Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-30
For the Republican
Mrs. SheltZ,s Death.

Ihe following a1ndavlt ana declaration
which to some extent has been the gossip Q
our neighborhood for some tine, is caused b
notice in the Republican of this county
as an obituary of Mrs. Sheltz, the ell
cumstances of her death and the supposed
disease rs it was understood by many
We the undersigned duly certify and swea
to the last words and conversation of the
woman as we found her struggling in the
woods.
I, Abraham Christopher do hereby Ger
tify and swear that l was the first person
that came to Mary Sheltz when she was
taken i'll. When | came near her, she said
for me to come to her for Gods sake, tina.
she was dying. l asked her what brought
her down there; she answered that she
came down into the swamp to get some
poison stuff-for Gods sake come to me
and look if l am not poisoned. She put
her fingers in her mouth and pulled her
mouth open and some green stuff came out
resembling beech leaves. She said she
wanted TO be taken some place. l asked
her where. She said she did not care
where. l asked her if she could walk if
she had cane; no answer. l commenced
cutting cane, when Richard Cullin came
close. said to Cullin, here is a woman
struck with palsy or something else. This
was the conversation of about five minutes.
l then went for her husband, Henry
Shelf, and came back with him and helped
TO carry her up home.
ABRAHAM X CHRISTOPHER.
mark.
Sworn to before me and signed in my
presence by the above named Abraham
Christopher, this 14th day of July, 1857.
R. 7. CRITHFIELD, ]. P.
/, John R. Christopher, do hereby certi-
fly and swear that the following circum-
stances of the sickness, disease and death
of Mary Sheltz, is true as concerning con
versation. l heard her following from my
house, like some one in distress, my wife
was in the garden, she came into the hause
and said, "Dad do go over quick, there is
some body dying" jumped up knowing
that my boys were over that way at work,
l thought some accident had happened
them. ran orer till within about one
hundred and fifty yards of the woman,
and she ceased TO hollow, l saw Abraham
Christopher standing on his feet close by
the woman as l supposed. l called to
him and said, what is the matters She
was making a noise something like praying,
and he did not hear Inc, | suppose. /
looked to my right and saw Richard Cullin
coming in fast walk or rather run, l
then saw Abraham Christopher start off
up the hill. went on till within twen-
ty-fve or thirty yards of her, and Richard
Cullin was praying, suppose for the woman.
went to them and asked Cullin what in
the name of God was the matter; Cullin
said, l don't know. Iasked, where is Abe,
he said gone after Henry Sheltz. How
ong was here he before you; answer don't
know, he was here when 1 come. About
that time Cullin's wife and daughter came
up. l told Cullins to go down into the
bottom and send my Thomas after the doc
,or, and he went. saw her vomit several |
lines while l was there, she vomited green
'tutf and slime. At this time they started |
With her for home. l asked Sheltz if fshe
'ver had any such spells before; he said |
me. then came home.
his
JOHN R. = CHIRToPHER Sen.
mark. |
Sworn to before me and signed in nv pres
nee by the above named John r. Christie
her sen'r., this l4lh day July, A. d. 1857. |
r. S. CRlTCHFIELD, J.P.