Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1909 — TRIED TO BURN OWN BODY [ARTICLE]

TRIED TO BURN OWN BODY

Man Found Dying Admits Wounds Were Self-Inflicted. Monticello, N. Y., March 16.—Bernard Solomon, who was found dying of a dozen knife wounds in his burning house, and who told the police that he had been attacked by a neighbor named Berkowitz, has confessed that his wounds were self-inflicted. He had become tired of life, he said, and after trying to kill himself with a knife had set fire to his home.