The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-05
RICHMOND
| WOMAN WAS SLAIN
BY A DAYTON Man
Discarded Lover, Sam Sat-
camp, in His Rooms at
Dayton, Kills Mrs. Marie
Grant, Then Suicided.
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through the brain and lodged just UNI
der the skin above the left eye.
That death was instantaneous to
both the man and woman was evident.
The woman fell in crampcd position
against the west wall of the room,
and beneath Satcamp's head was a
pool OF blood. mute evidence that he
did not move from the place where he
fell
None of the furniture in the room,
which consisted OF "A bed stove, wash
stand. and two stand tables. was dis
arranged. The woman was fully
dressed.
The shooting took place about $3.50
o'clock. Mrs. Grant went to Sat
camps room in reply to telephone
message she received Monday night.
She left the home of Mrs. A. Miller.
1861 West Fifth street. where she and
her husband roomed. about 2:2o
o'clock. She told Mrs. Miller Tuesday
against her life. but she did not APP
pear TO take the threat seriously
Satcamp Was Bartender.
Satcamp was "A bartender at Harry
Zell's saloon on South jefferson street
and worked until noon Tuesday. He
IL married. but had not been living
with his wife Clara Satcamp.
Satcamp had been rooming at the
Ziegler street house since Sunday. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Dimito, she did not
know that Mrs. Grant was in the
house She said the first she learned
Of woman being in his room was
after the shooting. when a neighbor
told her that woman had entered.
Only few minutes before the shoot
Ing occurred Satcamp went from his
room to the rooms in the lower part
f Of the house He had a glass and
asked for water. After filling the glass
he put 1t on top of his head in "A
jocose manner. and did not betray by
actions that woman was in his
room.
Water as Chaser"
II was noted later that he wanted
the water as chaser" for whiskey.
lie had quart bottle about one
fourth full of whiskey sitting on IA
stand and beside 1t were two whiskey
glasses and the water glasses.
A newly made cigarette was lying
on another stand and tobacco and
cigarette papers were found in hand
satchel carried by the woman. This
was taken as evidence that the cigar
cite belonged to her.
Another thing that attracted the
notice of persons who visited the
room was the number of pictures OF
religious subjects. They were pro-
fusely scattered about the walls. One
large picture occupied Il place on an
easel. This picture was removed from
/ the room following the shooting.
/ Following an investigation con-
Quoted by Magistrate Markey, acting
coroner. the police and Prosecutor
Lentz. the bodies were taken to Whit.
mer Brothers undertaking establish
ment.
Satcamp's face was badly discolored
by blood congestion. At first glance
be was taken for a colored man.
infatuated With Him.
That Mrs. Grant was deeply infat.
uated with Satcamp was evident from
4 \ letter she had written to him. In ii
she told OF her love for him. He was
1t Cincinnati when she wrote the let.
ter. and later she went to that city
and Is supposed to have visited him
there. The letter was written on
March Is. just short time after her
marriage to Grant. In her letter she
f iold him to address letters to her as
& "Mrs Marie Grice. care general de-
Z livery"
Mrs. Miller said that to the best OF
her knowledge Mrs. Grant had not
secn Satcamp since her marriage To
Grant unless 1t was while she was at
Cincinnati.
Mrs. Grants identity was not es
tablished Immediately after her body
was discovered. The first clue that
led to her identity was cash register
purchase check received at saloon a
short time previous. Later. when her
Identity was established. her husband
was notified and with Mrs. Miller Went
10 the Ziegler street house in an auto
mobile.
Husband Overcome.
He broke down completely upon see
Ing the body OF his wife and that OF
her murderer. but resained his self
control and made arrangements fol-
the removal of the body.
His facial expression hardened as
he walked past the body of Satcamp
and II appeared as If he could hardly
restrain himself.
A letter signed by Grant was found
among letters in Satcamp's effects. II
was written to Birdie" and is sup
posed TO have been sent to the woman
who became his wife. although it did
not In any place bear her name.
letter Was a Plea.
The letter covered several pages
md was plea for Birdie" 10 come
TO him. In IL he said that If she woulc
rome TO him he would not kill himsel,
and neither would he kill her. a grim
coincidence to the tragedy that fol
lowed.
From the genera! lone of the lette,