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Subject: [PAPHILA] News from Pennsburg - July 11, 1903
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:19:33 EDT
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - July 11, 1903
THE DEATH LIST
Mabel RENNINGER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. RENNINGER, of New Hanover,
died last week aged 4 years and 8 months. The funeral was held last Friday. Rev.
J.J. KLINE of Pottstown, officiating.
A young child, of Frank O. and Amelia HENDRICKS, of Woxall, was buried on
Wednesday, at the Old Goshenhoppen church. Rev. C.R. FETTER, of Philadelphia,
officiating.
Daniel FITZGERALD, of Delphi, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of
Frederick, died last Sunday morning, from heart and kidney troubles, aged 66
years, 6 months and 11 days. He was superintendent of the Mennonite home, at
Frederick, until a few years ago. He is survived by his second wife and two
children by his first wife, Harvey, of Perkasie, and Mary wife of Levi BOUSALL, of
Philadelphia. The funeral was held from his late residence on Thursday. Services
were conducted by the Rev. W.S. GOTTSHALL. Interment was made in the
Mennonite cemetery, Schwenksville.
A CORPSE IN FLAMES
Because the members of Town Council of Coplay, Lehigh county, refused to
permit the fire company of the borough to attach its hose to a plug of the Clear
Springs Water Company a house with all its contents was consumed by fire and
the people of the borough are greatly excited over the affair. The sensational
incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, fire having broken out at 4.20
o'clock in the second story of a dwelling house occupied by Germans. The Coplay Fire
Company responded promptly with the chemical engine, but when the Chief
arrived on the scene the flames were bursting from one of the upstairs windows. He
saw at once that the chemical engine could not cope with the flames and
ordered that a hose be attached to a plug of the water company nearby. While the
firemen were attaching the hose, members of the Town Council who heard that the
water was to be used on the fire hurried to the place and ordered the hose
detached and refused to permit the water to be used, on the grounds that the
borough had no right to use the water. The firemen became furious but the
Councilman remained headstrong. In the house was the corpse of Julia STANDLER, a
fourteen-year-old German girl, who died at noon the day before of consumption. An
undertaker was preparing the body for burial when the alarm of fire was given.
Flames had already broken out in the room in which the corpse was lying when
friends of the dead girl rushed in to rescue the body. The clothing on the
corpse was burning and the body was blackened, parts of it being burned to a crisp.
The body was removed to a neighboring house. The house was destroyed,
together with all the furnishings. Between $1000 and $1200 in money, the savings of
the boarders, was also consumed in the flames. The loss on the house is partly
covered by insurance. The trouble between the borough authorities and the
water company results from a decision of council in which they claim that the
water furnished is unfit for use and refused to pay rental for the plugs. Suit was
promptly started by the water company for the collection of the rents. This
suit is still pending and the use of the water it was claimed by council would
have jeopardized their case.
PAID THE PENALTY OF HIS CRIME
David SHAUD, of Lebanon, who shot and killed Mrs. Ida BECKER and Policeman
Cyrus SHAFFER, was hanged on Tuesday. Before being executed he said he was
peintent and sorry for his crime and prayed for forgiveness. He leaves a widow and
two small children. SHAUD became angry at Mrs. Ida BECKER for testifying
against him in court, and he shot and killed her on the street. When the officer
went to arrest him at his home, SHAUD shot and killed him.
REMORSE CAUSES SUICIDE
City Solicitor J. Marshall FUNCK, one of the leading members of the Lebanon
County Bar, committed suicide Tuesday morning by hanging himself in his law
office at Lebanon. He used the leather belt which he wore about his waist and
fastened it to a window lock. Death was due to strangulation and had occurred
some hours before the body was found by his private secretary L. Raymond REIGERT.
The act is believed to have been committed while suffering from a temporarily
deranged mind. Mr. FUNK was 46 years old and is survived by a wife. FUNCK was
counsel for John BROWNSWEIGER, who accused David SHAUD, hanged at Lebanon
this week, of robbing him of $400. This led to the double tragedy for which SHAUD
perished on the gallows. FUNCK believed that the strenuous manner in which he
prosecuted the case against SHAUD led to the double tragedy.
ENTIRE SKIN BURNED OFF
Six-year-old Annie SMITH, of Bethlehem upset a rocker on which she was
sitting and knocked over a coal oil parlor lamp which was standing near her, on
Sunday evening. The child's clothing caught fire and before it could be
extinguished her entire skin was burned off.
ATE PILLS AND DIED
Eating nearly a boxful of Balladona pills, which she got hold of while
playing with another little girl, Catherine, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar YOUNG, of Weatherly, died in great agony at 7 o'clock Tuesday
night. The little ones came into possession of the pills while roaming about their
home. Miss Catherine throught they were candy, but soon after swallowing them
she was taken very ill. A physician was summoned, but he could not save her
life.
DISOBEDENT BROTHERS DROWNED
George and Jacob WALTERS, aged 11 and 13 years, sons of Frank WALTERS, of
near Pequea Station, Lancaster, were drowned in the Susquehanna on Wednesday. The
father had left the boys playing on the river bank, with the promise that
they would not go bathing. Soon after he left one of the little fellows waded
into the stream. He was caught in a swift current, and while his brother was
going to rescue both sank. Both bodies have been recovered.
EDITOR PASSES AWAY
Cyrus KUNTZ, editor and proprietor of the City Item, Allentown, passed away
at his home on Tuesday of apoplexy. Editor KUNTZ was a practical printer and
rose from the case to the important position of editor and finally became the
sole owner of the City Item with which he linked his fortunes when the paper was
started.
MAN FELL ON HEAD AND DIED
John BURKET, of Norristown, was working in the barn, of John RICKLE, on
Thursday afternoon. His duties took him to the rafters, and while working, lost his
footing and fell to the floor below, fracturing his skull. The victum was
placed on a cot in a wagon to remove him to Charity Hospital but expired on the
way.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY STUDENT KILLED
George Herbert ADAMS, a Lehigh University Freshman, was run over and killed
on the Reading Railway in South Bethlehem.
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