The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-12-12
BULLET
IS fired
By A DanviIle Man Into His
After Attempting To Shoot
Young Lady
The Latter Escaped Without
Any Injury
While Albert Gfassbaugh viii
Probably Die
Exciting Affair Occurs Mon
day Evening

Danville, o., Dec. "a most sensa-
tionaI shooting affray occurred about
a mile and a half out of Danvlle last
night near $50 o'clock when Albert
A. Grassbaugh, aged "a years, at
tempted, so it is believed, to murder
Miss Alice Durbin, daughter of Clem
Durbin. Miss Durbin escaped unin-
jured, but Grassbaugh is at the Dur
bin home lying at the point of death
with bullet in his brain. He cannot
recover.
All persons connected with the af-
fair are prominent people of Danville
and vicinity. Miss Durbin was
former teaher in the Danville public
schools, while Grassbaugh is the son
of Mr.. Jacob Grassbaugh, one of the
well known citizens of the village.
Grassbaugh had been seen in the
company with Miss Durbin on num-
erous occasions and it seemed to be
the opinion of Danville people that
the couple was soon to be married.
A few weeks ago Grassbaugh left the
village and went to Akron where he
secured employment as motorman on
a street car line. On Sunday night
he came down on the midnight train,
but as the train did not not stop at
Danville he got off at Millersburg and
then came on here Monday morning.
Grassbaugh was about the village all
day Monday. He was at his home
and in a number of the village stores
About o'clock he went to livery
barn and said that he wanted horse
and buggy to leave in about 15 min
utes. While the rig was being
hitched up, Grassbaugh left and went
over to the Office of the Mt. Vernon
Telephone Company and called up
Miss Durbin at her home. Grass
baugh used booth and seemed to
talk in low tones. However, just at
the close of his conversation he
screamed out Miss Durbin's name
which was heard by the operators in
the other room. After this he quickly
left the building and walked over
past the livery barn where he had
ordered the rig, but did not stop. The
proprietor of the barn saw him pass
and then cut across the fields towards
the Durbin home.
1t was just about dark when Grass
baugh reached the Durbin home, but
no lights had been made within. Go
ing up to.the front porch, Grassbaugh
approached window and pulling
revolver from his coat fired. The bull
let went high, but crashed through
the plate glass near the top of the
window. 1t is the supposition that
the flash from the revolver enabled
Grassbaugh to get instantaneous view
of the interior of the room. He saw
a rocking chair in front of the win
dow on the back of which was at
tached tidy. Taking deliberate aim
he fired again through the window.
This time the bullet crashed through
the window and passed through the
back of the chair.
,Grassbaugh evidently believed he
had killed someone for he jumped off
the porch and went to field at the
east side OF the house. BY this time
occupants of the Durbin household
were very much excited and Mr.. Dur
bin went to an upstairs window to
look out. He saw man standing in
the field still looking at the direction
of the house, but his identity was not
known to Mr.. Durbin. Just at that
moment Mr.. Durbin was startled to
see the man reload revolver and
place the weapon to his forehead
and pull the trigger. There was a
loud report and the man fell to the
ground. Mr.. Durbin fastened to his