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Title
Grand Traverse County Coroner's Records, 1909-1919
Subject
Death -- Causes.
Description
Collection of Grand Traverse County Coroner's Records, 1897-1965. Attached to this record are the reports and index to the volume, created by volunteers of the Grand Traverse Area Historical Society. The records were created by the Coroner's Office as part of the process of investigating a particular cause of death; therefore, they can often provide information beyond what is recorded on the death certificate. The coroner's necrology and pathology reports may include details on the health of the individual and the exact manner of death. Inquest testimony may point to family relationships, as friends and family often provided sworn statements. Police statements and jury testimony and verdicts may also be available, leading to research in court records or penitentiary or prison records. Dr. Earnest B. Minor was the coroner for this entire period of time. In 1911, the mental hospital’s name was changed from Northern Michigan Asylum to Traverse City State Hospital (TCSH).
Creator
Grand Traverse County. Office of the Medical Examiner.
Source
Original volumes held at the Traverse Area District Library.
Publisher
Grand Traverse County. Office of the Medical Examiner.
Date
1909-1919
Contributor
Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society.
Rights
CC BY-SA 2.5
Relation
None.
Format
PDF.
Language
English.
Type
Document.
Identifier
2018.46.2
Coverage
Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
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Coroner’s Records – Volume II
Grand Traverse County, Michigan
August 1909 – April 1920
Dr. Earnest B. Minor was the coroner for this entire period of time. In 1911, the mental hospital’s name
was changed from Northern Michigan Asylum to Traverse City State Hospital (TCSH).
Page
Date
Name of Deceased
Cause of Death
2
16 Aug 1909
Zenith Evert
Arterial Sclerosis & Heart Failure
4
21 Aug 1909
James M. Lawrence
Senile Arterial Sclerosis
6
17 Sep 1909
August Brawn
Tuberculosis
8
28 Sep 1909
Elisha Dunning
None Stated
10
6 Jan 1910
George W. Phelps
12
6 Jan 1910
Arthur Kennicott
Same as above. Same jurors and witnesses.
14
10 Jan 1910
John Johnson
None Stated
16
21 Mar 1910
Lula Grattop
18
23 Jan 1910
George Brown (Asylum)
20
31 Jan 1910
Wesley Wethey
Suicide – Gunshot
(Name is William Wesley Wethey in county clerk’s records.
22
19 Mar 1910
Edwin Kent (Asylum)
24
23 Mar 1910
Martin Vrooman
Suicide – Gunshot
(First name is Bertram in county clerk’s records)
26
31 Mar 1910
Addison M. Gray
Suicide – Gunshot
28
1 Apr 1910
Henry S. Bargelt
Heart Failure
30
11 Apr 1910
Lois Wills
Acute Infection from Some Source
32
15 May 1910
Lesta Sias (Asylum)
Epilepsy
34
31 May 1910
John Bacem (Asylum)
Epilepsy
Railroad Collision: Logging Train VS Snow
Plow on Pere Marquette Rail
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Anthony Pohoral, W.P. Kenney, F.E. Roberts, Pat Bowes, Edwin Martin
Witnesses: C.J. Bailey, Frank J. O’Neal, Dr. J. Wilhelm, William W. Drew, F.W. Rykert, Jacob Heuss
Knocked down & run over by GR & I switching
Train while leaving Oval Wood dish Factory
Jurors: Stephen Lardie, W.P. Kenney, A.F. Hopkins, C.L. Arnold, C.E. Bilow, Pat Bowes
Witnesses: W.C. Hull, Charles H. Hungerford, Patrick W. Yandon, Dayton W. Ingraham, James
Cummings, John A.L. McClure, William Akris, Minnie Boenning, Edward Elstrum
Epilepsy
Fell on his face during epileptic seizure:
Smothered
1
36
7 Jun 1910
Frederick Peterson (Asylum)
None Stated
38
6 Oct 1910
Charles W. Tann (Asylum)
Acute Dilatation of the Heart
Justus G. Lamson (Asylum)
Falling from 3rd story window, breaking neck
(Justin D. in clerk’s records)
& other internal injuries, attempting to escape
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Judson E. Cameron, Levi Soule, E. Roberts, W.E. Salisbury, John Morgan
Witnesses: Earnest L. Butler, Robert H. McKenzie, Dr. Robert E. Wells, Charles L. Easterday
40
22 Oct 1910
42
23 Oct 1910
Julia Morrow
Epilepsy
44
27 Oct 1910
Susan Humphreys (Asylum)
Epilepsy
46
28 Oct 1910
Blanche Ramsey
Internal Injuries from Automobile Accident
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, John Moran, William Clement, N.E. Gore, Edgar Ormsby, Edward Lautner
Witnesses: Nelson Smith, Fred Hunter, Leslie Uagley, Perrin Reynolds, Edward Ashton
Driver: W. N. Smith
48
12 Nov 1910
Anna Zitka
Heart Lesion
50
21 Dec 1910
Kate Miller
Infection of the Brain
52
Undated
Anna Ludeen (TCSH)
Epilepsy & Heart Disease
54
23 Jan 1911
Halvor Hokkin (TCSH)
See below.
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Isaac Winnie, Judson E. Cameron, Rowland Douglass, H.S. Ohmer,
LuVerne B. Wood
Witnesses: Joseph Fifarek, Jr., Dr. James D. Munson, Ray H. Buttars, James A.J.Hall, Dr. W.D.Mueller,
Dr. Robert E. Wells
Death came as a result of falling underneath a chair in the course of a struggle with Joe Fifarek, an
attendant, for the possession of said chair. We exonerate the management of the Northern Michigan
Asylum from any blame.
56
17 Apr 1911
Bessie Bazaniak
Heart Lesion.
