Hugh Blakeney-Trip to Hospital Ends in Mayhem

LEAVES FOR CAPITAL
Mrs. Hugh Blakeney at Bedside of Her Husband.
Special to The State.
Lancaster, Aug 11.—Upon receipt of word of the misfortune which had overtaken her husband, Hugh Blakeney, a well-known citizen of the country who lives a few miles east of Lancaster. Mrs. Blakeney left on the first train with one of her brothers for Washington, D. C. where Mr. Blakeney is a patient in a hospital with his throat cut.
Mr. Blakeney left here last Wednesday for treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The supposition here is that Mr. Blakeney had likely gone to the hospital where he had been told there was little hope for his recovery from his trouble and this worrying him to an unusual degree he attempted to take his life while on the way back home. Some here are of the opinion that Mr. Blakeney was attacked and his throat cut near Washington as was reported in the papers yesterday. His friends in Lancaster County are anxious to hear the particulars.
 
 
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[1] The State, Columbia, South Carolina, August 12, 1917, page 12, column 4