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Show IEXDS LIFE Al-TER SPREE OX BAY RUM. MILK AND PICKLES (International News Service) Wilmington, Dol., April 5. After a spree on bay rum, milk and pickles, Peter Grant, forty-six years olt. j leather worker, was found asphyxiated asphyx-iated In his homo. HIa wife said she found tbe window tightly closed and a rug placed in front of one of the doors. Sho. said he had been drinking drink-ing heavily for several days. "He had not been sober since last Saturday," said Mrs. Grant. 'He began be-gan drinking bay rum at that time and drank threo quarts. When 1 loft him he was rather wild. . "He got up and drank a quart of milk nnd ate a dish of cucumber pickles I loft on tho table, and I think he went to the gas stovo to make himself a cup of coffee. I don't know whother ho tried to commit suicide or whether it was an accident." o |