Bumcratz, William – Obituary
La Grande, Union County, Oregon Suicide At La Grande A Prominent Business Man Takes his own life. Despondency The Cause A Woman in (?) – Laudenum the Weapon – The Funeral. A most deliberate and shocking suicide occurred at La Grande last Friday. A dispatch to the Oregonian says: Early Friday morning William Bumcratz of the firm of Bumcratz and Graham, was found to be seriously ill, and everything that medical science could do was tried upon him without avail, and at five he died from an overdose of laudanum. It was not until a letter was found several hours … Read more