The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12
BOYSHOOTS WOMAN
AND THEN ENDSLIFE
Uses Gun When Plea That Ne and Girl Be
Regular SWssthsaTts Is Rejected.
THIRTEEN-YEGR.OLD LOVER SEES TRAGEDY
Mother Tries to Convince Juvenile
suitor That He and Girl, Merely
a Child, Were Too Young to
Think of Matrimony.
W. N. U. Special News Service.

Newark. - The heart of thirteen.
year-old Margaret Lohrman quick
ened as she saw Angelo Dimitri, two
years her senior, striding up the side
walk to the Lohrman home. She knew
that he was coming to plead with her
mother that they might be regular"
sweethearts, and she was certain that
even her mother could not Withstand
Angeles words and his big black eyes.
But there was something about his
white face and tightly clenched hands
that made her afraid of him as he|
mother opened the door. The feeling
grew to terror as the girl listened tc
the high words that followed and
swelled to horror as she saw Angelo
pull revolver and fire at her mother.
The boy cast glance over his
shoulder at the girl as he fed through
the door and past neighbors sum-
moned by Margaret's wild screams. A
minute or so later a~second shot was
heard.
Angeles body was found beside
creek about 100 yards from the Lohr-
man home with bullet in his temple.
In his hand was cIutched the re-
volver with which his father killed
himself recently because Of reverses
he heard the Austrian army, of which
he was once member, had sustained.
Neighbors found Margaret bending
over her mothers body, weeping wild
ly and the husband and father, Leon
ard Lohrman, was summoned from
the plant of the Wehrle Stove works,
where he is superintendent of the
foundry department.
Mrs. Lohrman was removed to the
hospital, where surgeons said her
wound would certainly cause death.
Her condition was such as to preclude
questions, but from Margaret it was
learned that Angelo came to the home
about $3.50 o'clock and for half an
hour begged Mrs. Lohrman to allow
him to court her daughter.
The mother tried to convince the
juvenile suitor that both he and the
girl were too young to think of mat
rimony and pointed out that his sal
ary as the driver of a grocer's wagon
would not be sufficient to even pay
for Margaret's music lessons.
But | love her, cannot live with
out her." was the boys answer to
each reason advanced by Mrs. Lohr-
man. The girls smile gave him cour-
age, and he continued, finally demand
ing that he be allowed to pay court.
1t was at Mrs. Lohrman's positive re-
fusal that he drew the revolver and
fired.
Neighbors said that Margaret, who
is remarkably pretty and looks and
appears older than her years, had ac-
cepted the boys attentions, deporting
herself more as young lady than
girl. Both. her father and mother had
given Angeles attentions only passing
thought until few days ago, when he
was forbidden the house and she was
told not to meet him. This mandate
evidently brought the crisis at the
Lohrman home, 800 Wehrle-av.
The Dimitris, father and two sons,
came to this city some time ago and
lived in boarding house at "a Will
son-st. Angelo was employed as de-
livery boy by ]. G. Doness. The mother
is dead and the only surviving men,
ber Of the family in the United States
is Thomas, a brother, about two years
older than Angelo.