Like a Ghost at the Feast
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Like A Ghost At The Feast
A suicide by drinking laudanum, William Cooper, 35, of 22 North 27th street, crumpled dead in a chair for six hours while a pinochle game was in progress with rounds of beer going around, in Cole's barroom at 2313 Federal street, 20 years ago last night. (Note: The address in this article is wrong; correct address was 27 North 21st Street.)
A suicide by drinking laudanum, William Cooper, 35, of 32 North 27th street [sic], crumpled dead in a chair for six hours while a pinochle game was in progress with rounds of beer going around, in Cole's barroom at 2313 Federal street, 20 years ago last night.
(Note: The address in this article is wrong; correct address was 27 North 21st Street.)
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