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- Indianapolis Star---June 18, 1908
THE SUICIDE OF FRANK HEDGES
CORONER SAYS MAN'S DEATH WAS CAUSED BY POISON
Frank Hedges, who failed to kill self once, may have made a second trail.
Frank Hedges, age 39, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his mother at 833 Washington Avenue. Death may have been due to a second dose of poison, taken after a physician had left him early Wed. morning, believing him out of danger from the effects of morphine taken Tuesday night. Dr. Samuel McCaughey, deputy coroner, who investigated the case, states that death was due to poison.
Hedges first gave evidence of his intentions to kill himself on going to his mother's house, Tuesday night. He told his Mother that he wanted to die there. The words were not taken seriously by him until later when she found him in the rear of the dwelling unconscious. She sent for a physician and Dr. William Dow of Boggs Dispensary responded. Dr. Dow worked with the man during the entire night and believed him out of danger early Wednesday morning.
Hedges' body was taken to Reynolds Undertaking rooms on West Maryland Street, where an autopsy was held last night. Today the contents of his stomach will be analyzed by Dr. McCaughey. Hedges was married and leaves a widow and a small child.
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- Was Determined To Die.
Frank Hedges Succeeds in Second Attempt at Suicide.
Frank Hedges, thirty-nine years old, killed himself at the home of his mother at 833 Washington avenue, yesterday afternoon. The man took a dose of morphine Tuesday night, after declaring his intention of killing himself. Dr. Dow, of Bobbs’ Dispensary, worked with the man all night and prevented his death, but it is though Hedges took another dose while no one was watching him. Deputy Coroner Samuel McGaughey held an autopsy on the body, and found that poison caused the death. Hedges left a widow and a small child. Several years ago he was arrested during the investigation of the Wilhelm murder mystery, but he was not convicted.
The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Indiana. Thursday, 18 June 1908, page 4.
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