Interesting token and probably a rare find. I always appreciate MacKaydon's research and comments. Reading further the Estroff family was probably from Illinois. By 1903 they had a grocery in Oklahoma, at that time Indian Territory . The family lived in an upstairs apartment that was often the common way it was done back then. Max Estroff made a mess of his family, shooting his wife several times who soon died of her grievous wounds, but remained coherent long enough to tell the sheriff that she had retired for the evening and awoke to find her husband standing over her who began shooting his S&W .38. She took at least three mortal wounds, face, liver, and shot clear through her arm. Then he turned on his 8 year old daughter. He finished with rounds to his abdominal area to which he succumbed. Like many sad situations similar to those of today, it was probably money problems. The style of the token fits the time frame. Max Estroff was 36 when this happened. I doubt if they had too many tokens made. I feel like this is the guy.
