Fred Elsacer
March 28, 1880-April 27,1917
Niles Daily Sun, Thursday, April 19, 1917, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
FORMER NILES MAN A SUICIDE
Fred Elsacer, While Despondent, Took Poison in a Detroit Hotel--Body to Be Brought Here for Burial
Fred Elsacer, a former resident of Niles, aged about 35 years, drank poison Tuesday evening and then hung himself to the bedstead in his room in the Oxford hotel in Deteroit. He used a bed sheet for a noose.
Elsacer registered late Tuesday night and went to his room at once. His body was found shortly after midnight.
He was identifed by a letter from relatives in Grand Rapids.
Mr. Elsacer was well known in this city, where he attended the Niles schools and grew to manhood. Unpon completeing his course in the Niles high school he took a course at Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan.
After the death of his father his mother moved to Grand Rapids, and that city has since been the home of the family.
Mr. Elsacer it is understood, was married last December.
Besides his wife and his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Dr. William Elsacer of Grand Rapids and George Elsacer of Niles. The latter left for Detroit upon being apprised of his brother's death.
The body will be brought to Niles for burial. The funeral party will leave Detroit for Niles tonight