5-Year-Old Joseph Grichvich Commits Suicide, Says Father, Jan. 12, 1921

Detroit, Mich., Jan. 12—Joseph Grichvich, five years old, committed suicide last night by shooting himself in the head, according to a statement to the police by the lad’s father, Daniel Grichvich. The boy had been punished for coming home with wet feet and sent into the kitchen to dry, the father declared. A moment later the family at dinner was startled by a pistol shot and found the boy dying on the floor. The father said he had never seen the pistol before and that no pistol was kept in the house. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1921)