Beak, Michael died 1884

BEAK

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/27/2014 at 13:49:54

Postville Review, Sat. 1 Mar. 1884.

Michael Beak, a prisoner in the Decorah jail, committed suicide last Sunday morning, by securing the razor used to shave the prisoners and cutting his throat from ear to ear. The man had been adjudged insane and was confined for cruelty to his wife.