58
20 Apr 1911 Close West
Kicked by Horse in Beitner’s Barn.
Jurors: Fred L. Johnson, Judson E. Cameron, Hiram H. Gifford, Eastern M. Johnston, Andrew Newcomb,
Edward A. Monroe
Witnesses: Orrin Empey, Will Stewart, Earnest Russell, Julius Swanson, Blanche Stewart, Moses Piette,
Anna Chamberlain
Autopsy: Drs. Guy M. Johnson and E. B. Minor
60
18 May 1911
Wallace Dake (TCSH)
Blood Clot in Heart
62
64
66
10 July 1911
10 July 1911
10 July 1911
Clara Kevitch
Mary Durga
Elmer Durga
Drowned in Long Lake
Drowned in Long Lake
Drowned in Long Lake
68
10 July 1911
George M. Bonner
Heart Failure
2
70
24 July 1911
Al Burdick
Knife Wound in Abdomen inflicted by Lewis
Ocar or Louis Pirillo in Ed Weston’s Saloon
Jurors: Ed Connine, H.B. Davis, F.E. Stickney, Ray C. Davis, D.M. Duane
Witnesses: Dr. Frank Boet, Theodore Calkins, Edward Weston, Clark Coats, Carlo Teall, Perry Lehad
72
24 Sep 1911
George O. Lowden (TCSH)
Suffocation in Epileptic Fit
74
16 Oct 1911
Bion McVay Alward
Locomotor Ataxy
76
23 Oct 1911
Margaret J. L. Burden
Suffocation
78
25 Oct 1911
Carry Duell
Apoplexy
80
26 Oct 1911
Margaret Hyland (TCSH)
Strangulation. See below.
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Charles A. Bugbee, Rowland Douglass, A.S.Hobart, Alfred Wildman,
A.B. Cook
Witnesses: Helen Whitfield, Adah Epperson, MD, Evelyn Russ, Lena Knight
Phoebe Roelf tied her feet to the bed and tied a neck tie around her neck causing death by strangulation.
82
18 Dec 1911
Gust Erickson (TCSH)
Heart Disease
84
17 Dec 1911
Willis B. Lane (TCSH)
Suicide – Hanging
86
15 Apr 1912 Marie Witte
Burns. See below.
Jurors: G.A. Smith, Moses J. Rich, William H. Dill, F.D. Marvin, J.B. Hawley, William Clement
Witnesses: Dr. Julius Wilhelm, Mr. Witte, Dr. E.B. Minor, Mrs. Stella Perrin
“Burns upon the back and front of her body inflicted upon her by some person or in some manner to this
jury unknown and we further find several wounds and contusions upon the body of this child and find
from the general appearance of the body…that the child had been neglected and abused so much that it
came ti its death through lack of care and attention.”
88
10 May 1912
Lulu Zuelsdorf
Heart Lesion
90
8 Jun 1912
Ada Bradley (TCSH)
Souicide – Drowning in State Hospital Reservoir
92
25 Jun 1912
Frank E. Budinger
Gastric Hemorrhage
94
10 Jul 1912
Richard Bucher (TCSH)
Age 12; Strangulation by George Langton
96
9 Aug 1912
Clyde E. Marlett
Accidental Drowning – Duck Lake
98
14 Sep 1912
James Fisher
Accidental Drowning – Old Mission Harbor
100
9 Jun 1912
Edgar Franklin Skutt
Accidental Drowning – Boardman Lake
102
23 Sep 1912
William C. VanLeuven
Spinal Paralysis
104
2 Oct 1912
Nora Isabell Stoops
Shot by Husband Frank J. Stoops
Jurors: James McCoy, L.H. Goss, J.C. Emerson, Lloyd Thacker, Fred M. Hale, Harry Beebe
Witnesses: Cora F. Emerson, Bessie May Stoops (Age 8), Claude Stoops (7), Quincy Thacker, William
Ferris, John A. Stoops
3
106
3 Oct 1912
Frank Stoops
Suicide – Gunshot & Carbolic Acid
Jurors: Smith E. Lewis, Joe Dean, William Ferris, Evart Saylor, Fred M. Hale, Lloyd Thacker
Witnesses: Quincy Thacker, John A. Stoops, Charles E. Webster,
108
12 Nov 1912
Mahalla Brewer
Suicide – Poison at James Hyler’s
110
5 Jan 1913
A. Wollcott
Suffocation at Small Lake south of Interlochen
112
27 Jan 1913
Verona Sneigh (TCSH)
Dilatation of Heart
114
20 Feb 1913
A. I. Thayer
Accidental – Run down by Pere Marquette train
116
Undated
Mina A. Rickerd
Strangulation by Hanging
118
2 Mar 1913
Will J. Green
Acute Poisoning
120
24 Mar 1913
John M. Hawthorne
Drowning
122
25 Mar 1913
Cornelius Jordon
Heart Lesion
124
9 Sep 1913
O. L. Sutton
Heart Lesion
126
30 Sep 1913
J. P. Fradsen
Suicide – Hanging Wiliam Youker orchard
128
4 Oct 1913
Dennis Manigold
Suicide – Cut Throat
130
7 Oct 1913
Marjorie Marie Pilch
132
4 Oct 1913
Nellie Leland
134
11 Oct 1913
Frank Ziegler
136
29 Oct 1913
John Wrightman
Heart Lesion
138
12 Nov 1913
William Bowman
Suicide – Strychnine
140
15 Nov 1913
Nellie Pennel (TCSH)
Suffocation – Falling on face in epileptic seizure
142
3 Jan 1914
Kenneth Elwell
Age 2 yrs,11 mo – Malnutrition
144
2 Feb 1914
Inez Lardie
Heart Lesion
146
7 May 1914
August Brunner
Alcoholism
Age 9 ½. Shock due to being hit by automobile
driven by Harry Hines
Jurors: B.H. Bracken, Fred L. Johnson, Moses Rich, L.H. Goss, C.B. Taylor, Rowland Douglass
Witnesses: Myron Wares, Rose Wood, Sarah E. Prall, Hazel Miller, Morgan Hall, George Fester
Heart Lesion
Brain Concussion by falling into the cinder pit
at GR&I Round House
Jurors: R.J. Mercer, A.S. Hobart, John P. Scott, Charles F. Hunter, James W. Martinek, Frank E. Lahym
Witnesses: Anna K. Ziegler, Dr. L. Swanton, Irving Hoch, Emmet Sherman, Gus Erickson
4
148
13 May 1914
Cornelius W. DeZoete
Suicide – Drowning in Boardman Lake
150
18 July 1914
Monroe Baldwin
Suicide – Hanging
152
19 July 1914
Unknown
Body in woods SE of Walton. No COD given.
