Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-12

ANOTHER DOMESTIC
TRAGEDY.
Attempted Wife 4. Muir.
der and Success.
full Suicide.
Iohn Njenabor Shoots and Dan.
serousIy Wounds His Wife
and Kills Himself.
The Deed Enacted in the Road,
North of the City, In Plain
Sight Of Several People.
separation of the Parties After Falling
out, and Refusal OF the Wife to
the Cause-Personnel OF
the suicide and
Victim.

and perhaps quarter of a mile south of the |
well-known Sultzbach place, a county road |
extends east over the hills across and beyond |
the I. B. 4 W. railroad. In plain sight from |
ae track and no long distance from the Ur-
1ana pike, directly in the road stands ma
iestic walnut tree, with big trunk and spread
ing branches Behind this about five o'clock
st evening, stood concealed John Nienabor,
a laboriug man &c years old, with murder in
his heart, watching the approach Of his wife
from the direction of the railroad, as she
drove home the cows. As the woman, who
is six years younger than her husband was,
passed the tree, he stepped out and walked
beside her distance of hundred yards,
talking earnestly. At that distance he
placed a revolver to her head and fired, the
woman falling at one side OF the road, where
little ditch had been plowed in the turf, her
blood dyeing the grass and earth. Pulling aside
the woman's sunbohnet and seeming to be
satisfied the bullet had been accurately bileted
and done Its work, he again raised the
weapon this time to bis own head, and dis
charged second ball into his brain, falling
near the PROSTATE iorm of his young wife,
with gaping wound little above the lett
temple and slightly back of it. As he fell the
woman, who although badly wounded had
not lost her senses, suddenly arose and ran on
east to Charles Smiths house, at top OF the
hill. Mrs. Smith was holding the gate open
and the terror stricken girl, not knowing
what fate awaited her, dashed on and into
in the front room. All this was seen
by at least three persons, and it
was not long before others were
upon the spot The still animate body of the
suicide and willing -to-be murderer, was raised
from the spot beside the road where the
shooting had been done and carried to the
barn near the house, in which the woman
lay, which Ia on the Thompson and Howell
farm. There the man died in about an hour,
and later in the evening his corpse was
brought to Coroner Colsman's rooms, in the
city, where it now lies. Reporters for the
Gazette and GLOBE REPUBLIC visited the scene
this morning and gathered the essential
points in the sad tragedy, and regarding its
chief actors, receiving courteous treatment al
the hands of all with whom they conversed
The wounded woman's name before mar.
riage was Mary Men'zer, and she is the
adopted daughter of Peter Beckinbaugh and
wife. who have house and acre OF
two of ground little beyond the Smiths
back further in the country. Her father il
Louis Menizer, living in the Sintz height Or.
hood, west OF the city, and formerly EN-
ployed by E. B. Cassidy. Mary, then bu
eighteen years old, was married to Nieusbo
Two years ago the 18th of last February, b,
coming from Dayton, where ne worked in
piow shop, and they have one child, seven.
teen months old the 22d OF this month. W
one week ago this morning Niensber lived
at the Beckinbaughs', but, according to the
neighbors, didn't do much to support hil
wife. They say further that he and old lady
Beckinbaugh "never did bitch," and there
was more Or lees trouble and unpleasantness
up to last Tuesday. The final rupture then
came about through John wanting to whip
the child, Pearlie, himself for crying, Mrs B.
telling him plainly he should not do 50 under heI
roof. After further hot words he lett and
came to town. The trouble seemed to liz
upon bis mind and there are statements al
second hand that he made threats agains,
his wife, among others to his sister, the wife
of Thomas NASH, of Lagonda. Yesterday
about four p. IN. Niensbor walked up 10 {
place on the road 10 the Children's Home I
stones throw from the Urbsus pike wher Z
John Cover is building house, and entered
into conversation with Cover touching hi
troubles, saying be was goiog out to Beck.
iubsugh's today and would have bis wiis
dead or alive. Cover made some soothing
remark telling him he had better 20 away
and forget her il she wouldn't live with hin
Finally he started across the fields ID
the direction OF her house and CIV 2
not liking the appearance Of
things. hitched up bis horse and buggy
and started around by the roads. Nisnsbor
meeting Charles Smith at work 10 . field
asked bin, It bis (Nisnsbor's) vie hsd gons
for the cows yet, and. upon the reply she had
kept on 10 the house and there met Mrs
Smith, Of whom be inquired "hsd Msy gons
back yet" saying be would have her live