Posted by sfgenealogy on Saturday, August 01, 2009 at 14:08:32 :

BALUSH--A man named F.H. BAULSH, a native of Germany, died suddenly yesterday at his residence on the corner of Fillmore and Turk
streets. A vial of strychnine found on his table causes suspicion of suicide.

Source: Stockton Daily Independent, 17 May 1869. Transcribed by Dee Sardoc.