154
17 Sep 1914
Alfred Lusk
Hemorrhage & Shock: L. leg crushed by train
156
30 Sep 1914
Henry Carlisle
Suicide – Gunshot
Unknown – probably exposure caused by
alcoholism.
“John St. Clair left home about one year previous to finding his body. Nothing heard from him since that
time. Found north of Interlochen between Mud Lake and Cedar Hedge Lake.”
158
22 Oct 1914
John St. Clair
160
11 Dec 1914
David Routsong
Cerebral Hemorrhage
162
2 Jan 1915
Lewis Clement
Acute Dilatation of Heart
164
19 Jan 1915
Louis Anthony
166
13 Mar 1915
Lawrence Keaton
Malnutrition following Bronchitis
168
8 Apr 1915
Hobart H. Hill
Angina Pectoris
170
19 Apr 1915
Grace Smith (TCSH)
Suicide – Hanging
172
25 Apr 1915
Frances F. Setterhorn
Acute Dilatation of Heart
174
1 May 1915
Stewart O. Campbell
Age 14. Suffocation during Epileptic Seizure.
176
9 May 1915
John Blazek
Suicide – Gunshot
Hemorrhage & Shock: R. arm torn from body
(Oval Wood Dish Factory)
Jurors: J.M. Huelmantel, F.W. Carver, Henry Day, Alonzo Fox, Elgin C. Lewis, Harry A. Monroe
Witnesses: Charles R. Bartlett, Charles L. Longnecker, Frank D. Panek, Walter Dean, Gustav Daehn
178
13 May 1915 Oscar Harriger
Age 30. Acute Dilatation of Heart
Jurors: George W. Smith, Walter Langs, Byron Hulett, Ira R. Matchett, Curt Enyeart, Ray Bogart
Witnesses: Lewis Murray, Myron Taylor
180
19 May 1915
Charles N. Spaulding
Suicide – Drowning in Clark Lake
182
23 May 1915
Carrie Campbell
Acute Dilatation of Heart
184
24 Jun 1915
William Murphy (TCSH)
Organic Brain Lesion
186
25 Jun 1915
Gerald Heron
Age 4 mo. Suffocation
188
3 Jul 1915
Frank Goodrich
Sucide – Gunshot
190
11 Jul 1915
Robert Morrison (TCSH)
Probable Suicide-Drowning (Asylum Reservoir)
5
192
28 July 1915 William F. Mathews
Sucide – Carbolic Acid
Jurors: Ezra W. Banker, Henry Skellett, Peter Hormuth, George F. Creech, Fred J. Buzburger, Harry
Hinshaw
Witnesses: Jacob H. Kinter, Ethel E. Bear, Florence Washington, ruby Russell
194
10 Aug 1916
Infant Lawson
Stillborn
196
21 Oct 1915
Vera Moore
Heart Lesion
198
30 Dec 1915
Noah Flum (TCSH)
Injury: kick to stomach, from fellow patient Wm
Archer, causing rupture of pelvic abscess
200
31 Dec 1915
Jacob H. Kinter
Suffocation – Lived at 143 State St.
202
31 Dec 1915
Benjamin Powers
Suffocation – Lived at 143 State St.
204
31 Dec 1915
John Schone
Suffocation – Lived at 143 State St.
206
21 Jan 1916
Louisa Hangstorfer (TCSH)
Acute Cardiac Dilatation
208
12 Feb 1916
Johanna Sullivan (TCSH)
Exhaustion
210
18 Mar 1916
Thomas I. Pool (TCSH)
Acute Dilatation of Heart
212
20 Mar 1916
Sarah A. Langenbaugh
Acute Dilatation of Heart
214
24 Mar 1916
Mary Mannary
Heart Lesion
216
4 Apr 1916
Tom Powers
Fractured Skull from fall down stairs;
Chronic Alcoholism
218
5 Apr 1916
Roy Acker
220
7 Apr 1916
Charles Norman Briggs
Became entangled and wrapped in belts of main
shaft of Basket Factory
Jurors: Adelbert Squires, Edward A. Monroe, Charles F. Hunter, J.A. Maesenich, Fred Dunn, Moses Rich
Witnesses: C.P. Gapf, B.J. McAlvey, Floyd Cummings, Will Lamka
Cardiac Asthma
222
9 Apr 1916
Lloyd Frances Gary
Witness: Agnes McGarry
Age 2 ½ mo. Bronchial Pneumonia
224
10 Apr 1916
Louis Mack (TCSH)
Acute Dilatation
226
23 Apr 1916
Lelia Muller
Heart Lesion; Sclerosis of Liver
228
28 Apr 1916
Mrs. Ogden
Endocarditis & Rheumatism
(Margaret Ann Ogden in clerk’s records)
6
230
2 Jun 1916
Iva Creamer
Hepatitis
232
24 Jun 1916
Michael Anthony Cleese
Arterial Sclerosis
234
30 July 1916
Mary O. Adams
Acute Dilatation of Heary
236
2 July 1916
Florence Faulkner
Apoplexy
238
5 Aug 1916
Roy Stratton
Drowned near dock at Old Mission while acting
as wheelman on gasoline launch which blew up.
