Roach, Paul died 1901
ROACH
Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/5/2021 at 20:31:24
Elkader Register, Thur., 18 Apr. 1901. Monona column.
A very tragic death occurred here on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Paul Roach, who was boarding at Isaac Love's, while alone in his room, placed a revolver at his mouth and instantly killed himself. The body fell backward upon the bed. No cause is known for the rash act. He was about thirty-five years of age, and for the past year had been employed in the implement establishment of Linus Walch. His relatives are residents of Kansas.
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Elkader Register, Thur., 25 April 1901. Monona column.
Funeral services for Paul Roach were held at the Catholic church last Friday.
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Added by Joy Moore 3/27/2020:
Source: Decorah Republican Apr. 18, 1901 P 6 C 4
Monona Man Suicides.
Monona, April 16.—Paul Roach, an excellent young man connected with the machinery firm of Lonus Walch, of this city, as salesman, committed suicide this morning about 9 o’clock by shooting himself in his room at his boarding house with a 32-calibre revolver. The ball entering his mouth and passed through his brain. No known cause for the deed has developed.
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