Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-23
FATHER SHO0TSS0N
AND KILLS HIMSELF.
lansdaIe oyers e a s veteran
wo,nded by Angered Parent,
Separated from Wife
CONDITION is SERIOUS S

Harrison y. Kriebel, twenty Eight
aid an overseas veteran, of Lans-
~. pa. who served more than a
- France. was shot and seriously
,,dod This morning by his father.
Edwin Kricbcl, sixty-two years old
-ho thcn committed suicide. :,
VT Tho tragedy occurred on the back
III ~ of Harrison Kriebel's home at $50
To,nmbio avenue. 1ansdale, and is
Named T,d by those who know the Krie,bels
oU o," family trouble extending over long
period ,.,.,., .n,. h;s on, and
tIIcd himself. it is said. because ms son
Sod refused to take. him into the nome
ub;ch nba; hc had made for his mother.
The father attempted suicide last ne,
,omher il is said. because the son would
rnt lot him into the house and sent
,or I the police when he tried to enter.
Made Threats Against Son
4, that time the elder Kriebcl.. who
.,,nost died from n quantity of medicine
a. Jronk threatened to get his son.
1n Ionnary the son had the father
.as,od for annoying the elder Mrs.
Ttrichcl and he was bound over to keep
VT" y6nnr Kricbcl worked for T.. K.
po,n of 10 West Main street. II
;swelcr who had been his employer
.rcr since he was n boy and had taught
lin rho icwclrv business. Mrs. Bean
witnessed the shooting.
year ago Kriebel bought the hous"
odioinng that of his employer on CO.
Inmbia avenue. Mrs. Kricbrl, Sr..
ownod the little farm on which she
had lived with her husband near Lans-
Sownp The son invited her to come
and live with him. but did not extend
Tho same invitation to the father. The
farm was sold. the mother going to live
with the son. and the father was left
without home of his own. For a time
hc was a patient in the Sellcrsville Hos
rita.
Several times he has tried to see tine
son, and has tried repeatedly to get
his wife to come back to him. These
attempts were fruitless.
To-day. before Harrison Kriebel went
10 work. the father appeared at the
house again. The younger man saw
lin. They talked Il few minutes in the
back yard. Then the sou turned and
walked toward the house.
Shoots as Son Walks Away
As the son was about to enter his
dwelling. the father drew revolver
and fred Thcbullet struck the younger
man behind the left ear and he fell so
heavily that his head went through q
cellar door. The father then put the
muz2lc of the revolver into his mouth
and fired.
DR.. Carl +. Bigoney. of Lansdalc,
was summoned II was necessary to
chop away the cellar door to get the
younger man out. He and the father
were rushed to the Grand View Hos
pital Scllcrsvillc. The father died just
after he was admitted. The son is still
Unconscious. but the surgeons do not
believe his wound will be fatal.
Those who know the family well say
shooting was caused by the fathers re :
fusal to work. 1t is snid that the
mother did most to keep her family of
Elk children--a boy and four girls be-
sides Harrison. The father was not II
hard drinker. the ncighbors say. but
just shlftlcss. Opinion in the town is
sganst the elder man.
Had Good War Record
When Harrison KriebeI was still u
boy he got II job with Mr.. Bean. The
youth learned fast and saved his money.
He went to the war and came back
with fine record. having served in
the Twenty eighth Division. Then he
decided to max" II home for his mother.
lie is married. but has no children. lie
Is member of William +. Hare Post,
American Legion.