Michael "Mike" Urschel

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Michael "Mike" Urschel
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1930	34 Ontario St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Crime	1931	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	murder wife
  Mental Illness	suicide - attempt
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-147837
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I147837	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna Sonkr,   b. 1899, , Romania ,   d. 25 Mar 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F55109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MURDER CASE TO BE HEARD AT KITCHENER Urschel, Who Shot Wife. Will Be on Trial.\emdash New Dundee Libel Case Also on Docket. Three jury actions, two criminal and one civil, are slated fur hearing at the Fall assizes which commence at Kitchener on Sept. 21 under Mr. Justice Raney. The criminal cases are Mike Urschel, charged with murder, and Miss Kathleen Schmidt, New Dundee, charged with defamatory libel. Urschel is charged with having murdered his wife in a down town apartment last spring when she declined to go back and live with him and then he allegedly turned the gun on himself in an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. Waterloo Chronicle 10 Sep 1931

  
  

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