240
30 Aug 1916
Laura Hanson (TCSH)
No COD given.
242
3 Sep 1916
Carl Rohde (TCSH)
Chronic Heart Lesion; Arterial Sclerosis
244
5 Oct 1916
246
18 Sep 1916
Unknown: Impossible to determine identity and cause of death due to
decomposition of body found in Clear Lake Forest Reserve near Walton
Jurors: Ralph Hicks, D.E. Hills, MD, Emery Smith, Miller Hobbs, Toot Smith, Clarence Copron
Witness: F. L. VanSickle
John Maynard
No COD given
248
10 Oct 1916
Engineer: F. J. Gage
John McMurray
Run over by train on Pere Marquette track
Conductor: C. H. Davis
250
6 Nov 1916
Ben F. Messenger
Acute Dilatation of Heart
252
6 Dec 1916
Edward Ingersoll
Heart Lesion
254
20 Dec 1916
Nora Bernard
Age 11. Malnutrition
256
6 Jan 1917
Asher Boyer
Arterial Sclerosis
258
10 Jan 1917
George Milton Rowe
Age 6 weeks. Suffocation
260
2 Feb 1917
Edna Carris
Suicide – Prussic Acid
262
16 Feb 1917
Bert Kelley
Pulmonary Hemorrhage
264
15 Mar 1917
Minnie Morley Oranger
Suicide – Paris Green
266
15 May 1917
Joseph Vlack
Suicide:Cut Wrists, fell > skull fracture
268
2 Jun 1917
Cora Thompson
Heart Lesion
270
19 Jun 1917
John Bonnell
Senile Bronchitis; Complications of Infected
Carbuncle
272
16 Jul7 1917
Arthur C. LaFayette
Chronic Alcoholism
7
274
22 July 1917
Anna Colcord
Suicide – Hanging
(Martha Ann in clerk’s records)
276
22 July 1917
Walter Swartz
Accidental Drowning – Arbutus Lake
278
22 July 1917
Carroll Milks
Accidental Drowning – Arbutus Lake
280
27 Nov 1917 Margaret May Cole
Electrocution
Jurors: J.R. Temple, Bert Kelly, M.E. Donley, J.A. Montague, John Anderson, Moses J. Rich
Witnesses: Dorothy Smith, Bernard Covey, George Lardie, William Gifford, Dorothy Rice, John D.
Smith, Irving Cook
“Came in contact with an anchor wire located in an alley between 9th and 10th Streets near Lake Avenue.
Said wire having become charged with electricity in some manner unknown to the jury.”
282
14 Nov 1917
Robert Ward
Age 8. Accidental Shooting.
284
18 Nov 1917
Joseph Maxbauer
Chronic Enlargement of Heart
286
29 May 1918
William Huffman
Suicide – Hanging
288
20 Jun 1918
George Barlow
Suicide – Paris Green
Examination by Dr. Minor and Dr. H. B. Kyselka
290
21 Aug 1918
Thomas Bradley
Struck by Lightening
292
26 Aug 1918
William Hunt (TCSH)
Suffocation in Epileptic Fit
294
17 Sep 1918
Esther Magnuson
Suicide – Cord around Neck
Accidental – Took hold of moving freight
elevator at Hannah, Lay & Co. store
Jurors: Frank Trude, Sam L. Iles, G.A. Ward, M.D. Robertson, Julius Campbell, John A. Coleman
Witnesses: Beatrice Pease, Edward Pease, Leon Moore, Fred Collier, george Blue, George Chase
296
20 Sep 1918
Robert McLaughlin
Frederick Clous
Accident – Struck by Automobile
(Friedrica in county clerk’s records)
Jurors: L. Roscoe, Moses Rich, R.S. Linch, Sheldon W. Burns, Wilbur H. Pordie, C. Buckner
Witnesses: Marie Davidson, M. Clous, Joseph Clous, F. J. Stover
298
30 Sep 1918
300
3 Nov 1918
Frank T. O’Neil
No cause of death given
302
5 Feb 1919
Anna Shewfelt
No cause given
304
11 Mar 1919
Paul Witkop
No cause given
306
11 Mar 1919
Edward Pilditch (TCSH)
308
3 July 1919
Edgar P. Parker
Suicide – Hanging
Extreme Maniacal Depression
Heart Failure
310
22 July 1919
Della Clark
Acute Dilatation of Heart
8
312
26 July 1919
Mike Klico (TCSH)
Hanging
314
2 Sep 1919
Fletcher Gage
Accident – Collision of Trains near Sabin
316
2 Sep 1919
Earl Beeman
Same
318
2 Sep 1919
Frank J. Cushman
Same
320
2 Sep 1919
Earl J. Eighny
Same
322
2 Sep 1919
Guy Schnenman
Same
324
2 Sep 1919
Frank E. Davis
Same
Jurors: Charles Johnson, Anton W. Bartak, J.A. Montague, Charles F. Hunter, Major D. Robertson,
Frank E. Joy
Witnesses: James Kehoe, William Mitchell, N.C. Rhodes, Harry E. Keehne, Frederick S. Newbecker,
Roy Peets
326
6 Sep 1919
Alex Erickson (TCSH)
Starvation
328
16 Dec 1919
Afaf N. Todd (TCSH)
Apoplexy
(First name is Asa in county clerk records)
330
20 Jan 1920
Clara Burgman (TCSH)
Acute Intestinal Obstruction
332
28 Jan 1920
Ella Fell
Acute Dilatation of Heart
334
1 Mar 1920
William Lewis Cole
Strangulation
336
Not Given
Babe Durga
Probably Stillborn
338
3 Apr 1920
John Kruszka (TCSH)
340
22 Apr 1920
John Cutler (TCSH)
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Apoplexy,
Fracture of Lower Jaw
Witnesses: H.C. Boyle (Attendant), Dr. C.A. McDonald, Dr. Hendricks, J. Aniskonski (Translator)
Senility
9
Grand Traverse County, Michigan
August 1909 – April 1920
Dr. Earnest B. Minor was the coroner for this entire period of time. In 1911, the mental hospital’s name
was changed from Northern Michigan Asylum to Traverse City State Hospital (TCSH).
