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A Scandal-Monger attempts suicide.

The Chicago correspondent of the United States Police Gazette--"Whiplash" --was arrested there last week upon a charge of libelling several respectable citizens. Upon searching his apartments an unfinished communication was discovered, containing an infamous libel upon several judicial officers of Chicago. When arrested he attempted to cut his throat with a razor, and subsequently, during his examination, sent to a drug store for prussic acid. The druggist, suspecting something wrong, dispensed colored water instead, which, upon receiving, the prisoner swallowed. He was held to bail to answer the charge of malicious libel.

The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 4, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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