To day if ye will hear his voice, 
"WILLIAM DERN
Name of Deceased: William Dern
Newspaper: The Indianapolis Journal
Submitters Name: Teresa Haines Rigney
Obit: May 1, 1888 A Lover's Quarrel Ends in Suicide Wm. Dern, aged thirty two and unmarried, committed suicide last evening by shooting himself twice, one above the heart, the other shot entering the abdomen.
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14
Q: What IF he had at least made the Choice NOT to Drink that night?
Name of Deceased: William Dern
Newspaper: The Indianapolis Journal
Submitters Name: Teresa Haines Rigney
Obit: May 1, 1888 A Lover's Quarrel Ends in Suicide Wm. Dern, aged thirty two and unmarried, committed suicide last evening by shooting himself twice, one above the heart, the other shot entering the abdomen.
He died this morning at 6 o'clock.
His statement is that
he was tired of life and assigns this as the cause, but the probable
one is that he took his life because of a quarrel with the young
lady he was keeping company with. It seems he had been drinking
yesterday afternoon, and while under the influence of liquor called on
the young lady and she refusing to see him, caused him to commit the
act."