Obit: Worchel, Carl (1859 - 1895)

 

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Surnames: Worchel

 

----Source: Evening Democrat, The (Warren, PA) Friday, 5 April 1895, p 1, c 5

 

Worchel, Carl (1859 - 4 April 1895)

 

A Town Treasurer Suicides.

 

Neillsville, Wis., April 5 - Carl Worchel, treasurer of the town of Grant, Clark County, has committed suicide by shooting himself. He had been drinking heavily and was found by the town board to be $700 short in his accounts.

----Source: Marshfield Times, The (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis) Friday, 12 April 1895, p 5, c 3

 

Town treasurer Worchel of the town of Grant, Clark County, committed suicide last Thursday night by shooting himself through the heart with  a 52  caliber revolver. Upon investigation it was found that he was some $700 short in his accounts as treasurer of the town. He was highly respected and the rash act is a  great surprise to his neighbors and friends.

 

 


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