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MAN PLUNGES TO DEATH 1-1-1-1-1-1
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An 80-year-old man from Hunt, Texas, plunged to his death early this morning from hid downtown Dallas hotel room.
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The man, identified as 0. H. Seagraves, plunged eight stories from the Southland hotel. Police say the man was known around the area as "colonel."
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Seagraves still wore his houseshoes when he died. Police say they found a note in the hotel room saying, in part, "this is the only thing I know to do." He had lived in the hotel about a week.