People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — KILLED HIMSELF. [ARTICLE]

KILLED HIMSELF.

Suicide of a Prominent Attorney at Green Bay, Wis. Green Bay, Wis., Nov. 29.—W. J. Lander, one of the most prominent lawyers and real estate dealers of northern Wisconsin, committed suicide Monday by hanging himself in the attic of his house. When found his knees were almost touching the floor. The body was found by Mrs. Lander. His estate is valued at about $200,000. Besides his wife he leaves six children. He was 47 years old. It is believed he was insane. Last summer his father and mother both died of insanity.