Notes for Alvin Clay ADAMS: Ref. ? newspaper: Clay Adams Ends Life With Shotgun. Clay Adams, 38, colored, a son of James Adams, below Douda, ended his life yesterday [January 19, 1938] about 3 o'clock by shooting himself with a shotgun. The load entered his chest and he died about three hours after the shot was fired. He has been despondent for some time, it is stated. Adams, who lives at the foot of Carr HILL in Marion Township on the William A. Grimes place, has been employed in a mine at Millfield. Accompanied by his father-in-law, a Mr. HOLBERT of near Pennsville, he had returned home yesterday afternoon, brining his wife, who had been away on a visit. HOLBERT and the operator of a nearby coal mine were standing outside the house when they heard the lethal shot. A doctor was summoned upon there discovery of the deed but Adams died about 6:00. He had resided on the Grimes place nearly a year, moving there from the Leslie DAVIS property nearby. Surviving are the widow and one child. Coroner Dr. Edgar Northrup has been summoned for an inquest.
Alvin Clay ADAMS (b. 30 Jun 1900, d. 19 Jan 1938)
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