The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-11
INFATUATED WITH
WOMAN SEPARATED
FROM HER HUSBAND
Bloody Deed Of Harvey CoIvin
Miner Whose Home Is at
Lockport.
HIS VICTIM WAS ABOUT
20 'EAvE FOR THE WEST
Colvln Attacked the Woman With a
Blunt Hatchet, and inflicted Prob
ably Fatal Wounds.

ably Fatal Wounds.
New Philadelphia, o., Aug. IA sui
eide and possibly murder took place
Monday little after noon at the cor
ner of West st. Clair and Sixth
streets. At present the man is in the
last throes of life from drinking car
bolic acid and the woman lies with
two gaping wounds in her forehead.
Maud Shaffer and Harvey Colvin were
the participants in the case.
The trouble was caused by jealousy
On the part Of Coivin. The Shaffer
woman made her home with Maggie
WiLEler who is an employe of the
City Restaurant. Maud was keeping
house for her, and Colvin was keeping
company with Maud. He had been
jealous of her and only Saturday night
a revolver was taken away from him.
However Sunday night he had her
out buggy riding and brought her
home all right Mrs. Winkler went to
work Monday as usual and left Maud
doing the work At little past noon
Colvon again put in his appearance
and on going in locked the door.
Whether or net they had any words
we were not able to learn but all at
once Mrs. Annie Walton who lives on
the front of the sans lot as the Wink
Ter woman, was startled by a1scream
and looking up saw Maud Shaffer
| standing before her with the blood
streaming down her face and crying
"Oh, Mrs. Walton, hide me! hide mel"
Mrs. Walton gave one shrek and ran
to neighbor's, house; while Maud
IAN across the street to the corner of
Evans grocery and sat down on the
curb with the llood still streaming
from the gaping holes in her mead.
Some one telephcned for the polio,
and Patrolman Lockard hastened to
the scene.
BY this time Miss Shaffer had been
taken by Mrs. Walton and the neigh
| bors into her rouse and laid on a
CoGch in the hallway Lockard tela
| phoned for Drs. Smith and Barton and
| learning few of the facts telephonea
the Dover police to come down the
b & o. track for after the tragedy
several people thought they saw Col
vim running up the B. & o. tracks
Going back to the Winkler house he,
finding the door shut, threw his
| weight against Il, and it not being
! locked gave way, Lockard falling al.
most at the feet of Colvin, that his left
sleeve was covered with carbolic acid
There on the floor lay the bloody hat
chet and by Colvin's side an empty g.
ounce bottle of carbolic acid. Dr.
Smith carried him to the air and gave
him antidotes while DR.. Barton attend
ed the woman.
At 8 O'Clock Colvin was still alive.
but it is doubtful if he will live Maud
Shaffer had a gaping cut on the one
temple and over one eye but was not
unconscious.
Colvin is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Colvin who reside on the south side.
| He was kicked by horse some time
ago and it is thought that the blow
caused him to lose his mind at tho
least provocation, thus resulting in
suicide and probable murder.
Maud Shaffer was married in Min
eral City, and has three children. She
had bsen separated from her husband
of Strasburg for period of two years
For sometime past she worked at the
Sherman House, she and her sister.
| until the close of that hosiery.
At late hour it was stated that
there were no hopes of either recover
ino