Ludwigs, William (died 1889)

LUDWIGS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 1/20/2021 at 19:37:00

The Sioux City Journal, May 12, 1889
THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP.
The funeral of William Ludwigs, who was reported a suicide, occurred yesterday at Grant township German Lutheran church cemetery. It seems that there is no truth in the report of his taking strychnine, as the bottle he had purchased had not been opened, and death resulted from an internal abscess that had troubled him for some time.
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The LeMars Sentinel
Page 3, Tuesday, May 14, 1889

The report in the local papers that William Ludwigs, of Grant township committed suicide by eating corn soaked in a solution of strychnine, is entirely without foundation. For several years Mr. Ludwigs had been troubled with an abscess on his back. It healed up some months ago and by the symptoms from which he complained the cause of death is attributed to the opening of the abscess on the inside. He was buried last Friday in the cemetery of the German Lutheran Church in Grant.
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The LeMars Semi-Weekly Globe
Page 3, Tuesday, May 14, 1889

The other local papers both published a sensational report of the suicide of William Ludwigs of Grant township. There was no truth in the report. A GLOBE representative was sent out directly the rumor came to this city last Friday and found there was not the slightest foundation for the report. Death resulted from an internal abscess. Read THE GLOBE for reliable news.
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