Lee Parks
Griffin News
Yesterday morning about 5 o’clock Lee Parks was found dead in his room at the home of his uncle, S. H. Cunningham. His death was the result of an overdose of laudanum, which he had taken with suicidal intent. Parks was a young man about 27 years old and unmarried. He came to Griffin from Monroe County, and was engaged at the carpenter’s trade, being employed by Mr. Cunningham. He had been drinking prior to his death, and despondency was probably the cause of the rash act. He was a good citizen when sober, but had once before about six weeks ago, attempted suicide while under the effects of liquor. The first time the poison was pumped out of him, but this time it did its deadly work. (Jackson Argus – Butts County Week of April 13, 1900)

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