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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Mr. Philip Godby, a master-builder in Little Minories, was found hanged in his cellar early Monday morning. He was cut down and bled by a surgeon but died. The coroner's jury verdict was lunacy. The foreman had disturbing dreams that night and discovered the body with young Mr. Godby.
Merged-components note: This is a continuation of the report on Mr. Philip Godby's suicide, split across pages due to page boundary. The second part directly continues the narrative from the first. Relabeled from 'story' to 'foreign_news' as it fits international reports of a specific incident.
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The following extraordinary Circumstance attending this unhappy Person's Death, seems worthy of Remark. The Foreman to Mr. Godby having been disturb'd all Night with frightful Dreams, about Five o'Clock in the Morning he was let in by young Mr. Godby, who, on the Man asking him how all the Family did, answer'd him very well, to which the Foreman reply'd he was very glad, for he had been in terrible Agonies all the Night with Dreams. Whereat his young Master laugh'd. He then ask'd if his old Master was well, and was told yes; hereupon they went up, as usual, to call him, and missing him from his Chamber, they search'd about the House, and at length, to their great Surprize, he was found in the Cellar, in the Manner before describ'd.
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Little Minories
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On Monday Morning Early
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he died; coroner's jury brought in verdict lunacy
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Mr. Philip Godby was found hanging in his Cellar with a Piece of a Jack Line. He was cut down immediately and a Surgeon let him Blood, but to no Purpose. The Foreman had been disturbed all Night with frightful Dreams, was let in about Five o'Clock by young Mr. Godby, conversed briefly, then they searched for the old Master and found him in the Cellar.