DEATH DUE TO SUICIDE
The Norfolk Law Student Took His Own Life on Account of Bad Health and Despon
Despondency
(Special Dispatch to the Times)
Charlottesville Va., March 12-The remains of Littleton T. Walke, the law stud
student from Norfolk who, as is now admitted, committed suicide at the Univ
University of Virginia Sunday night, were today taken to Norfolk. Walke was a man 
man of excellent moral character, and his rash act was due to bad health and desp
despondency. He took his life by stabbing himself in the region of the heart and 
and by cutting his throat with a pen-knife.
Walke’s body was discovered lying across his bed in his room, No. 78 East Ran
Range, about 8:30 o’clock Sunday night by two of his fellow students, J.M. Yar
Yarborough ad N.G. Henshaw, who room in the same building, the headquarters of the
the Zeta Phi Fraternity. 
Early Sunday afternoon Mr. Walke was engaged in conversation with these two ge
gentlemen. About 2:30 he went to his room saying he was going to write some le
letters home. Nothing was thought of his failure to put in his appearance at th
the supper table, but about 8:30 o’clock, Mr. Henshaw, who was in search of a bo
book, went to Mr. Walke’s room and there found the body as above stated. 
Death had evidently occurred several hours before.


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