William Linneman
Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 30 June 1903, page 5
Despondent over continued illness, William Linneman, 23, ended his life by shooting himself in the right temple Monday evening, at the home, corner of Fifth and Central Avenue, Newport. He was assisting his brother in law, Henry Eicholz, in the bakery business and was well thought of by all who knew him. He had been a sufferer from muscular rheumatism and was also afflicted with hemorrhages, but never threatened to kill himself and Monday was apparently as well as ever.
He disappeared at 4 pm Monday evening and his mother became concerned. She hunted for some time and at 8 pm went to the attic. He was lying on the floor with a ghastly hole in his right temple surrounded by pool of blood. A 38-caliber revolver was in his hand and it is said he died instantly. Coroner Higgins reviewed the remains returning a verdict of death from a gunshot wound inflected with suicidal intent. The ball passed through the brain and lodged in the left side.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday July 1, 1903, page 5
The funeral of William Linneman, who killed himself Monday evening by putting a bullet through his brain, took place Wednesday morning from the home, Fifth and Central Avenue in Newport. Requiem mass was celebrated at the Church of Immaculate Conception at 9 o'clock by Rev James McNerny. Burial was at St. Joseph's Cemetery, back of Cincinnati.