Middletown transcript., 1917-10-06
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John w. COugnenOur, engineer,
Western Maryland Railway, shot and
killed his wife, Ada II. Coughenour.
The shooting took place in the home
of the Coughenours, in Cumberland,
and was the result, it is alleged, of fire.
quent family quarrels. Five shots
were fired, every one of which took
effect One shot behind the ear of the
woman was the immediate cause OF
death. Coughenour is about Sc years
old and his wife was few years
younger. After the shooting Cough
enour made his escape.
1t is reported that many tomato
growers in Caroline county and the two
adjoining counties-Dorcheste and
Talbot-tempted by the high prices Of
fered for tomatoes, are violating their
contracts made with the packers. In
self-defense, many of the packers
have applied to the courts for injunc
tions against the growers to nrevent
the sale of tomatoes 20 any but the
party to the contract, and ask that re-
ceivers be appointed to harvest the
crop and deliver it to those who have
contracted therefor
Memorial services were held in the
courtroom of the Wicomico Circuit
Court in memory of the late Associate
Judges Robley D. Jones and Henry Fl.
L. Stanford, of the First judicial cir
cult of Maryland The services were
attended by several members of the
bar of the adjoining counties. Speeches
were made by Jay Williams. president
Of the Wicomico Bar Association. who
presented the resolutions Of respect to
the two judges from the local bar.
Mr.. Harry P. Strasbaugh had the
help of the ladies of Aberdeen at his
canning factory for several days last
week while he was packing some Of
the over-abundant crop of peaches
which he purchased from Mr.. Charles
E. Bryant's farm, near Havre de
Grace. Many of these peaches, picked
by Goucher College girls and assorted
by Mrs. J. Alexis Shriver and Miss
Jean Walsh, have been shipped to tho
Hotel Plaza, New York City, at $3.50
per basket.
Frank D. Layfield, prominent mer-
chant of Princess Anne, was accident
ally shot in the abdomen and side. He
and James H. Stirling, of Princess
Anne, were hunting squirrels in the
woods and Sterling becoming sepa-
rated from Layfield fired at squirrel
The shot struck Layfield, who was
screened by bushes. He was hurried
to the Peninsula General Hospital in
Salisbury, where his wounds were
dressed Mr.. Layfield was recently
nominated on the Progressive Demo-
cratic ticket for county treasurer.
Leaving a revival service at John
sons Church, on the National Pike,
just west of Frostburg, Albert Larue,
% years old, pursued his 21-year-old
wife down the roaG as she was driving
with relatives and SHOT her twice with
a shotgun. Then he fed into thicket,
placed the gun under his own chin and
fired The shot ripped his face to
pieces, killing him instantly. The
wounds inflicted upon his wife will not
prove fatal, physicians say.
After terrorizing all the members Of
his immediate family and making sew
eral attempts to kill his uncle, Jesse
Wheeler, 80 years old, Of Waterloo,
Howard county, was shot and killed by
his cousin, Reuben Wheeler, at the
home of the uncle, Marine Wheeler,
just as Jesse Wheeler was about to
discharge loaded shotgun into Marine
Wheeler's face.
An engineer and a fireman on a
freight train of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad were instantly killed and an
other member of the crew was injured
when their engine was derailed at
Dawson. Md. They were: M. F. Norris
and c. H. Cooper, both of Keyser,
Md. The accident occurred shortly