MORRIS, Marlon c1901-1922

MORRIS

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 2/17/2014 at 18:43:50

Marlon Morris, 22, shot and killed himself at his home in Osage. The young man, who lived with his mother, a widow, spent the afternoon handling his guns and his mother thought he intended to go hunting.

Instead, he went to the woodshed at the rear of the house and a few minutes later a shot was heard, and he was found dead. He had placed a string on the trigger of a shotgun, placed the muzzle of the gun against the front of his neck and pulled the string.

Source: Fayette County Leader, Fayette, Iowa,
5 April 1923.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Submitter is not related.