Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-17
RAYMOND D. UNGER
ENDS LIFE WITH A
POISON DRAUGHT
Third Violent Death in FAM
lily Within Five
Years.
HURLS GLASS OUT WINDOW
AFTER DRINKING CYANIDE
Maid Finds Him Dead After Pre-
pairing Dinner at His
Direction.

Raymond D. Unger, president of
Unger Bros, Inc, jewelry manufac-
turers, of 80 Beecher street, was
found dead in bed at his. home, 110
Cooper avenue, Upper Montclair, last
night, just one hour after he had
told maid to prepare a good dinner
for him.
Deputy County Physician M. Her
bert Simmons says Mr.. Unger COM
mitted suicide by drinking a strong
dose of cyanide of potassium, a poi
son which is used in cleaning silver
ware at the Unger factory.
The authorities at first we're unable
TO determine what agent caused the
mans death, but after a search of
the premises glass containing
traces of the cyanide was found OUT
side of the bedroom window, evil
IDENTIFY where the suicide had thrown
it in an endeavor to hide his act.
The body was removed to the under
taking establishment of w. Nelson
Knapp. 555 Main street, East Orange,
temporarily, but after the deputy
county physician had decided that an
autopsy would not be necessary it
was returned to the Cooper avenue
house again.
Third Fatality in Five Years.
This is the third tragic death in
the family since July 20, 1908, when
Herman Unger, uncle of Raymond,
shot himself in the mouth on the
shores of the Raritan river, between
Bound Brook and New Brunswick
He had been staying at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Clark,
wife of New York attorney. Grief
over the DEATH of his wife is said to
have caused him to kill himself,
Eugene Unger, the suicides father,
was killed in mysterious manner
while riding spirited horse early
on the morning of November 16 near
the approach to his country home at
Madison
No one saw the accident, but it
was said that the horse he was rid
ing bolted and galioped under tree.
The low hanging limbs knocked Mr..
Unger from his horse and he died be-
fore a physician could be summoned.
There is considerable doubt as to
and conflicting stories are told by the
police and members of the family.
Mr.. Masters, brother-in-law of the
suicide, says that Mrs. Unger and
her daughter, Sibyl, three years old,
went to Evanston, ILL.,, to- visit her
parents on June 2S, and have not yet
returned. They also claim that Unger
had been visiting his mother. Mrs.
Eugene Unger, in Southwest Harbor,
Me. since his wife went away.
Chief of Police Gallagher, OF
Montclair, however. says that Mrs.
Unger was home on Monday and
that she had a quarrel with her hus-
band following which she took her
daughter and told the neighbors that
she was going to her fathers home,
in Illinois.
The news of her husbands death
was a terrible shock to Mrs. Unger,
Mr.. Masters said, but she rallied and
under the care of her father is speed
j ing back to this city. His mother
and sister, Miss Helen Unger, in
Maine. were also notified Of the sui
eide, and are now en- route to this
city. sE
Unger arrived at home at about
O'clock. He told the maid to pre-
rare a good dinner and call him at
o'clock, as he was going out for the
evening. Then he went to his room,
she said.
Precisely at o'clock she knocked
on his door and received no re-
sponses. After he failed to answer
her repeated calls she forced in the
door and found his body lying across
the bed fully clothed.
Send Word to wife.
The maid at once notified Chef
Gallagher, who in turn notified Dep
uty County Physician Simmons. The
man had been dead for more than
an hour before the deputy physician
arrived and no attempt was made to
revive him.
Chief Gallagher telephoned the news
of Unger's death to the factory in
this city, and Mr.. Leonard and Mr..
Masters both hurried to the Unger
home in Montclair, and took charge
of the body until the arrival of Mrs.
Unger from Chicago. Mr.. Masters
sent word to r. A. Dugan, of Evans
ton, ILL.,, father -in-law of the suicide
and to his mother in Maine. No ar
rangements for the funeral have as
yet been made.
Mr.. Unger in June, 1909, married
Miss Sibyl D. Dugan, daughter of r..
A. Dugan. of Evanston, Ill, at the
home of the bride. He is 26 years
old. a graduate of the Wesleyan
University and member of the Or
ange Gun Club. Since the death of
his father Raymond has acted as
president of the Unger Bros. firm.
His mother and family live at AZ
Ashland avenue, East Orange.
He is survived also by two sisters,
Miss Helen Unger and Mrs. G. La
Rue Masters. of 32 Summit street,
East Orange, and a brother Ken
meth. who lives with his mother and
sister
AT the home of r. A. Dugan in
Evanston. ILL.,, today 1t was stated
that Mrs. Unger had been visiting
there, but had left early in the day
for this city. 1t was denied that there
had been any friction between Mrs.
Unger and her husband, or that she
left Montclair because of a quarrel
with him.
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