Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-11-16
GIRL KILLS her
MOTHER ON TRAIN
Shot by Daughter For q
Burglar.
SOON 70 Be A BRIDE
Miss Gladys Myers Thought Parent
Climbing Into Her Berth Was . Rob.
ber and Fired.

Climbing Into Her Berth Was . Rob-
ber and Fired.
Mrs. J. Rappe Myers. wife OF the
proprietor of the Rappe hotel. Green's
burg. Pa. was shot by her daughter.
Gladys h. Myers. in mistake for .
burglar in a sleeping car on Penn
sylvania railroad train, bound for New
York.
Mrs. Myers died a short time later
in a Trenton. N. j.. hospital. The
shooting took place when the train
was passing Croydon. near Bristol. Pa.
Miss Meyers and w. Il. Cuthbert,
sixty years old. OF Lynchburg. Va.
were arrested by the Trenton police.
II was thought at first that Cuthbert
was concerned in some way with the
shooting, as he was found with Miss
Myers few seconds after the sound
OF the shot aroused the other passen-
gers In the car and brought the por.
ter and conductor. Later he explained
that he had been standing on the front
RtutiOAN VI tAC tat tCAt ga tbU h0At .
and had run In when he heard the
shot.
After the details of the shooting be-
came known Miss Myers was released
from custody. The police decided that
the shooting was an accident and the
district attorney decided to drop the
case. There will be no coroner's in
quest. Cuthbert, who was held as q
material witness. was also discharged.
Miss Myers. in company with her
father, brother and J. Blair billiard.
her iiancee. left Trenton Immediately
In an automobile for Philadelphia.
Miss Myers. who Is about twenty
years old and exceedingly pretty. was
on the way to New York to purchase
a trousscau for her coming wedding to
J. Blair billiard. of Salem. Va. drug
gist. She had casket OF jewels.
which she was taking to New York TO
have repaired and matched. and when
she heard her mother reentering
their section. after Mrs. Myers had
gone for few minutes to the dressing
room. she took her revolver from un-
der her pillow and fired. thinking a
burglar was after the gems. She was
half awake at the time.
After recovering from a nj of hys-
teria at the Trenton police station.
Miss Myers said:
II am Miss Gladys Elizabeth Myers.
OF the Rappe hotel. corner of West
Otternan and Pennsylvania avenues.
Greensburg. Pa. My mother and left
our home in Greensburg. Pa. to visit
my fiancee. T. Blair billiard. for a
short time: then went TO see my
brother. ]. Rappe Myers. Jr.. at Sa-
lem. Va. where he is In the lumber
business. Ny mother and took a
train from Salem. Va. engaging a
lower berth.
II was awakened by my mother.
who informed me that she was going
to the wasAroom. and while she was
absent ! dozed OF TO sleep. I was
suddenly awakened from my sleep by
seeing the curtains parted and some
one crawling into the berth. | always
sleep with revolver under my pill
low, and knowing that the porter had
seen my jewelry. pulled the revolver
from under INV pillow and fired. and
was Mortified to hear ny mother
scream and stagger into the smoker.
where | found her.
'There ! shouted for some one to
get a doctor and some whisky. A
gentleman came forward who after
ward learned was William X. Cuth.
bert. OF Lynchburg. Va. and offered
his services.
"My mother and were always on
good terms. and ] considered her my
best friend. We were on our way to
New York to do some shopping In an.
ticipation of my brothers wedding on
Christmas eve and my own. In June,