| Index Entry | Drum major, in Paris, commits suicide with friend |
| Location | Paris |
| Citation | EG.774.008 12-19 Apr 1774:1481 (6/299) Paris, January 3. A few days ago the following extraordinary accident happened at St. Denys. A Dragoon and the Drum Major of his regiment went to an inn there, and after dining and drinking together, the people of the house were alarmed with the report of pistols from the room they were in, and upon going up stairs found them both dead upon the floor, each with a pistol in his hand. . . . [14 lines follow on an apparent double suicide pact.] |
| Generic Title | Essex Gazette |
| Date | 1774.04.19 |
| Publisher | Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer |
| City, State | Salem, MA |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0016246 |