Show Man Fails rails in Hour 8 I Attempt at Suicide LOS ANGELES Jan 5 UP UP-In UP In spite of spending the better part of eight hours yesterday attempting to commit suicide in his hotel room Jacques de la Rence 44 prominent New Orleans real estate dealer was given a chance to recover today He attempted to kill himself himsel by chloroform then drank poison but failed to die Then he drank a n mixture mixture mix ture he believed was cyanide but it I caused him so much pain he shrieked f for r assistance At the hospital physicians said the poisons had counteracted each other DC la 13 Rence Renee told Detective Lieutenant Jack Ellis that he had quarreled with hi his wife wile Blanche Brill de dc la Rence Hence said wid to be prominent socially in New Orleans and now in Palm Springs I |