John A. Deemer — Georgetown Merchant and Fire Victim
Deemer operated a store in Georgetown, carrying a full stock of merchandise [1][3]. On the night of Wednesday, January 7, 1891, fire destroyed his store and entire inventory, causing a loss of $15,000; he carried $10,000 in insurance and received sympathy from many friends [1][3]. Brown, and together they found Nolan dead from a morphine overdose [2]. Brown had earlier mentioned suspicions of Nolan’s suicidal intentions to Deemer and other friends, but no action was taken [4].
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- FIRE AT GEORGETOWN (1891)FIRE AT GEORGETOWN The store of John A. Deemer at George- town together with the entire stock of merchan- dise was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Loss $15,000. Insured for $10,000. Mr. Deemer has the sym…
- On the forenoon of the 4th Mr… (1889)On the forenoon of the 4th Mr. Deemer called on Dr. Brown and requested the latter to accompany him to Nolan’s place of residence, saying that he had seen old Tom in a dream last night, lying on his bed de…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-01-16 (1891)gentleman. FIRE AT GEORGETOWN The store of John A. Deemer at George- town together with the entire stock of merchan- dise was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Loss $15,000. Insured for $10,000. Mr. Deeme…
- Dr… (1889)Dr. Brown, under the pretense that he wanted it for an old friend staying with him who was addicted to the morphine habit and was suffer- ing for the want of the drug. After giving Nolan the poison Dr. B. …