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Show toi mm, mm soebm ' . BUI YICI IM: OF BMM, IS . BEAD' I THE CITY JAIL - - Old Man Had Intended to Leave Christinas Eve, but His Last Spree Ended His Life; Dropped Dead in Cell. Tom King has gone to the Soldiers' Home. His death occurred In the drunk-house drunk-house of the city Jail a few minutes after 9 o'clock Friday morning, after he had spent the night In a fit of madness, mad-ness, the result of years of dissipation. Tom King was one of the best known of all of the "old guard" who have done term after term In the city JaU for drunkenness. His tall spare figure, his stooping shoulders, his angular frame and white hair and beard have attracted attention to the Police court where he has been tried almost every month for many years on the same charge drunkenness. His Police Court Becord. King was arrested December 7, on a charge of being drunk. When he was being taken to the jail, he fought his captors as he always did when arrested, and when he appeared -In the Police court the following day, he pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness, as was his custom. . Before ssntence was passed on him |