A Kennewick Family's Grief in Tacoma

Oscar Halvorson, age 21, a shingle weaver, Tuesday afternoon ended his life in his home at 2710 South 14th street by sending two bullets from a small revolver through his heart. Relatives attribute the act to sudden insanity, declaring the young man had not been normal for the last few days. He was the son of G. A. Halvorson, a fruit grower of Kennewick, and had been in Tacoma only a short time. Oscar was to have met his sisters, Miss Laura Halvorson and Mrs. Tomine Davis at the post office yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. When he did not arrive they returned to their home and found his body lying on a bed in his room. A revolver lay beside the body. The police were notified and Detective John Strickland, with County Coroner L. B. Ashton, investigated. The coroner found that Halvorson had shot himself through the heart twice, the bullets entering the body less than half an inch apart. Halvorson’s sisters have been in Tacoma several weeks and were joined by him several days ago. He left Kennewick to find employment here, but was unsuccessful.