Page
Date
Name of Deceased
Cause of Death
2
16 Aug 1909
Zenith Evert
Arterial Sclerosis & Heart Failure
4
21 Aug 1909
James M. Lawrence
Senile Arterial Sclerosis
6
17 Sep 1909
August Brawn
Tuberculosis
8
28 Sep 1909
Elisha Dunning
None Stated
10
6 Jan 1910
George W. Phelps
12
6 Jan 1910
Arthur Kennicott
Same as above. Same jurors and witnesses.
14
10 Jan 1910
John Johnson
None Stated
16
21 Mar 1910
Lula Grattop
18
23 Jan 1910
George Brown (Asylum)
20
31 Jan 1910
Wesley Wethey
Suicide – Gunshot
(Name is William Wesley Wethey in county clerk’s records.
22
19 Mar 1910
Edwin Kent (Asylum)
24
23 Mar 1910
Martin Vrooman
Suicide – Gunshot
(First name is Bertram in county clerk’s records)
26
31 Mar 1910
Addison M. Gray
Suicide – Gunshot
28
1 Apr 1910
Henry S. Bargelt
Heart Failure
30
11 Apr 1910
Lois Wills
Acute Infection from Some Source
32
15 May 1910
Lesta Sias (Asylum)
Epilepsy
34
31 May 1910
John Bacem (Asylum)
Epilepsy
Railroad Collision: Logging Train VS Snow
Plow on Pere Marquette Rail
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Anthony Pohoral, W.P. Kenney, F.E. Roberts, Pat Bowes, Edwin Martin
Witnesses: C.J. Bailey, Frank J. O’Neal, Dr. J. Wilhelm, William W. Drew, F.W. Rykert, Jacob Heuss
Knocked down & run over by GR & I switching
Train while leaving Oval Wood dish Factory
Jurors: Stephen Lardie, W.P. Kenney, A.F. Hopkins, C.L. Arnold, C.E. Bilow, Pat Bowes
Witnesses: W.C. Hull, Charles H. Hungerford, Patrick W. Yandon, Dayton W. Ingraham, James
Cummings, John A.L. McClure, William Akris, Minnie Boenning, Edward Elstrum
Epilepsy
Fell on his face during epileptic seizure:
Smothered
1
36
7 Jun 1910
Frederick Peterson (Asylum)
None Stated
38
6 Oct 1910
Charles W. Tann (Asylum)
Acute Dilatation of the Heart
Justus G. Lamson (Asylum)
Falling from 3rd story window, breaking neck
(Justin D. in clerk’s records)
& other internal injuries, attempting to escape
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Judson E. Cameron, Levi Soule, E. Roberts, W.E. Salisbury, John Morgan
Witnesses: Earnest L. Butler, Robert H. McKenzie, Dr. Robert E. Wells, Charles L. Easterday
40
22 Oct 1910
42
23 Oct 1910
Julia Morrow
Epilepsy
44
27 Oct 1910
Susan Humphreys (Asylum)
Epilepsy
46
28 Oct 1910
Blanche Ramsey
Internal Injuries from Automobile Accident
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, John Moran, William Clement, N.E. Gore, Edgar Ormsby, Edward Lautner
Witnesses: Nelson Smith, Fred Hunter, Leslie Uagley, Perrin Reynolds, Edward Ashton
Driver: W. N. Smith
48
12 Nov 1910
Anna Zitka
Heart Lesion
50
21 Dec 1910
Kate Miller
Infection of the Brain
52
Undated
Anna Ludeen (TCSH)
Epilepsy & Heart Disease
54
23 Jan 1911
Halvor Hokkin (TCSH)
See below.
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Isaac Winnie, Judson E. Cameron, Rowland Douglass, H.S. Ohmer,
LuVerne B. Wood
Witnesses: Joseph Fifarek, Jr., Dr. James D. Munson, Ray H. Buttars, James A.J.Hall, Dr. W.D.Mueller,
Dr. Robert E. Wells
Death came as a result of falling underneath a chair in the course of a struggle with Joe Fifarek, an
attendant, for the possession of said chair. We exonerate the management of the Northern Michigan
Asylum from any blame.
56
17 Apr 1911
Bessie Bazaniak
Heart Lesion.
58
20 Apr 1911 Close West
Kicked by Horse in Beitner’s Barn.
