The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-07-18
JEALOUSY CAUSED
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Spurned SuitOr Kills Rival
and Himself. -.
SERIOUSLY WOUNDS WOMAN
Lies in Wait For Victims as They Re-
turn Home Together From a Church
Picnic.


Hanover, Pa, July 19.-CraZed by
jealousy, Samuel Bowman, SO years
old. lay in wait at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Eichelberger. at KentlSr'>
Schoo! House. Two miles south of Han
over, and when their daughter, Mrs
Minnie Resh, - years old, a widow,
and her suitor, Emanuel NJ. Rohr-
baugh, 26 years old, returned at ll.3C
o'clock. Saturday night, he opened fire
with a dOuble-barreled shotgun, wound
ing Rohrbaugh so badly that he died
se1en hoErs later, and seriously injur-
ing Mrs. Resh.
Bowman then fed to the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Bowman. Sr., half a mile distant, and
both shot and hung himself.
Young ROhrbaugh and Mrs. Resh
spent the evening at the Dubb'S church
picnic. They drove to the Etchelber-
ger home in an automobile and were
about to alight when Bowman stepped
out from behind a tree and fired with
out Il warning from a distance of ten
feet. The first shot struck Mrs. ReSh
in the neck and shoulder, and the sec
ond hir Rohrbaugh in the face and
blew off his jaw DR.. Ii. NJ. Alleman,
of Hanover. was summoned and he or
dered both injured persons removed to
the York Hospital, where Rohrbaugh
died. He then informed Chief of Po-
lice CrabbS of the tragedy.
Tbiaf I'rubhS mortified npIipp hp1H-
quarters in York, Gettys Littles-
town and Westminster TO be on the
lookout. and then organized parties.
Hundreds of persons soon gathered
and a network of searcherS covered
the surrounding woods and fields They
were highly incenSed by the crime and
probably would have inflicted bodily
injury had they caught the assassin
Fear of this is believed TO he the rea
son for Rowman's suicide.
When Mrs. Resh was questioned as
to the identity of the murderer she
was reluctant TO say, but finally mem
toned B0wman'S name. Special Officer
Frank Schelvert, accompanied by five
men, drove to the Bowman house and
saw IA man peep out from behind a
window shade, but, being armed with
revolvers, they hesitated before enter
ing the house Chief Crabbs was sum-
moned and BowmanS father told him
there was no use of searching for his
son, as he believed the boy had COM
mitted suicide.
Shortly thereafter Corporal Snyder,
of the state police, found note tackled
on porch post reading as follows
Father and mother: You will find my
body under the pear rtee back of the
barn. Please bury my body at Dubb's
church-Samuel"
Going To the place directed, Cor
poral Snyder found the body, clad only
in shirt and Overalls, suspended from
a tree. Standing on a step-ladder Bow
man had tied q rope around his neck
and then shot himself thrice in the
chest with revolver. BOwman's bark
ing dog first attracted the policeman 5
attention and attacked hin when he
approached the body.
The tragedy, which has aroused this
entire section of York county, was the
result of a lovers quarrel. Bowman
called on Mrs. Resh for year. Then
about four months ago Rohrbaugh de-
gan paying attention TO her and she
rejected Bowman. He became very
angry and personally threatened her,
remarking there would be couple of
funerals if she did not take him back.