Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-11-15

saw a6 once bnat noGnlng could be
done for her at that place and they
ordered her taken to the hospital,
at which place an examination of
her body revealed that she had
been hit by three bullets. One of
them entered her right breast, one
entered her body just below her
heart and the other in the lower
part of her abdomen, but this bull
let plowed it's way through the
flesh and came out a few inches
below where it entered.
While at the Klump home Cor
oner Hardt took the statement Of
the girl, after he told her that she
was in all probability on her death
bed. He administered the oath to
her and she feebly lifted her right
hand and in a voice slightly above
a whisper she said:
''He shot me because he was
jealous of me. [ had been going
with him and had thrown him
down. He had said that he would
shoot me. His name is John Erble
and he boards iu Newberry. /
came home with him this morning
and he was mad. My name is
Grace Stidfole and | am twenty
one years OF age" i"
Friday afternoon, shortly after
Erble was arrested, he was taken
to the hospital for the purpose of
having Miss Stidfole identify him.
He was taken to the institution by
Chief of Police Harder, Captain
Calvert and Officer Berry, and they
were accompanied by District AT
torney Hoagland and John Rogers,
Esq, a stenographer. When Erble
was taken into the room where the
girl lay she at once identified him
as the man who had shot ner. He
also admitted that he had shot the
girl, but made no further statement.
In the post-mortem statement
given to Mr.. Rogers, in the pres
ence of the others, the girl stated
that she had been lover of Erble's
for about two years. She was tired
of him and tried to throw him over
and he became jealous. Friday
morning they quarreled because
she refused to accompany him to a
town in Ohio, where he had secur-
ed employment. Her refusal to go
so angered him that he drew his
revolver and began to shoot her
and at the same time remarked
that she should not stay here with
other men.
From the hospital Erble was
taken to the office of Alderman
Battle, where he was charged with
the shooting of the girl and to the
charge he pleaded guilty. He was
placed in Jail for further hearing
to be given him Friday afternoon
of this week at O. clock.
Erble was former roller boss at
the Sweets steel plant, but he has
not been working for several weeks.
He is a man with good habits and
previous to this has borne a good
reputation. He was not drinking
man. Erble has a wife and tive
children residing in Syracuse, n.
Y, and they are supported by
charity and four dollars week he
is compelled to send to them. This
fact was made known Friday when
Captain of Detectives w. p. Powers
went through Erble's effects at his
boarding house, and found several
receipts showing that he had for
warded the money for support OF
his wife and children. He has
been separated from his family for
some time.
Miss Stidfole has not been living
at home for about year, but has
been an inmate of the Irwin house
during most of that time. Her
mother when told OF the shooting
Friday acknowledged that her
daughter left home under peculiar
circumstances anl>amid tears told
told the story of the infatuation
Erble had for Miss Stidfole. She
said that Jack" as she called
him, had frequently threatened her.
1t has been learned that Erble
boarded for d time at a boarding
house ON Market street. He gave
his name as John Clark and while
he was there the Stidfole girl often
visited him, passing off as his wife,
but after it was learned by the
boarding mistress that she was an
inmate of the Irwin house her visits
stopped and "Clark" soon found