Death of Peter KEEFER in CA in 1862
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>TUESDAY, 27 MAY 1862<<
TERRIBLE SUICIDE -- The Sacramento 'Bee' of Saturday, says at 1 o'clock that evening, Peter KEEFER, an old and highly respected resident of that city, put a pistol to his forehead and shot himself. Domestic trouble impelled him to the fatal deed. He died in a quarter of an hour after the shooting.