Rys, J. c1876 – 1901

RYS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:44

Source: Decorah Republican May 23, 1901 P 1 C 6

Suicide at Oelwein.
Oelwein, May 16.—A young man about 25 years old, and giving his name as J. Rys, from Calmar, committed suicide in the hotel Mealey, last night by taking morphine. He came to the hotel and wild for lodging and breakfast. He was dead this morning when discovered. He purchased twenty grains of morphine of a local druggists during the day. In answer to a message from Calmar, no one knows of any such man.