Jurors: Fred L. Johnson, Judson E. Cameron, Hiram H. Gifford, Eastern M. Johnston, Andrew Newcomb,
Edward A. Monroe
Witnesses: Orrin Empey, Will Stewart, Earnest Russell, Julius Swanson, Blanche Stewart, Moses Piette,
Anna Chamberlain
Autopsy: Drs. Guy M. Johnson and E. B. Minor
60
18 May 1911
Wallace Dake (TCSH)
Blood Clot in Heart
62
64
66
10 July 1911
10 July 1911
10 July 1911
Clara Kevitch
Mary Durga
Elmer Durga
Drowned in Long Lake
Drowned in Long Lake
Drowned in Long Lake
68
10 July 1911
George M. Bonner
Heart Failure
2
70
24 July 1911
Al Burdick
Knife Wound in Abdomen inflicted by Lewis
Ocar or Louis Pirillo in Ed Weston’s Saloon
Jurors: Ed Connine, H.B. Davis, F.E. Stickney, Ray C. Davis, D.M. Duane
Witnesses: Dr. Frank Boet, Theodore Calkins, Edward Weston, Clark Coats, Carlo Teall, Perry Lehad
72
24 Sep 1911
George O. Lowden (TCSH)
Suffocation in Epileptic Fit
74
16 Oct 1911
Bion McVay Alward
Locomotor Ataxy
76
23 Oct 1911
Margaret J. L. Burden
Suffocation
78
25 Oct 1911
Carry Duell
Apoplexy
80
26 Oct 1911
Margaret Hyland (TCSH)
Strangulation. See below.
Jurors: Malcolm Winnie, Charles A. Bugbee, Rowland Douglass, A.S.Hobart, Alfred Wildman,
A.B. Cook
Witnesses: Helen Whitfield, Adah Epperson, MD, Evelyn Russ, Lena Knight
Phoebe Roelf tied her feet to the bed and tied a neck tie around her neck causing death by strangulation.
82
18 Dec 1911
Gust Erickson (TCSH)
Heart Disease
84
17 Dec 1911
Willis B. Lane (TCSH)
Suicide – Hanging
86
15 Apr 1912 Marie Witte
Burns. See below.
Jurors: G.A. Smith, Moses J. Rich, William H. Dill, F.D. Marvin, J.B. Hawley, William Clement
Witnesses: Dr. Julius Wilhelm, Mr. Witte, Dr. E.B. Minor, Mrs. Stella Perrin
“Burns upon the back and front of her body inflicted upon her by some person or in some manner to this
jury unknown and we further find several wounds and contusions upon the body of this child and find
from the general appearance of the body…that the child had been neglected and abused so much that it
came ti its death through lack of care and attention.”
88
10 May 1912
Lulu Zuelsdorf
Heart Lesion
90
8 Jun 1912
Ada Bradley (TCSH)
Souicide – Drowning in State Hospital Reservoir
92
25 Jun 1912
Frank E. Budinger
Gastric Hemorrhage
94
10 Jul 1912
Richard Bucher (TCSH)
Age 12; Strangulation by George Langton
96
9 Aug 1912
Clyde E. Marlett
Accidental Drowning – Duck Lake
98
14 Sep 1912
James Fisher
Accidental Drowning – Old Mission Harbor
100
9 Jun 1912
Edgar Franklin Skutt
Accidental Drowning – Boardman Lake
102
23 Sep 1912
William C. VanLeuven
Spinal Paralysis
104
2 Oct 1912
Nora Isabell Stoops
Shot by Husband Frank J. Stoops
Jurors: James McCoy, L.H. Goss, J.C. Emerson, Lloyd Thacker, Fred M. Hale, Harry Beebe
Witnesses: Cora F. Emerson, Bessie May Stoops (Age 8), Claude Stoops (7), Quincy Thacker, William
Ferris, John A. Stoops
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106
3 Oct 1912
Frank Stoops
Suicide – Gunshot & Carbolic Acid
Jurors: Smith E. Lewis, Joe Dean, William Ferris, Evart Saylor, Fred M. Hale, Lloyd Thacker
Witnesses: Quincy Thacker, John A. Stoops, Charles E. Webster,
108
12 Nov 1912
Mahalla Brewer
Suicide – Poison at James Hyler’s
110
5 Jan 1913
A. Wollcott
Suffocation at Small Lake south of Interlochen
112
27 Jan 1913
Verona Sneigh (TCSH)
Dilatation of Heart
114
20 Feb 1913
A. I. Thayer
Accidental – Run down by Pere Marquette train
116
Undated
Mina A. Rickerd
Strangulation by Hanging
118
2 Mar 1913
Will J. Green
Acute Poisoning
120
24 Mar 1913
John M. Hawthorne
Drowning
122
25 Mar 1913
Cornelius Jordon
Heart Lesion
124
9 Sep 1913
O. L. Sutton
Heart Lesion
126
30 Sep 1913
J. P. Fradsen
Suicide – Hanging Wiliam Youker orchard
128
4 Oct 1913
Dennis Manigold
Suicide – Cut Throat
130
7 Oct 1913
Marjorie Marie Pilch
132
4 Oct 1913
Nellie Leland
134
11 Oct 1913
Frank Ziegler
136
29 Oct 1913
John Wrightman
Heart Lesion
138
12 Nov 1913
William Bowman
Suicide – Strychnine
140
15 Nov 1913
Nellie Pennel (TCSH)
Suffocation – Falling on face in epileptic seizure
142
3 Jan 1914
Kenneth Elwell
Age 2 yrs,11 mo – Malnutrition
144
2 Feb 1914
Inez Lardie
Heart Lesion
146
7 May 1914
August Brunner
Alcoholism
Age 9 ½. Shock due to being hit by automobile
driven by Harry Hines
Jurors: B.H. Bracken, Fred L. Johnson, Moses Rich, L.H. Goss, C.B. Taylor, Rowland Douglass
Witnesses: Myron Wares, Rose Wood, Sarah E. Prall, Hazel Miller, Morgan Hall, George Fester
Heart Lesion
Brain Concussion by falling into the cinder pit
at GR&I Round House
Jurors: R.J. Mercer, A.S. Hobart, John P. Scott, Charles F. Hunter, James W. Martinek, Frank E. Lahym
Witnesses: Anna K. Ziegler, Dr. L. Swanton, Irving Hoch, Emmet Sherman, Gus Erickson
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148
13 May 1914
Cornelius W. DeZoete
Suicide – Drowning in Boardman Lake
150
18 July 1914
Monroe Baldwin
Suicide – Hanging
152
19 July 1914
Unknown
Body in woods SE of Walton. No COD given.
