From the Minneapolis Morning Tribune:

Twin Cities Man Offers to Quaff
Poison in Court as Love Proof

Edward Graham Ready to
Take Own Life to Prove
Sincerity, He Says

Chicago, Jan. 28 – Edward Graham of St. Paul offered to commit suicide in court today before Judge Samuel H. Trude to prove his “sincerity and real love” for his wife when he was arraigned for threatening to kill his former wife, Doris Sheldy, University of Chicago co-ed.

“I want to go away and give Doris a chance,” Graham told the judges. “I have been holding her back. I thought she loved me, but she doesn’t. If you will fill that bottle with poison I will commit suicide right here to prove my sincerity and my real love for Doris.”

Miss Esheldy, who is 22 years old, said Graham’s threats had made life miserable. She was divorced from Graham shortly after they were married four years ago in St. Paul. Judge Trude fined Graham $200 and six months in the house of correction.

Graham was seized several days ago as he lurked in a hall at the University of Chicago. He broke from his captor and plunged through a window 15 feet to the ground. A policeman leaped through the window and recaptured him. Graham came here from St. Paul after a search for his former wife there.

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