Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-09
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Rev. Spcckt and Wife Not hurt-Tears that
MIR. and Mrs. Philip Schum are
Killed.


Rev. Spcclt and Wife Not Hurt-F Fears that
MIR. and Mrs. Philip ;chum are
Killed.
kilograms received in this city about )
p. IN. state that Rev. Specht and wife are
alive and we'll at their home in Man.
helm, and that they were not in
the vicinity Of Salunga to-day, as
was inferred from mistaken identified
ton of the man and woman killed ut Sa-
lunga. A despatch from Mt. Joy also
says that persons there have identified the
victims of the accident as Philip Schum
aud wife, of this city.
Inquiry at Mr.. Schum's store, OH
West King street, discloses that he
and his wife left Lancaster this morning
driving and in all probability reached Sa:
lunga about the time of tho reported ac-
cident. From a picture of Rev. Specht
which has been shown a representative OF
the INTELL1GENCER it is apparent that he
and MIR. Scllum might bc mistaken fo1
each other.
The Worst Fears Realized.
Mr.. Philip Schum, the we'll known car
pet weaver and dyer, of West King and
South Water streets, this city, left here
early this morning with his wife
to drive to Mannheim to see an old lady
friend, who was very i'll, and this is the
last their family here have heard from
them.
The following special received at the
INTELLIGENcER office, from Mount Joy at
2:3O, shows that ut that hour the remains
were believed to he those of Rev. and Mrs.
Specht " Chicago and Niagara express
due ut Mount Joy at II 81, ran into buggy
containing man and woman supposed to
be, and identified by friends as Rev. JOS.
Specht, Evangelical preacher of Mannheim,
at Martin B. Pieffer's crasing, short dis
tance west of Salunga. They were brought
to Mount Joy, and shortly after their ar
rival lie expired, having had a thigh
broken, two cuts in the back of his head, and
his left side crushed. The lady sustained
internal injuries, as we'll as about the head.
and died a little before o'clock this after
noon. One of the legs was cut from the
horse and he was relieved from his pain hy
a gun shot,
A dispatch from Mannheim to Mt. Joy,
forwarded from the latter point to Lam
caster, says that Schum and his wife left
Mannheim this morning to drive to
Marietta. It is feared, and there is every
reason 70 believe that they are the
killed parties. Their road would proba-
bly, lie that way and they were per-
haps sufficiently unacquainted with
the country to incur the risk of such q
as it is feared as befaileh them.
The fact that Specht is accustomed to
drive that way and that the victims were
driving from Mannheim led to the mistaken
as despatch from Man.
helm assures us that they are safe at
home.
A later despatch says that the man killed
is of short build, dark complexion and
smooth face, which corresponds with the
description of Mr.. Schum.
Mr. Schum was German by birth !; he
has resided here and has been in business
for thirty years. He was a we'll known
carpet and coverlid weaver and dyer; later
,lso dealer in coal and proprietor of the
new dry goods store on West King street.
He leaves about six daughters and two
sons, of whom one has been associated in
business with him.
By thrift, energy and enterprise he had
a very considerable estate
and important business interests, constitu-
ting him well known, influential and
highly respected citizen.
Further Evidence.
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