154
17 Sep 1914
Alfred Lusk
Hemorrhage & Shock: L. leg crushed by train
156
30 Sep 1914
Henry Carlisle
Suicide – Gunshot
Unknown – probably exposure caused by
alcoholism.
“John St. Clair left home about one year previous to finding his body. Nothing heard from him since that
time. Found north of Interlochen between Mud Lake and Cedar Hedge Lake.”
158
22 Oct 1914
John St. Clair
160
11 Dec 1914
David Routsong
Cerebral Hemorrhage
162
2 Jan 1915
Lewis Clement
Acute Dilatation of Heart
164
19 Jan 1915
Louis Anthony
166
13 Mar 1915
Lawrence Keaton
Malnutrition following Bronchitis
168
8 Apr 1915
Hobart H. Hill
Angina Pectoris
170
19 Apr 1915
Grace Smith (TCSH)
Suicide – Hanging
172
25 Apr 1915
Frances F. Setterhorn
Acute Dilatation of Heart
174
1 May 1915
Stewart O. Campbell
Age 14. Suffocation during Epileptic Seizure.
176
9 May 1915
John Blazek
Suicide – Gunshot
Hemorrhage & Shock: R. arm torn from body
(Oval Wood Dish Factory)
Jurors: J.M. Huelmantel, F.W. Carver, Henry Day, Alonzo Fox, Elgin C. Lewis, Harry A. Monroe
Witnesses: Charles R. Bartlett, Charles L. Longnecker, Frank D. Panek, Walter Dean, Gustav Daehn
178
13 May 1915 Oscar Harriger
Age 30. Acute Dilatation of Heart
Jurors: George W. Smith, Walter Langs, Byron Hulett, Ira R. Matchett, Curt Enyeart, Ray Bogart
Witnesses: Lewis Murray, Myron Taylor
180
19 May 1915
Charles N. Spaulding
Suicide – Drowning in Clark Lake
182
23 May 1915
Carrie Campbell
Acute Dilatation of Heart
184
24 Jun 1915
William Murphy (TCSH)
Organic Brain Lesion
186
25 Jun 1915
Gerald Heron
Age 4 mo. Suffocation
188
3 Jul 1915
Frank Goodrich
Sucide – Gunshot
190
11 Jul 1915
Robert Morrison (TCSH)
Probable Suicide-Drowning (Asylum Reservoir)
5
192
28 July 1915 William F. Mathews
Sucide – Carbolic Acid
Jurors: Ezra W. Banker, Henry Skellett, Peter Hormuth, George F. Creech, Fred J. Buzburger, Harry
Hinshaw
Witnesses: Jacob H. Kinter, Ethel E. Bear, Florence Washington, ruby Russell
194
10 Aug 1916
Infant Lawson
Stillborn
196
21 Oct 1915
Vera Moore
Heart Lesion
198
30 Dec 1915
Noah Flum (TCSH)
Injury: kick to stomach, from fellow patient Wm
Archer, causing rupture of pelvic abscess
200
31 Dec 1915
Jacob H. Kinter
Suffocation – Lived at 143 State St.
202
31 Dec 1915
Benjamin Powers
Suffocation – Lived at 143 State St.
204
31 Dec 1915
John Schone
Suffocation – Lived at 143 State St.
206
21 Jan 1916
Louisa Hangstorfer (TCSH)
Acute Cardiac Dilatation
208
12 Feb 1916
Johanna Sullivan (TCSH)
Exhaustion
210
18 Mar 1916
Thomas I. Pool (TCSH)
Acute Dilatation of Heart
212
20 Mar 1916
Sarah A. Langenbaugh
Acute Dilatation of Heart
214
24 Mar 1916
Mary Mannary
Heart Lesion
216
4 Apr 1916
Tom Powers
Fractured Skull from fall down stairs;
Chronic Alcoholism
218
5 Apr 1916
Roy Acker
220
7 Apr 1916
Charles Norman Briggs
Became entangled and wrapped in belts of main
shaft of Basket Factory
Jurors: Adelbert Squires, Edward A. Monroe, Charles F. Hunter, J.A. Maesenich, Fred Dunn, Moses Rich
Witnesses: C.P. Gapf, B.J. McAlvey, Floyd Cummings, Will Lamka
Cardiac Asthma
222
9 Apr 1916
Lloyd Frances Gary
Witness: Agnes McGarry
Age 2 ½ mo. Bronchial Pneumonia
224
10 Apr 1916
Louis Mack (TCSH)
Acute Dilatation
226
23 Apr 1916
Lelia Muller
Heart Lesion; Sclerosis of Liver
228
28 Apr 1916
Mrs. Ogden
Endocarditis & Rheumatism
(Margaret Ann Ogden in clerk’s records)
6
230
2 Jun 1916
Iva Creamer
Hepatitis
232
24 Jun 1916
Michael Anthony Cleese
Arterial Sclerosis
234
30 July 1916
Mary O. Adams
Acute Dilatation of Heary
236
2 July 1916
Florence Faulkner
Apoplexy
238
5 Aug 1916
Roy Stratton
Drowned near dock at Old Mission while acting
as wheelman on gasoline launch which blew up.
240
30 Aug 1916
Laura Hanson (TCSH)
No COD given.
