HENRY GOLDAMER
Henry Goldammer(sic), a respected citizen of this village, committed suicide in a fit of temporary insanity, on Friday last, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. An inquest was held on view of the dead body by Felix Walsh, justice of the peace, and the jury returned
a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The deceased was about 58 years of age, has resided a long time in this village, and during the year '67 was elected town treasurer, an office which he held till about the commencement of the year '68, when partial blindness made it necessary to resign. Owing to the almost total blindness since, he has been incapable of helping himself and for the last two years he and his family have been helped more or less by the town. He became a prey to
grief on account of this infirmity, which is supposed to have caused the insanity.
The deceased leaves a wife and six children, the eldest of
whom is not yet out of her teens.
Manitowoc Co. Chronicle, July 9, 1872
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HENRY GOLDAMER
Henry Goldammer(sic), a respected citizen of this village, committed suicide in a fit of temporary insanity, on Friday last, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. An inquest was held on view of the dead body by Felix Walsh, justice of the peace, and the jury returned
a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The deceased was about 58 years of age, has resided a long time in this village, and during the year '67 was elected town treasurer, an office which he held till about the commencement of the year '68, when partial blindness made it necessary to resign. Owing to the almost total blindness since, he has been incapable of helping himself and for the last two years he and his family have been helped more or less by the town. He became a prey to
grief on account of this infirmity, which is supposed to have caused the insanity.
The deceased leaves a wife and six children, the eldest of
whom is not yet out of her teens.
Manitowoc Co. Chronicle, July 9, 1872
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