Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Unger, Emmer November 14, 1909
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Ionia Standard - Friday November 19, 2902

                                    SHOT HIMSELF

                      EMMER UNGER, A TRANSIENT, COMMITS SUICIDE

On Farm Near Clarksville-Indications Are That His Mind Was Unbalanced.

Clarksville,Mich. Nov. !4- "This is a gloomy day. I am feeling badly, Should 
anything happen to me, I do not wish to be buried in a shroud but in my own 
clothes and at my home in Indiana."

This is a portion of a letter left by Emmer Unger, aged 44, who shot himself 
through the temple today, addressed to his sister,Miss Unger, at Cuyahoga falls, 
Ohio.


Unger committed the deed in the barn of Billy Richardson, about two miles 
southeast of Clarksville. He came to the Richardson farm during the forenoon and 
after eating dinner, went for a short walk. He was later seen returning toward 
the barn.

Richardson, an hour later, went to the barn, and hearing a noise on the barn 
floor, went there and found Unger lying in a pool of blood and struggling about 
the floor, with a bullet hole in the left temple and a 32-calibre revolver 
beside him. He lived about an hour.

In Unger' pocket was found the letter addressed to his sister at Cuyahoga falls. 
It had been finished just before he started on his last walk. He had talked a 
great deal about the neighborhood, it is claimed of late concerning how he 
wanted to be buried, should he die, and the people were of the opinion that his 
mind was affected, presumably from an attack of brain fever earlier in life. A 
certificate of deposit in his pocket indicated that he had $295 in a bank at 
Saranac. He came to this section about four weeks ago from the Dakotas where he 
had been at work, and had been working for various farmers. His mother died 
about two years ago at Plymouth,Ind., his home He, besides this sister at 
Cuyahoga Falls, had one in Louisiana and two in Indiana. The Ohio sister was 
communicated with and will come to Clarksville and take the body to Plymouth for 
burial.

Additional Comments:
Plymouth Cem.,Ohio

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