Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01
Say Woman Killed
Man, Child and Self
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Knew he was dead. Then I ran out Of
the house to get help"
Mrs. Eichelberger called DR.. William
B. Ewing. a physician who lives in the
town. He hurried to the house, but
found that her husband was beyond
human aid. The bullet had pierced the
brain and death had been instantaneous.
Doctor Ewing Immediately called the
authorities at West Chester on the long
distance telephone. He summoned As.
sistant District Attorney Windle and
County Detective Mullen. who came out
In an automobile Immediately. They
heard Mrs. Eichelberger's story.
Warrant for Murder Issued
They questioned her closely about tho
woman who had fired the shot. Mrs.
Eichelberger said she was almost Ger
tain it was Mrs. Dunlop. She told the
oficinls that Mrs. Dunlop had frequent
" threatened to kill Eichelbergcr and all
his family. Recently. also. Mrs. Eichel-
berger had received threatening letters,
she said, which she believed had been
sent by Mrs. Dunlop.
The officials were so impressed with
her story that they summoned Justice
ppf the Peace Long and swore out
" warrant for the arrest Of Mrs. Dun
lcp, charging suspicion of murder.
At z 80 o'clock came the news of the
death of Mrs. Dunlop and her daughter
Their bodies were discovered by farm
a employees.
The Dunlop farm is fine place of
<sninety acres, something less than mile
< <outside of West Grove. Harry Boyle
was employed by Mrs. Dunlop as farmer
8 pn the place.
*H Last night Charles Walker. n farm
hand, who works on the Dunlop place,
went home at II o'clock and was sur
prised to see that lady" Mrs. Dun
X Iop's driving horse was out of her stall
and the buggy Mrs. Dunlop usually
h drove was missing.
This morning Boyle, the farmer. went
20 the barn at q so o'clock. To his
amazement he saw "Lady' patiently
standing in. thes hafts of the buggy. in
thec arriage house. Boyle went back tc
his own tenants house and told his wife
Of thes TRANCE circumstance. She said
she thought he ought to go up to the
big yellow stucco house where Mrs
Dnulop lived with her daughter and Sis
er, Mrs. Florence Crandall, and sec
whether anything was wrong.
Two Bodies Are Found
Boyle went to the big house, set al
he end of quarter-mile- long avenue
I shade trees. at Z 80 o'clock. HI
nocked but got no answer He ham
y iered on the door for awhile, then be
tme alarmed and broke in,
The house was quiet. He searched thu
yer floor and found no signs Of ac'
ity. He went upstairs to the bed
m. Mrs. Crandall's room was un'
dpied--and he remembered that sh'
gone away for a trip yesterday ant
'uld not be back until today. Their
tried the door of the room whPr,
Mrs. Dunlop and her little daughte
slept.
One the bed lay mother and daughter
He thought at first they were sleeping
until he saw dark splotchrs on the be,
Coverings He called to them, hal
hkping that he was mistaken. Their
wIbs. no response, and he felt thei
5dies. Both were dead Mrs. Dun
BPS left arm hung Imply from tn
b. ned. On the floor beside it, six inche
rom the unclenched fingers, lay smaI
nd vicious looking automatic pistol
I .25 5-calibe..
On TIE foor beside it lay two ex
ended shells, elected automaticall
ter the weapon was fired,
Tsoyle's first thought was TO get
,ctor. He rushed to the telephone an,
alled up Doctor Ewing, the sam
,ysician who had been summoned t
.ttend Eichelberger. He then Calle
the county authorities, and was toll
he could reach them at the Eichelbergc
home. He called the house where Eich
elberger lay dead, to summon the au
fhorities 20 investigate the death q
Ahe woman who is believed to be Eichel
gers slayer.
che district detective and assistan
let attorney hurried out to the Dun
lace. The finding of the weapo
ed in their opinion the suspicio
s. Dunlop had shot EiChelbcrgeI
elief was made the stronger whe
examined the shells on the floor
III of tn essme make and CalibC
the floor in EichelbtrEer's room
"A Coroner Calls Jury
Wcoroner's jury was empanele
and viewed both bodies TIL
er's physician was. summoned an
ipeb them also. II said that a
w - d froror1 single bull,
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