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Show ELUSS.Ki.BiF8 COUNSELLOR. EiS HIS OWN LIFE ; Elias S King, hishon's counsellor in the Third ward, committed suicide in his lesidencc, 2151 Reeves avenue, ihls afternoon at 1:50 o'clock, by shooting himself through the right temple with a .32 caliber revolver lb lived for, forty minutes after the deed. King has been in ill health for the past six or eight months He was formerly employed by Attorney y. Et Skeen as a collector Recently he be-j came despondent and today, while temporarily tem-porarily deranged, took his own life. The deceased is survived by his wlfei and four children three daughters md Jon He was about 45 years of age. Shortly after the shooting, the police po-lice were notified and reported a1 the scene a call for the ambulance was lent In immediately following the shooting but the man died before the u ibulance eniild be summoned Mr King ended hi; life while stand-ine stand-ine in a bed room in the rear of his residence and his body topple, over Into a clothes closet. The wife and children v. ere hysterical hysteri-cal when neighbors reached the scene. |