The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-05

and they did not arrive and she put on
a jacket and started out to lock for
them. Just as she stepped out the
front gate she saw her husband coming
with Mr.. Crow. When he saw her he
cried:
ooh, Mary, I've been shot.
She accompanied him into the house
and called DR.. Mason of Friendsvilla
and DR.. Jacobs of Somerfeld. After
careful examination they stated that
the case was a serious one and advised
immediate removal to a hospital. Frantz
was brought on the afternoon train to
Confluence and train No. ) stopped
there to bring him to Connellsville.
Mrs. Frantz said that during her mar
ried life Lupton had one time become
wayward while he was policeman at
Meyersdale and then she left him. After
a short period he became penitent and
begged so hard to be allowed to return
that she consented and they had lived
happily until recently, when he again
began neglecting his business and took
to drinking. Mrs. Frantz said that her
husband did splendidly with his barber
shop at Friendsville, and only period
ically became restless.
Mrs. Frantz said that her husband
had not carried a pistol for several
months, he having became afraid of the
law and laid it aside. 1t was generally
known in Connellsville and other places
that Frantz always carried a pistol and
was ever ready 10 shoot. Mrs. Frantz
stated, however, that she knew pos
itively, that of late he had not carried
one.
Lupton Frantz was left an orphan
at an early age, his family name being
Savage. Mrs. Frantz was unable to
state whether Charles Frantz, who
reared him, had adopted him or not,
but he always went by the name of
Frantz from his earliest childhood. His
family connections in Garrett county,
Md, are all prominent people. An
uncle, Lupton Frantz, is postmaster of
Friendsville, and another uncle, E. ].
Frantz, is the eX-sheriff of the county.
He was about SO years old. His wife
was Miss Mary Savage, daughter of S.
Savage Of Friendsville. She is known
and loved by all the residents of the
little town, who sorrow with her in the
tragic ending of her hayward husband.
This morning she in company with
Mr.. Giffen accompanied the body to
Confluence from which place it viii be
taken to Friendsville on the c. & 0. .
railroad, arriving there this morning.
Frantz's criminal career began in |
New Haven, Wednesday, October 1G, .
1889, when in free-for-all fracas start |
ed in the Eureka skating rink Peter |
Blasley, butcher, was struck on the !
head with brick and died about two
weeks later. Frantz with a number of |
companions started a disturbance in
in New Haven and Constable William |
Shrum attempted to quell the disorder.
trantz threatened to take Shrum's life, |
and the affair came on in front of Bias
ey's shop. Blasey was hit on the head
with brick and his skull fractured. |
When the trial was held Frantz assumed
the blame for the killing and was SEN
fenced to seven years in the Western
Penitentiary. He often asserted after
ward that he was not the guilty party,
and did not throw the brick.
Physically he was splendidly proper
toned, graceful, kept we'll dressed, and
when not under the influence of liquor,
was polite, amiable and would attract
favorable attention.
However, he was in frequent dis
turbances of the peace, and met one
Of his earliest streaks of'ill luck after
his first term in the penitentiary when
Gertie Goldsborough in a somewhat I'M
savory resort, "The Peavine Flats"
that used to flourish near Scottdale,
shot him through the legs The woman
after shooting him turned around and
nursed him to recovery after being re-
leased from jail at Greensburg.
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