Orange County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Peticolas, Arthur E. November 28, 1868 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Angie Rapids angierapids@gmail.com March 26, 2023, 1:52 pm native Virginian 4 December 1868 Richmond, Va., Nov. 28 - Dr. Arthur E. Peticolas, superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, at Williams-burg, committed suicide there this morning by leaping from a window of the asylum and dashing his brains out on the bricks below. The deceased was distinguished physician, and a former professor in the Medical College here, His mind has been unsettled for some time past. Our friend, Dr. Peticolas, had suffered a thousand deaths from asthma. No wonder his mind was diseased. Ed. N. V. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb