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The Ludington Record
Thursday, April 3, 1884

              LOUIS DAKE, a 16 year old son of DANIEL DAKE of
            the First ward, committed suicide by shooting him-
            self in the head last Thursday evening with a 22
            calibre revolver, the ball taking effect in the
            right temple. The parents and younger brother of
            the young man were in attendance at the Murphy
            temperence meeting at the time of the shooting,
            so that with the exception of his little sister
            who was sleeping he was the sole occupant of the
            house. When Mr. and Mrs. DAKE returned home after
            the close of the meeting they were horror stricken
            on finding their son lying in an unconcious condi-
            tion upon the floor. He expired a few moments after
            his parents return. The unfortunate young man ad-
            dressed two letters to his parents, stating among
            other things that he had forged a check on the
            Manistee National Bank for $10, made payable to 
            HARRY HOWARD, and signed by A. S. HAINES. This
            check he had passed at the store of JAMES WEBSTER,
            purchasing a pocket knife at the value of 75 cents,
            and receiving the remaining $9.25 in change. He re-
            quested that his father would redeem this check. He
            also stated that he had taken a large quantity of
            laudnum which he found in the house, and hoped to
            die a happy death - or words to that effect. The
            young man had contracted the habit of reading the
            flush literature of the day, a book entitled "The
            Forged Check" being found in his collection; and
            that book, it is thought, demoralized his mind and
            led to the awful consequences which followed, and
            cast such a dark shadow over that once light happy
            house hold. - Manistee Times.
            
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