The loss of this junkie was transformational and, in the aftermath of his suicide, when his personal effects were sent home to Virginia and inventoried, there wasn’t any laudanum to be found.

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was found dying yesterday afternoon at the Grand Union Hotel, at Forty-second-street and Fourth-avenue, from the effects of laudanum, .... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...