| Andrew Wilcoxon |
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An overdose of morphine caused the death of Andrew S. Wilcoxon, aged 45 years, Monday night at the rear of the Willis barber shop, Willard and Hackley streets. Friends of the man say that he did not use the morphine with an intent to end his life but that he took too large a quantity. Wilcoxon swallowed the poison a short time before entering the barber shop and when he became ill, he was carried to a rear room and placed on a pool table. A physician was summoned but he could do nothing, saying that the poison had gained an effect that would prove fatal. The body of Wilcoxon, who was unmarried, was taken to the Lambert & Groman morgue, where it was pre- pared for burial. It was removed to the Skinner boarding house at Ninth and Penn streets at noon today where he boarded, and where a number of the flint glassworkers viewed the body, Wilcoxon belonging to that organization. It will probably be shipped to Nelsonville, O., where his parents reside. They are said to be wealthy, but the members of Flint Glassworkers' Union No. 2, will defray the expense of the funeral, which has been a custom with the organization for years. It is claimed that Wilcoxon was married but was divorced from his wife several years ago. He has no known relatives in this city. Mr. Skinner, the proprietor of the boarding house which has been the home of Wilcoxon for some time, said today that he did not believe the dead man took the poison with the intention of ending his life, explaining that Wilcoxon had been on an extended spree, and that . it was his custom to use the drug wnen quitting liquor. |