Obit for LUNDE, Anton A. (d.1907), Watonwan Co., MN
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Minneapolis Journal, Jan. 4, 1907:  Madelia Man a Suicide -- Anton Lunde, 
Victim of Melancholy, Found Hanging

Madelia, Minn., Jan. 4 -- Anton A. Lunde, 53 years old, residing in this 
village, committed suicide yesterday by hanging.  He had been melancholy 
for a few days and was in the habit of locking himself in his room 
upstairs.  He was born in Norway and had been in this country about 
twenty-five years.  He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Madelia Times-Messenger, Jan. 4, 1907:  Anton Lunde Suicides -- 
Found Hanging in His Room Late Wednesday Evening

  The community was severely shocked late Wednesday evening by the 
startling announcement that Anton Lunde had ended his own life by hanging.
  It is said that for several years Mr. Lunde had been the victim of 
melancholy, and that at different times he had threatened self destruction.  
When in these gloomy spells he was accustomed to go to his room and 
remain there for hours brooding over his real or imaginary troubles.
  On Wednesday morning he arose as usual and after breakfast left the 
house.  He returned in a short time saying that he was going north, 
where he could secure work in the woods, and he set to work packing 
his trunk, which he afterwards took to the depot.  Returning to the 
house he took off his overcoat and threw it on the walk just outside 
the door, entered the house, and went upstairs to his room.  This was 
the last time that he was seen alive.
  No alarm was felt when he did not answer the call for dinner, for he 
had often refused to eat or converse when these fits of despondence 
seized him.  The call for supper was also unanswered but it was not 
until one of the children went to his room at about 9:30 o'clock to 
bid him good night that any real anxiety was felt.  When the father 
would not answer the door was tried and found to be locked, and then 
the members of the family became greatly alarmed and forced the door.  
It was a terrible sight that they beheld.  The coroner and undertaker 
were called at once but no inquest was necessary, as it was a clear 
case of suicide.
  From appearances it would seem that the man had committed the rash 
act shortly after he had gone to his room in the morning, for his 
body was cold and stiff.  He was found hanging by the neck from a 
rope which he had tied to a hook in the ceiling.  His knees were bent 
and his toes were touching the floor, so that he could have easily 
stood up had he so desired.  In all probability he had been hanging 
there for ten or eleven hours.
  The dead man was born in Gausdal, Norway, in 1856 and was married in 
1881.  He leaves a wife and three children, and his aged father and 
mother survive him.
  This is indeed a sad case, and the heartbroken family have the profound 
sympathy of all.  The funeral services will be held tomorrow, but at 
this writing no definite arrangements have been made.