Cook County IL Archives Obituaries.....Berak, Paul Jr 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com April 29, 2007, 2:47 am Cook County Herald, Mar 8, 1907 Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights IL Mar 8, 1907 Smarting under the reprimands of his teacher, who mistook his sensitiveness for obstinacy, and deeply grieved by the gibes of his schoolmates, Paul Berak, Jr., 14 years old, killed himself in Chicago. After writing two notes in the Hungarian language explaining his intentions to commit suicide and giving directions for the disposal of his body, he went to the rear of the Loomis street power house of the Metropolitan Elevated railroad and fired a bullet through his brain. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/obits/b/berak617nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb