The Penn's Grove record., 1896-06-19
-ArrEnprRD MURDER AND

The farm residence of William q.
Summerill three miles below Penn's
Grove, was the scene of an attempted
murder and suicide OH Sunday morning
about z O'Clock, caused by love and
whisky. Henry Eads, an Engllshman,
aged about As, who has been a farm
hand there for five years, had been on q
drunk for a week. He rarely got
drunk, and had not been SO for six
months, but having met some cronies
at Penn's Grove, the fore part OF the
week who insisted on him filling up and
he had been unable to do but little
work during the week.
He had become infatuated with
Amanda Whitsell, the servant girl, a
Miss Of about IS years. and had been a
frequent aud very friendly visitor TO the
residence Of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Carrot Whitsell, who lived near, but
she bad not considered him as a partic.
ular beau, as she had other gentleman
callers, but no very particular one. On
Thursday evening Esds bought II revoi'
er in Penn's Grove, which shows he had
premeditated Il crime, while crazed
with rum.
Saturday evening Miss Whitsell went
TO Penn's Grove with q cousin and q
gentleman friend and on their way met
Eads along the road. He wanted her
to get out and return with him but she
refused. That evening another gentle.
man friend, Parker, called for her. lie
engaged in conversation. When he
asked If Mr.. Summerill had a big dog
which would bite. Eads told Parkerh he
had something which wonld bite worse
than a dog. Parker thought he talked
queer, got scared and left.
Sunday morning Eads was sitting on
shed step smoking when Mr.. Summerill
came down stairs and went to the barn.
He stayed in the shed where Amanda
was cooking breakfast, and while Mrs.
Summerill, was in the yard feeding her
chickens Eads took hold OF Amanda
and told her, ''I've got you now.
You've got to die" AT the same time
lie drew the revolver which snapped and
failed to go off. Amanda pulled away
and ran out of the shed. About the
time she reached the yard gate Eads
shot again and the bullet hit her in the
left hip, but did not hinder running
around the barn to Mr.. Summerill, who
was milking a cow. Harry Wildly, who
also lives there, had ran and told MI.
Summerill, that Henry had shot Aman-
da, and as Mr.. s.. ran from tue stable
Eads raj into the barnyard with revol.
yer in hand. In the mean time Mrs.
Summerill had "a through the barn at
the rear of the horses, and opened the
door 10 let Amanda through and both
run back into the house, bolted the
door and Amanda went down cellar so
Eads could not find her.
Mr.. Summerill saw something had to
be done so he ran up to Eads In tile
barnyard and struck him a blow in the
face knocking him down. Then Mr.. $.
got on him and choked him and with
Wilby's assistance took the revolver
from him. When let up Eads went to
the wood. pile, got the ak and in at
tempting TO cut the kitchen door open
made a big cash in the door post. He
then went to the front door Of the house
and with the head Of the AK broke the
upper panels entirely in. Mr.. Summer
ill next tried coaxing him and finally
got the ak from him. He said il they
would let him go To his room he would
hurt no one. He went through the
house, got the matched and up to his
o and locked the door.
Two neighbors were called and Mr..
Summerill came to I'enn's Grove aud
got a warrant of Squire Elkinton and
Constable Jacoby TO serve it. DR.. John
M. Summerill was called in to see how
badly Miss Whitsell was injured. On
their arrival Eads' bedroom door was
pried open and a sickening sight was IN
view.
On the floor below a cot was a large
pool of blood, a whisky bottle and a
L.EL
razor. On the foot Of the bed lay Eads
with a cut in his throat and blood all
over his face and clothes and all over
the bed. The cut was from one side to
the other of the neck, from which much
blood had run during the two hours he
had been i. the room, but neither the
jugular artery nor wind pipe had been
cut.
DIR. Summerill washed the blood from
his face and dressed the wound. during
which time he plead pitifully for water
and even sucked the bloody water cut
of the cloth with which they were
washing him, so great was his thirst,
Constable Jacoby took him and baggage
to Salem Jail where lie rests.
1t is reported that he has attempted
to injure himself in Jail and has said he
will never go to State Prison.
Mrs. Summerill and Mrs. Garrett
Whitse!l took Amanda to Cooper Hos.
pital, Camden, Sunday evening. The
Doctor has not been able to find the
bullet and thinks it may have worked
out. The nervous excitement seemed
to have Frustrated her more than the
wound. She is better and arrived hons
this Friday evening.
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