The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-11-15
VEAL THY YOUNG MAN
KILLED BY BURGLAR
SON OF MERCHANT IN DUEL
WITH HOUSE BREAKER.
STOPS WORK OF RoBBER
Youth Surprises Stranger In Dining
Room Of Fathers Home and Meets
Death After Exchanging
with Prowler.


Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 12.-Henry
Firth Smith, 25 years old, son Of
Joseph Smith, a prominent and
wealthy business man of this city, was
shot twice and almost instantly killed
at four o'clock Sunday morning by a
burglar whom he surprised in the
dining room of his fathers residence
In the East End section of the city.
The crime following little more than
a week after murder of James A. Nc
Millen another wealthy business man
Of this section, has aroused the city,
and with a number of holdups by high
waymen during the past fortnight, city
officials have been importuned for $50
more policemen to suppress the wave
of crime.
Desperate Fight with Burglar.
That a desperate battle took place
between young Smith and the burg
lar is evident from the disordered con-
dition Of the dining room and kitchen
of the Smith home.
In addition to the two bullets which
were found to have entered Smiths
body five other balls were found
lodged in the floors and wall of the
two rooms. Three cartridges Of
Smiths revolver had been discharged.
Neighbors adjacent to the Smith
home heard the shots and ran to their
windows, but say they saw no one rum
ming from the house. Hundreds Of
dollars worth Of silver plate had been
gathered together by the burglar, who
apparently had been in the house
some time before being heard by
young Smith.
The entire police and detective
forces are working on the case, but
so far no clue has been discovered.
Man Stabbed to Death.
Scranton, Pa, Nov. 12.-Thomas
Dougherty, a prominent young man Of
Dunmore, adjoining this city, died in
the state hospital here Sunday as the
result of being stabbed by an unknown
woman Saturday night. His death is
one Of the most mysterious in the his
tory Of the county.
Dougherty died refusing to make
any statement as to the name of the
| person who caused the fatal injury,
but tntimated that 1t was woman
and that he was to blame.
In the brief statement that he made
| Dougherty declared that he was visit
| ing woman and that she stuck a
needle or hatpin in him, after which
he was taken i'll.
No one could give any information
as to where Dougherty had spent the
evening and he absolutely refused to
give the medical men any details
as to the manner in which he sus
tanned the injury.
| The postmortem revealed that he
had been stabbed with some fine in
strument such as a hatpin, and that il
had entered his heart. ~
| The police are unable to discover
any trace Of Dougherty's whereabouts
previous to the time that the doctor
was summoned.
| Mulatto Woman Found Dead.
New York, Nov. I'm a squalid
room in a resort called the Criterion
in the heart of the "Tenderloin" dis
| trict, 331 West Thirty-seventh street
the terribly disfgured body of hand
some young mulatto woman wai
found Sunday. The woman undoubt
eddy was murdered.
An autopsy by a coroner's physician
showed that she died from strangula
ton and hemorrhages. Her throa
was cut and she was beaten by he,
murderer. Her face, neck and ches
were frightfully lacerated from blowi
apparently from a mans fists. Rob
berry was apparently the motive TO
the crime for the pockets In the won
ans clothes had been rified.
In the room was a penknife covered
with blood. The proprietor of tn,
place told the police that when tn,
woman registered there Wednesda,
she told him she was from Washing
ton and was expecting the arrival o
her husband. She subsequently wa
noticed at the place with a negro
The proprietor, the housekeeper o
the place and waiter were arresteI
as witnesses.
| Murders Sweetheart and Self.
| Carlisle, Pa, Nov. 12.-Clarenc
Ilgenfitz, aged 20 years, Sunday nigh
shot his sweetheart, Mary Kutz, an
then committed suicide. The shoot
ing occurred at Drytown, near here
Ilgenfitz had been paying attention t
the girl for several months, but be
cause they were first cousins Mis-
Kutz refused to marry him.
Ilgenfitz lay in wait for the girl an
her grandmother as they were re
turning home from church. As the
passed he shot the girl twice, on
bullet entering her head back OF tn
ear and another entering her lief
thigh.
Ilgenfitz then placed the revolver t
his forehead and sent bullet into hi
| brain