His death certificate records Wise Bailey, age about 33, born don’t know, died 25 Jan 1928 in Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia, married, cause of death strangulation with suicidal intent, informant John Barlow, Charleston, burial in Slab Fork, W. Va.

A syndicated news story which ran nationally reported “Accused Man Ends Life. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 25, (AP) - Wise Bailey, 30, charged with killing his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Tolliver, hanged himself in the county jail Wednesday.” (The online newspaper archives show it as running in the Dallas Morning News, the Ohio Plain Dealer, the Richmond (Virginia) Times Dispatch, the Louisiana State Times Advocate, the Illinois Republic, and the Tampa Tribune.)