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who drank some pcsonous wood alcohol1,apparently in the belief it was safe for consumption...died today at a hospital in Abilene. He was identified as Tommy Newton... and a fellow inmate who also drank a good sized portion of the liquid cleaner - remains in very critical co: dition this evening. The ir; 1.:_ai-g '1 - vy, 0 " : fY Q -. >J{. tt. 2r, j' listed in conditions ranging from fair to serious. * 3rown County Iheriff Danny Neal says I criminal changes may be 14 ao i-w jail tv'usite wh o torl tie