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The Owosso Times
Friday, 15 July, 1881

         Suicide of a Pioneer
         
         On the night of Wednesday last, MR. ISAAC SECORD of
       the township of Owosso, weary of life, its joys and
       sorrows, its delights and dissapointments, thought he
       would take the chances of a better future, and conse-
       quently shuffled off this mortal coil by taking a large
       dose of strychnine. A messenger was at once dispatched
       for DR. McCORMICK, but before he had got two miles on
       his errand, ISAAC had gone to his reward. He expressed
       no regret for the act, but between the paroxysms he
       remarked, "I am going, next one, I said I would do it
       and IKE SECORD never lies." He died in about an hour
       and a half. When the DR. arrived he found MRS. SECORD
       suffering from intense paroxysms of pain in the stomach,
       and the inference was that her husband attempted to
       poison her by putting the drug in her tea, of which
       she fortunately took but a small sip before discovering
       its ill taste. Under prompt treatment she was relieved
       of the most urgent symptoms, leaving however, a good
       deal of muscular soreness. On the following morning
       Coroner B. F. TAYLOR held an inquest on the remains,
       and the jury rendered a verdict in accordance with
       the above. MR. SECORD was among the early pioneers
       of this county. He had some unfortunate habits, and
       traits of character which made him morose and irasible
       by spells. He has been threatening to take his life 
       for the past eight years and always carried a dram of
       strychnine in his vest pocket.
       
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