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Show Anti-Gambling Law Responsible for Suicide of a Turfman. Los Angeles. Despondentcy ovet ill-fortune with his horses this season sea-son and grief over the passage of the California anti-gambling law causeu G. W. Poole, familiarly known as "Bishop." one of the oldest and best known horsemen in the country, to commit suicide at Santa Anita track Saturday morning. The act was com mitted In Poole's stable on the track grounds. He opened his wrist with a razor, and. to make death sure, took a dose of carbolic acid. |
