Death in CA 1857- J. Hawes DAVIS
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Stockton Daily Argus
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>Saturday, 17 Jan 1857<<
SUICIDE of J. Hawes DAVIS -- S.F. ‘Bulletin’ -- Mr. J. Hawes, a person pretty generally and favorably known in this city, committed suicide by taking poison and died this morning at 1 o’clock. He was residing with his wife and family on the corner of Union street and Union Square, between Stockton and Dupont streets. It seems from our information that he yesterday morning requested his wife, a lady of property, to sign a deed.She objected to do so on the plea that she had signed enough already.He then went out of the room, and going to the kitchen, in the presence of his daughter, about 14 years of age, took something from a vial containing a white substance. It appears that this substance was strychnine, which was kept in the house for the purpose of killing rats. The deceased died this morning after great suffering. Coroner KENT will hold an inquest.