Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-29
JEALOUS LOVERS.


A TEKkIBLE WESTERN Tragedy.
MURDER and suicide-A Boy Lovers Won.
gexnce on His Rival-Three
Lives Lost.
ST. Louis Dispatch to Times.
There was double murder and suicide
yesterday at Cedar Hill, a little town on
the river bank just 25 miles below st.
Louis. Amiel Deurentz, % years of age,
had for some time been acquainted with
Martha Mcdaniel, young lady who lived
in the vicinity of Cedar Hill Catholic
church. Martha had another suitor, how
ever, Hiram Suellines, boy of 10, who
frequently visited her and seemed to be
deeply smitten with her charms. The
boys were apparently friends, notwith-
standing the fact that both loved the
same girl. Martha had a sister. whom
both young men knew. On last Sunday
week Deurentz and Suellines, the mur-
dered man and the murderer, accompanied
the two young ladies home from high
mass and the quartetue seemed to be on
the most friendly terms imaginable. 1t
was an open secret, however, among those
who knew the facts that Deurentz
and Suellines were both .smitten
with Martha and that the other sister had
DO charms for either of them. In the
walk Martha chose to walk home with
Deurentz and Suellines followed with her
sister. From expressions that Suellines
was afterwards heard to utter it was plain
that he was much piqued at the young
lady's preference, but nobody who knew
him expected such terrible ending to the
love affair.
The Assassin Lying In Wait.
Yesterday morning Miss Mcdaniel at
tended the Catholic church at Cedar Hill,
where she assisted at high mass
Deurentz was also present, although it il
thought the girl went to church unat
tended. If Suellines was at tho church,
few people saw him, and it is probable
that, having arranged his murderous plan
he kept in hiding while the Sunday ser
vice was in progress. When mass wal
| over Miss Martha came out. When she
Was next noticed young Deurentz was at
her side. The couple chatted pleasantly
with some friends and appeared as happy
and unconcerned as any lovers could be
After short walk they started off in thu
direction of the young lady's home. Th.
worshipers' had scattered in different
directions and Martha and her lover were
walking by themselves across tho fields
when suddenly Suellines confronted them
He had double -barreled shotgun in hi
hands, and from his appearance it wa.
evident he meant mischief. The cir
stopped involuntarily, but her companion
advanced step. He did not seem to fea1
that his friend meant to do him harm
| As he came up to them Suellines crie(
| out
"Amiel, have you got your revolver
about you?'' At this Miss Mechanic
screamed and young Deurentz stepped
forward, with hands appraised, as if to i'm
plore his assailant to have mercy. H,
had no time to speak for the murdere
was too quick.
Tho Tragedy In the field.
Without waiting for an answer Suelline
cooked his gun and bringing it to hi
shoulder. fired, the full charge of buck
shot taking effect in the breast of hi.
victim, just over the heart. Duerentz fel
Immediately and the supposition is tha
his death was instantaneous. As quick a
he could the murderer cooked his weapon
again and fired at the young lady, inflict
ing injuries that are known to be sever
and that were reported at noon to b
fatal. Suellines Immediately startel
away Oh run. After about half mill
from the scene of the murder he stopped
loaded both barrels Of the gun with
heavy charge, cooked both hammers an,
with torked stick, which he had picke
up by the roadside, fired both charge al
once into his body and fell corpse
When found he was dead and the shotgun
and the forked stick lay across the corpse
The body Of young Deurentz was brough
up to Carondoiet to the residence of hi
sister, Mrs. Voght, who lives near th
Jupiter furnace.
When a reporter visited the home tn
body was surrounded by the aged fathe
and mother, the sister and other relatives
The parents and relations were utterl
Frustrated with grief over the t1agi
death of the boy. Arrangements hav
been made and the funeral will take plac
tomorrow.