The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
COMMITTED SUICIDE
FRED N cRooKsHANK OF AT
 LANTA ENDS HIS LIFE.
Book an Overdose of Morphine and Expired in His Room at the
 Hotel Fleming Yesterday.

Fred N. Crookshank. aged B years. a eraveling man of Atlanta, Ga, was found dead in his room at the Hotel rIemrhg rh man had died from the effects Of an overdose of morphine. taken with suici- Bal intent. as shown by letters which Crookshank is well known in Montgom- ery as he has been coming here for many years. At the ti9ae of his death Georgia Soap Company. ofiices 2ss MariS etta Street. Atlanta, Ga. He had been In Montgomery several days and, those srinkn9 hG 9ow soma n crooashsnR wrote a letter to Mr.7 Al Galatas. of which the following is q copy:
 sant Mrs sho RosseS ss nanto1 so street. West End. Atlanta. Ga. What ever expense you are attached to, just mail her the bill. guess this rash act put i feel as if Tiff fife is is a failure with me me hope am not asking too much of my old friend. This is the dying request of Mr. Galatas saw Crooksfank the next day and talked to him. The young man appeared to be cheerful and In bouyant Friday night and Crookshank appeared to thoroughly enjoy it. Mr. Galatas says that Crookshank was sober,
 He left him and yesterday the follow ing note was found addressed to Mir Ga- "Dear Al-Piease do what I asked you s sood the bve letsss ols boy gave you SeS'efoaS' '0N ''@' o S.Fred N. crookshank."
 ''P. s. Get Tom Hewlett, Willis Darby and bob Allen with McBryde to assist Come around to the hotel about 9 crookshank went to his room at the morning, He was found dead there about } o'clock, yesterday morning. Two boxes and vial4wbichh had contained nor loom. both the boxes and the vial were empty. An empty flask which had con tained cocktail was also found in the pntil Coroner Tfce arrived. He viewed he body and examined things in the Eoom and rendered a verdict that the Deceased came to his death from the ef- kects of an overdose of morphine taken with suicidal intent. The body of Crook Shank was removed to an undertaking burial.
 On instructions from Atlanta, Coroner Tice will ship the remains to Dawson, Ga. this morning.
 The Atlanta Journal of Yesterday says
 Cruikshanks left Atlanta two weeks ago In the hope of finding work in Alabama, and he was known to have beeh" very
 ciuikshanks was we'll known in the city Atlanta was his birthplace and il has always been his home. HeAwas @ . A. E. CruiF sbanks, who lives at4he Man chester Hotel. on the corner of Forsyth and Trinity Avenue. His father has beer ne0d two years.
 Cruikshanks has before attempted tc take his life. The last attempt was about year ago, when he cut his throat. He was reacfed before life was extinct ana was taken to the hospital, where he re- covered.
 A short time ago Cruikshanlss had a partial stroke of paralysis, and for three weeks before he left Atlanta was threat ened with fever. It is now known that he intended several days ago to commit suicide, for in letter to his mother he said: T am here in Montgomery without monev' and you will never see me again alive She thought, howev'r that ht referred to his illness. and she is now almost prostrated with grief.
 Mrs. Cruikshanks claims to have sew eral thousand dollars in one of the At lassta hanks, and that she also has due y her several thousands more from insur- ance ecnipaffies as insurance on the fifs of her husba nd, who died two years ago