The Monitor-register., 1896-06-19
WouId-be Murderer and suicide.

The usually quiet village of Penns-
grove was thrown into a state of intense
excitement on Sunday by the report that
a murder had been committed nearby,
and Immediately everybody was on tiptoe
to learn the particulars. 1t was soon
ascortained that the scene of the attempt
ed murder was at the farm of VIM. G.
Summerill, and that in a Jealous rage,
and while under the influence of liquor,
Henry Eads, employed as a farm hand
by Mr.. Summerill, had shot his sweet.
heart, Anna Whitesell, who was a servant
in the family, and then attempted suicide
by cutting his throat.
Eads, it appears, had made professions
of love to the girl, but she had never
given him any encouragement, though
they remained good friends. He was
given to drink, and of late it had been
noticed that he was INDUCING more thar
usual. On Sunday morning, while Miss
Whitesell was about her household duties,
Eads entered the kitchen, wearing a
sullen and haggard look, and showing
plainly the effects of dissipation. He
muttered some incoherent words to the
girl as he entered, and advanced directly
in front of her, and in a wild n OK.
claimed: ANNA, will you marry me ?"
The young woman, being accustomed to
such protestations of affection from Eads,
paid little attention to his words, and in
a quiet, unconcerned manner gave him
an evasive answer.
Her apparent Indifference aroused the
jealous rage of the wretch, and, as the
girl turned to face him, he again urged
her to become his wife She started to
walk to the other side of the room, when
| tho frap1iaA mon thruct hi, honl to-. Ia,
hip pocket. and, like a fash, leveled a
revolver at her, informing her at the time
that he intended shooting her.
The terror stricken woman turned from
him, and in a M a pistol shot rang
out, and the young woman, with a scream,
fell to the floor. The shooting startled
MIR. Snmmerill, who was in an adjoining
room, and he quickly made his way to
the scene of the shooting, where he be-
held the PROSTATE form of Miss Whitesell
lying face downward upon the floor, and
Eads, with a wild look in his eyes, stood
over his victim with a smoking revolver
in his hand, which told the story of tn
crime
As the two men faced zach other, and
hesitatel a moment as to what course to
pursue, Mr.. Summerill suddenly seized a
heavy kitchen chair and made for the
would-be murderer, who attempted to
evade Mr.. Summerill, but he brought the
chair down with all his strength on the
back and head of Eads and felled him to
floor, but before he could deal him
another blow, Eads had gained his feet
and made a dash for the stairwa y, closely
pursued by Mr.. Summerill. The now
thoroughly frightened farm hand ascend
ed the stairs with a few bounds and
dashed into his room. swapping the lock
on the inside.
Mr.. Summerill went to Pennsgrove
and secured a warrant from Squire Ell
kington for the arrest Of Eads, and
Constable JacOby, on reaching the place,
had to force the door open, when a CHASTITY
sight met the gaze of the occupants OF
the house. Eads, with a gaping wound
in his throat and a bloody razor by his
side. lay in a pool of blood on the fioor
gasping for breath. A ply sician was
hastily summoned and The wound, al.
though it extended from ear to ear, was
found not to be a necessarily fatal one, as
the jugular vein had not been severed.
The wound was sewed up, and in the
afternoon Eads was taken into custody
by Constable Jacoby and removed to the
county Jail at Salem, where he is In a fair
way to recover under the care of County
Physician Sherron.
That Miss Whitesell was not instantly
killed is undoubtedly due to the intoxi
Gated condition of Eads, which made his
aim very uncertain, and the bail, forLu-
nately entered at the fieshy part of the
thigh and lodged, it is supposed, close to
the abdomen. She was taken to Cooper
Hospital, Camden, and after an examina-
ton the ball was located and removed
1t is thought she will 10