The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-06-13
LOVERS QUARREL
ENDS IN suicide
EARLY sARvIs SHOOTS HERSELF
NEAR ROSE HILL.
TRAGEDY AT STEWARD HOME
Girl Had Entertained Harry String
fello" During Evening, and Differ
enees Arising Caused Commits
sion of Desperate Act.

Miss Early Sarvis, Of Rose Hill, a
girl OF eighteen years. shot and kill
ed herself Monday moraing about
one-thirty o'clock, committing suicide
over lovers quarrel. The act was
deliberate ana almost in the presence
of Harry stringfellow, the young man
with whom she had quarreled.
It Is reported that Stringfellow mad
been quite attentive to the young lady
for some time past He went to the
Lewis Steward home, short distance
north of Rose Hill, where Miss Saryis
was making her home, for Sunday
evening call. Some difference arose
between the couple which the girl
seemed to take much to heart. she
left the room quite hurriedly and went
into Mr.. and Mrs. Stewards room,
where she knew loaded revolver to
be kept She went to the bureat
where she had seen the gun, opened
the drawer and took the weapon from
its resting place. The disturbance
the girl created in the room ,(for she
made no effort to be secretiye in the
act) awakened the occupants. Mrs.
Steward thought nothing of the Incl.
dent, as the girl was accustomed to
come to her bureau for handkerchiefs.
She thought that she was there for
that purpose. AS the girl started to
go from the door of the bedroom, how
ever, she held the revolver and said
you see this? Well, it shall end my
life" With this she passed from the
door and turled the gun against her
temple and fired. She fell dead with
a bullet in her brain. The shot took
effect in the center of the forehead
The act was committed before any
one could reach her to prevent. String.
fellow did not dream of the girl do
ing anything of the kind, and there
had never been the slightest suggest.
ion that any thought of the sort was
inther mind. ...
The Steward home, Immediately fol
lowing the shooting, was a scene OF
confusion, so great was the shock of
the girls act. No one knew what to
do and all hoped the victim had only
wounded herself. AS soon as possible
help was..secured. physician was
called and others came to the home,
Coroner Chas. Foehlinger was sum-
moned and he went to Rose Hill this
morning to investigate the affair.
The dead girl, Miss Early Sarvis,
was a comedy young lady. we'll thought
of and liked by all who knew her. She
was quite well known in Oskaloosa
where she had attended school at o.
kaloosa college, and it was only within
the year that she had returned to her
home. The greater part of the time
since returning she has been at the
Steward home where she had been as
sisting Mrs. Steward. She was natur-
ally of a thoughtful disposition, but
was always cheerful and happy. That
the thought of suicide could have come
into the mind of the girl creates great
est surprise among the friends who
knew her. .. 80
The quarrel over which she killed
herself did not amount to anything,
and was nothing more than trivial
affair which comes between almost all
Young people from time to time. No
one was more surprised at the act of
the young woman than was young
Stringfellow himself. .-....
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been announced. ri"
After viewing the remains and be
coming acquainted with the details,
Coroner Foehlinger concluded that an
inquest was not necessary.