Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-13
A COLD BbOODED MURDER
Martin |. Fisher Meets Death at the Hands
Of Boyd VintadHn.

About 10 a. m. yesterday the business center of
this city startled with the word that Martin L. Fisher
had been shot and killed while going his rounds of the Ben
nett farms by employee who had been lately discharged
AS Mr. Fisher had been Mill street but short time
previously report could hardly be believed but
irving on the scene MORNING News found it to be
rect in every terrible detail.
The murdered man, covered with blood and already
tied farm hands who had tender carried him there stand
ing body with expecan and undecided express
ion covering their countenances. After time they be-
communicative and gave the story of the deed far
as they acquainted with it. On last Saturday
ing Wintersteen had words with George B. Srouse the
boss farmer over team he drive and when he
permitted to have his way he left his work and i'm
parted his grievances Superintendent Fisher Not gain
ing satisfaction in that quarter he became vioen-so much
so-that Mr.. Fisher discharged him and paid him off,
At that time Wintersteen made dire threats Of
vengeance as he did that night to of the farm
Importance the dimmed for the time
being.
Wintersteen to be foi1ed in revenge however,
and about o'clock yesterday morning he appeared at the
Strouse farm and inquired for Mr. Srouse He told
that Srouse there wheeupon he left and started
down the P C R. railroad track which through the
farm about 900 feet from the wagon road In few
afterwards the farm hands who about $50 yards
distant startled by the sound of shot and upon look
ing in the direction from whence they horse
and buggy coming up the road and fleeing across
the fields in the direction of the Asylum
Though positive, but suspectng that something out
of the ordinary had happened Ivson Confer and Harry
Brown toward the road and stopped the horse just it
about to break into Supt Fisher sat nearly up
right in the buggy and still held the lines and the
Fisher uttered when they noticed, by the blood
which began issue from his mouth that he had been
shot and was about to expire
Although almost parayized with horror they lifted the
here the authorities notified by telephone After
time Squire Bare appeared and taking charge of the body
impaneed the following jury Charles E. Voris, w.
E. Young Thomas Vincent F. P. Johnson John L. Evans
and R B. Deh After examining those of the farm hands
who the grounds at the tme the inquest ad
journed until p. M. yesterday when autopsy was
made by Drs Newbaker and Shultz in the Undertaking
of Henre Bros where the body had been taken by
the relatives after being released by the Coroner The
topsy revealed the fact that death caused by bullet
which entered the body inches below the left pit
fractured rib passed throught the left lung and lodged
in the spinal column.
During all this time nothing had been learned concern
ing the whereabouts of Winterseen but about Sheriff
Maiers surprised bya man, accompanied by "Rely'
Watts who appeared the jail and asked to be taken in
Saying that he chad just killed man"
In interview at the jail Wntersteen said he had kill
led Fisher after conversation with him. and that he haC
| Intended killing himself but that his nerve had failed