Suicides
Abstracts: 6
Abstracts
2031
Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 May 1864
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2031 - L May 2:4/4 - Mrs. Finch, wife of a lake captain living on the
west side, committed suicide by taking arsenic. The reason was domestic
trouble. - (2)
Index terms:
Finch, Mrs.; *Suicides
2032
Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 June 1864
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2032 - L June 20:4/4 - Samuel H. Hurlbert, a Clevelander, while in Novi
Corners, committed suicide in the hotel room by taking strychnine. (4)
Index terms:
Hurlbert, Samuel H.; Nove Corners
2033
Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 July 1864
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2033 - L. July 9:4/4 - Andrew Lahr, 57, hung himself in a smoke house on
Dare st. (2)
Index terms:
Dora st.; Lehr, Andrew
2034
Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 July 1864
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2034 - L. July 20:4/4 - The body of a woman found in the lake was identi-
fied by the husband. He refused to reveal his name. The woman wore a
black calico dress, black gaiters, white cotton stockings, a new hoop
skirt, and a black gutta perche ring. (9)
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2035
Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 July 1864
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2035 - L. July 21:4/1 - The body found in the lake July 19 proved to be
Mrs. Sarah W. Cheney, 48, of 300 Erie st.
Mrs. Cheney was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence and was
respected by all who knew her. She had been afflicted with a severe pain
in her head for several years. This had caused temporary insanity. She
had also been grieved over the loss of a son killed in the war. (5)
Index terms:
Cheney, Sarah W.; Erie st.
2036
Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 December 1864
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2036 - L. Dec. 30:4/2 - Mrs. A. Eldridge of Clinton st., west side, -
committed suicide by hanging herself Dec. 28. (l)
Index terms:
Clinton st.; Eldridge, Mrs. A.