Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-12-09
The Third SUICIDE
FROM BUCHANAN
Owe E. Gram, Formerly from
Buchanan, Attempts Suicide

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 9Th. Especially -
Owe p. Gram, aged "a, attempted to
commit, suicide in this city today and
will probably die from the effects of
his attempts. For some time he has
been talking in strange morbid
manner apparently brooding over
troubles either real Or imaginary.
This has eliminated in two attempts
to shoot himself. The first attempt
was unsuccessful and the second at
tempt occurred in the Fargo House,
into which hotel he went and fired
a bullet into his head. He fell to the
floor and was supposed to be dead,
and was taken to an undertaker's es-
tablishment, where the undertaken
discovered that there were signs of
life and Gram was removed to a hos
pital.. There is a very slight chance
of his recovery.
1t is believed that the attempted
suicide of Gram who is unmarried is
the carrying out of triple suicide
pact formed between three young
men at Buchanan, the first being Rev.
Doughtery who killed himself in the
hank at that place, and the next be-
ing young Russell who. killed himself
at a boarding house in Fargo, the
last beins Owe Gram friend and
companion of the former two.
In addition to the account of the
attempted suicide of Owe Gram. of
Buchanan at Fargo, given in Mondays
Alert, the following additional details
are taken from the Fargo Forum.
Young Gram was but "a years of age
and went to Fargo last May in the
employ Of the Fargo Marble & Gran
lite Works as polisher. He had no
financial trouble then as far as known
and was supposed to be in good phys
ical condition. His first attempt at
suicide was in. his room on N. p.
Avenue. He was prevented by a
room mate, Joe Smjkel, who denounc-
ed him as a coward afraid to face the
difaculties of life. Gram had the
revolver placed next to his head,
and was about to pull the trigger,
when his room mate took away the
gun. Gram promised to brace up and
implored Smjkel to Say nothing Of
the affair and it was not until the
following day that the attempted
suicide was known.
Monday morning Gram seemed de-
termined to complete the job. Ac-
cording to the Forum Gram walked
INTO the Fargo House. Front street,
sometime between s and o'clock.
He went past the clerks desk, down
stairs into the toilet and then back.
He was deathly pale and looked
neithter to the right or left. From the
hotel he went into the pool room.
next door, which is connected by an
inside entrance. 1t
For probably half an hour he walk
ed around the place, but attracted
no attention. He had been seen there
the day previous and while his act
ions were to certain degree strange,
nothing was thought Of it.
At 9:15 O'clock he seated himself
in a corner of the poolroom in large
chair. There was no one present
when the shot was fired. The en-
ploye in charge was in the rear room
and took the sound of the shot for
the falling Of q cue. When he re-
turned he found Gram apparently
cold in death.
Wearing a heavy overcoat, with
fur collar, his head tilted down a
little, he might have been mistaken
for q man sleeping, His legs were
crossed and q 22-calibre revolver
was gripped in his right hand. A
bloody wound In the right temple told |
It's fatal story. .s$,
Il No Job for Undertaken.
4 The police were at once notified
and Sergeant Coleman responded.
Coroner skelsey was called but was
engaged with an operation at the
time and could not attend. He noti-
lled the sheriff to have an undertaken.
take charge Of the body, pending an
Investigation. n X. .,. y a w
The undertaken, Dougherty was
ordered to the scene and just as he
vas entering the place. signs Of life
we're noticed. N: Nj ,5s s,t +,
An examination showed that the
bullet pierced the skull and followed
he lining, lodged at the front OF the
brain. AZ noon she had not regained
:onsci ciousness. 8l
B 4 rhe n! theory that N compact had