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Show DIED AS RESULT OF KNOCKOUT'DROPS NEW YORK. March T. Leon Melles, a theatrical agent, died Sunday at his home from the supposed effect of 'knockout drops." Just before he died he gave the name of a young woman with whom he had been on friendly terms for about a year, and wJio, he said, was responsible for his condition. The attending physician said that, in his opinion, Melles was the victim of chloral poisoning. The police are looking for the woman. Melles, who at one time was known on - the eta ge as Lance De Melles, returned home early yesterday morning In a dased condition and was later seized with convulsions. |