Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Obituaries for 1916

Submitted by Gale Stroud 23 Aug 2007

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Black Neil 160923 p4
Two Newman Citizens Take Their Own Lives; re: Neil Black;  Two suicides within a few days is the record at Newman.
On Tuesday of last week George Hansen, for years proprietor of the Golden West Hotel at Newman, ended his life by
hanging himself from a rafter in the bathroom at his place of business.  Earlier in the day he had tried to commit suicide
by slashing his wrists, but was stopped before he had done much damage. The second suicide occurred on the following
Friday when Neil Black, a well known horse dealer, hanged himself in his stable.  Hansen ended his life because of grief
over the death of his wife, and Black took the fatal step it is supposed because of chronic ill health.