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Description: To Give a Suicide Party
North Carolina Farmer"™s Invitation to his Last Day Feast
Newspaper published in: Baltimore, Md.
Page/Column: 2/5
To Give a Suicide Party
North Carolina Farmer's Invitation to his Last Day Feast
Charlotte, N.C. Alan COGSDELL, an old and well-to-do farmer in Colfax township near Rutherfordton, N.C., has made preparations for one of the most remarkable suicides on record. Those who know him well say he will keep his word.
COGSDELL is said to have sent out neatly printed invitations to a number of friends and relatives inviting them to a dinner to be given at his home, four miles from Ellenboro, on June 20, when he will do the honors at the table for the last time. The dinner will be served at 11 o'clock. Promptly at 12 o'clock, COGSDELL says, he will give his guests an opportunity of seeing him take his own life.
Just how COGSDELL contemplates committing the deed is not stated, but it is understood that he will shoot himself at the table after the repast has been concluded.