Ogden Daily Standard | 1898-11-29 | Page 5 | Prominent Democrat Suicides

prominent democrat suicides whitewater wis nov 29 hilt cravath Gra vath the well known democratic P party arty leader Is dead from laudan laudanum urn P poisoning ning and gas inhaling with suicidal intent it Is supposed despondency caused by the death of his wife was the cause ot of his rash tash act the suicide waa val sensational in that cravath wrote letters to friends describing his feelings as he be gradually approached death cravath was 55 years old a lawyer by profession and had the distinction of attaining a higher standing in his studies at the up university Iver sity of wisconsin than any other student at the institution tion during carpet bagging days he was clerk cleric of the louisiana senate