242
3 Sep 1916
Carl Rohde (TCSH)
Chronic Heart Lesion; Arterial Sclerosis
244
5 Oct 1916
246
18 Sep 1916
Unknown: Impossible to determine identity and cause of death due to
decomposition of body found in Clear Lake Forest Reserve near Walton
Jurors: Ralph Hicks, D.E. Hills, MD, Emery Smith, Miller Hobbs, Toot Smith, Clarence Copron
Witness: F. L. VanSickle
John Maynard
No COD given
248
10 Oct 1916
Engineer: F. J. Gage
John McMurray
Run over by train on Pere Marquette track
Conductor: C. H. Davis
250
6 Nov 1916
Ben F. Messenger
Acute Dilatation of Heart
252
6 Dec 1916
Edward Ingersoll
Heart Lesion
254
20 Dec 1916
Nora Bernard
Age 11. Malnutrition
256
6 Jan 1917
Asher Boyer
Arterial Sclerosis
258
10 Jan 1917
George Milton Rowe
Age 6 weeks. Suffocation
260
2 Feb 1917
Edna Carris
Suicide – Prussic Acid
262
16 Feb 1917
Bert Kelley
Pulmonary Hemorrhage
264
15 Mar 1917
Minnie Morley Oranger
Suicide – Paris Green
266
15 May 1917
Joseph Vlack
Suicide:Cut Wrists, fell > skull fracture
268
2 Jun 1917
Cora Thompson
Heart Lesion
270
19 Jun 1917
John Bonnell
Senile Bronchitis; Complications of Infected
Carbuncle
272
16 Jul7 1917
Arthur C. LaFayette
Chronic Alcoholism
7
274
22 July 1917
Anna Colcord
Suicide – Hanging
(Martha Ann in clerk’s records)
276
22 July 1917
Walter Swartz
Accidental Drowning – Arbutus Lake
278
22 July 1917
Carroll Milks
Accidental Drowning – Arbutus Lake
280
27 Nov 1917 Margaret May Cole
Electrocution
Jurors: J.R. Temple, Bert Kelly, M.E. Donley, J.A. Montague, John Anderson, Moses J. Rich
Witnesses: Dorothy Smith, Bernard Covey, George Lardie, William Gifford, Dorothy Rice, John D.
Smith, Irving Cook
“Came in contact with an anchor wire located in an alley between 9th and 10th Streets near Lake Avenue.
Said wire having become charged with electricity in some manner unknown to the jury.”
282
14 Nov 1917
Robert Ward
Age 8. Accidental Shooting.
284
18 Nov 1917
Joseph Maxbauer
Chronic Enlargement of Heart
286
29 May 1918
William Huffman
Suicide – Hanging
288
20 Jun 1918
George Barlow
Suicide – Paris Green
Examination by Dr. Minor and Dr. H. B. Kyselka
290
21 Aug 1918
Thomas Bradley
Struck by Lightening
292
26 Aug 1918
William Hunt (TCSH)
Suffocation in Epileptic Fit
294
17 Sep 1918
Esther Magnuson
Suicide – Cord around Neck
Accidental – Took hold of moving freight
elevator at Hannah, Lay & Co. store
Jurors: Frank Trude, Sam L. Iles, G.A. Ward, M.D. Robertson, Julius Campbell, John A. Coleman
Witnesses: Beatrice Pease, Edward Pease, Leon Moore, Fred Collier, george Blue, George Chase
296
20 Sep 1918
Robert McLaughlin
Frederick Clous
Accident – Struck by Automobile
(Friedrica in county clerk’s records)
Jurors: L. Roscoe, Moses Rich, R.S. Linch, Sheldon W. Burns, Wilbur H. Pordie, C. Buckner
Witnesses: Marie Davidson, M. Clous, Joseph Clous, F. J. Stover
298
30 Sep 1918
300
3 Nov 1918
Frank T. O’Neil
No cause of death given
302
5 Feb 1919
Anna Shewfelt
No cause given
304
11 Mar 1919
Paul Witkop
No cause given
306
11 Mar 1919
Edward Pilditch (TCSH)
308
3 July 1919
Edgar P. Parker
Suicide – Hanging
Extreme Maniacal Depression
Heart Failure
310
22 July 1919
Della Clark
Acute Dilatation of Heart
8
312
26 July 1919
Mike Klico (TCSH)
Hanging
314
2 Sep 1919
Fletcher Gage
Accident – Collision of Trains near Sabin
316
2 Sep 1919
Earl Beeman
Same
318
2 Sep 1919
Frank J. Cushman
Same
320
2 Sep 1919
Earl J. Eighny
Same
322
2 Sep 1919
Guy Schnenman
Same
324
2 Sep 1919
Frank E. Davis
Same
Jurors: Charles Johnson, Anton W. Bartak, J.A. Montague, Charles F. Hunter, Major D. Robertson,
Frank E. Joy
Witnesses: James Kehoe, William Mitchell, N.C. Rhodes, Harry E. Keehne, Frederick S. Newbecker,
Roy Peets
326
6 Sep 1919
Alex Erickson (TCSH)
Starvation
328
16 Dec 1919
Afaf N. Todd (TCSH)
Apoplexy
(First name is Asa in county clerk records)
330
20 Jan 1920
Clara Burgman (TCSH)
Acute Intestinal Obstruction
332
28 Jan 1920
Ella Fell
Acute Dilatation of Heart
334
1 Mar 1920
William Lewis Cole
Strangulation
336
Not Given
Babe Durga
Probably Stillborn
338
3 Apr 1920
John Kruszka (TCSH)
340
22 Apr 1920
John Cutler (TCSH)
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Apoplexy,
Fracture of Lower Jaw
Witnesses: H.C. Boyle (Attendant), Dr. C.A. McDonald, Dr. Hendricks, J. Aniskonski (Translator)
Senility
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