Nicholas Duke was killed by James Nutt in retaliation for the murder of his father by Nicholas Duke shortly before - Duke had been acquitted of that murder by a jury
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, June 17, 1883
"THE BURIAL OF DUKES.
PITTSBURG, June 16 - An Uniontown , Pa., special says: All that was mortal of Nicholas Lyman Dukes, the man whose presence caused the family discord, disgrace and bloodshed at Uniontown, was hidden from sight to-day, in Churchill Cemetery, the burying-ground of the Strubel family, a short distance from here, in Germantownship. Very few Uniontown people attended the funeral, and most of those that did go went through curiosity. Among the number was Sheriff Hooper and his father-in-law, John Messmore. The services were conducted by Revs. S. Mulholland and Bailey, of the Presbyterian Church, and were short but affecting. In the course of his remarks Mr. Mulholland said it was not for him to judge Dukes - he had gone to answer before a higher bar.
Mrs. Strubel, mother of the deceased, then took a last look into the casket, and sobbed aloud as she gazed upon her son. The coffin was then closed, and the cortege, which was composed of about three hundred people, in ninety-two vehicles, took up the march to the cemetery. Upon arrival there the usual ceremony took place, after which the body was lowered into the grave, and the funeral party returned to the Strubel mansion for dinner.
Dispatches from all parts of the country are still pouring in on the Nutt family, tendering sympathy and offering financial aid to be used in young Nutt's defense. Among the number to-day were messages from Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis.
Nutt Murder Case
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, June 17, 1883
"THE BURIAL OF DUKES.
PITTSBURG, June 16 - An Uniontown , Pa., special says: All that was mortal of Nicholas Lyman Dukes, the man whose presence caused the family discord, disgrace and bloodshed at Uniontown, was hidden from sight to-day, in Churchill Cemetery, the burying-ground of the Strubel family, a short distance from here, in Germantownship. Very few Uniontown people attended the funeral, and most of those that did go went through curiosity. Among the number was Sheriff Hooper and his father-in-law, John Messmore. The services were conducted by Revs. S. Mulholland and Bailey, of the Presbyterian Church, and were short but affecting. In the course of his remarks Mr. Mulholland said it was not for him to judge Dukes - he had gone to answer before a higher bar.
Mrs. Strubel, mother of the deceased, then took a last look into the casket, and sobbed aloud as she gazed upon her son. The coffin was then closed, and the cortege, which was composed of about three hundred people, in ninety-two vehicles, took up the march to the cemetery. Upon arrival there the usual ceremony took place, after which the body was lowered into the grave, and the funeral party returned to the Strubel mansion for dinner.
Dispatches from all parts of the country are still pouring in on the Nutt family, tendering sympathy and offering financial aid to be used in young Nutt's defense. Among the number to-day were messages from Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis.
Nutt Murder Case
Nicholas Duke was killed by James Nutt in retaliation for the murder of his father by Nicholas Duke shortly before - Duke had been acquitted of that murder by a jury
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, June 17, 1883
"THE BURIAL OF DUKES.
PITTSBURG, June 16 - An Uniontown , Pa., special says: All that was mortal of Nicholas Lyman Dukes, the man whose presence caused the family discord, disgrace and bloodshed at Uniontown, was hidden from sight to-day, in Churchill Cemetery, the burying-ground of the Strubel family, a short distance from here, in Germantownship. Very few Uniontown people attended the funeral, and most of those that did go went through curiosity. Among the number was Sheriff Hooper and his father-in-law, John Messmore. The services were conducted by Revs. S. Mulholland and Bailey, of the Presbyterian Church, and were short but affecting. In the course of his remarks Mr. Mulholland said it was not for him to judge Dukes - he had gone to answer before a higher bar.
Mrs. Strubel, mother of the deceased, then took a last look into the casket, and sobbed aloud as she gazed upon her son. The coffin was then closed, and the cortege, which was composed of about three hundred people, in ninety-two vehicles, took up the march to the cemetery. Upon arrival there the usual ceremony took place, after which the body was lowered into the grave, and the funeral party returned to the Strubel mansion for dinner.
Dispatches from all parts of the country are still pouring in on the Nutt family, tendering sympathy and offering financial aid to be used in young Nutt's defense. Among the number to-day were messages from Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis.
Nutt Murder Case
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, June 17, 1883
"THE BURIAL OF DUKES.
PITTSBURG, June 16 - An Uniontown , Pa., special says: All that was mortal of Nicholas Lyman Dukes, the man whose presence caused the family discord, disgrace and bloodshed at Uniontown, was hidden from sight to-day, in Churchill Cemetery, the burying-ground of the Strubel family, a short distance from here, in Germantownship. Very few Uniontown people attended the funeral, and most of those that did go went through curiosity. Among the number was Sheriff Hooper and his father-in-law, John Messmore. The services were conducted by Revs. S. Mulholland and Bailey, of the Presbyterian Church, and were short but affecting. In the course of his remarks Mr. Mulholland said it was not for him to judge Dukes - he had gone to answer before a higher bar.
Mrs. Strubel, mother of the deceased, then took a last look into the casket, and sobbed aloud as she gazed upon her son. The coffin was then closed, and the cortege, which was composed of about three hundred people, in ninety-two vehicles, took up the march to the cemetery. Upon arrival there the usual ceremony took place, after which the body was lowered into the grave, and the funeral party returned to the Strubel mansion for dinner.
Dispatches from all parts of the country are still pouring in on the Nutt family, tendering sympathy and offering financial aid to be used in young Nutt's defense. Among the number to-day were messages from Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis.
Nutt Murder Case
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