Information is from Cemetery Records, Section 1, Pg. 6 - Eitnier, Amanda K., BB14, 09/26/1855 - 08/19/1891.
Published in the Lititz (PA) Record, Friday, 21 Aug 1891, pg. 3.
"ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY.
A Lover's Quarrel Culminates in a Double Crime.
A terrible murder and suicide, which threw the whole city of Lancaster into a state of excitement, occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the parlor of the Franklin House, one of Lancaster's most prominent hotels.
Among the guests were Lemon Elwarth [sic - gravestone spells surname Ellwerth], a widower, and Amanda Eitnier, a widow, of Ephrata. They went to the house together between 12 and 1 o'clock and ate dinner. They sat side by side, and seemed to be in the best of spirits. After dinner they went up stairs and took chairs in the parlor. They talked for an hour or more, and at 2 o'clock, when last seen, there appeared to be nothing wrong. At 3 o'clock Michael Burns, proprietor of the hotel, heard three pistol shots. He thought some of the employees were shooting rats, but after a time heard groans from upstairs. He went to the parlor and found the woman lying on the floor dead with two pistol balls in her head. Elwarth was lying by her side with a pistol wound above the right eye and a dangerous-looking revolver on the floor near by, from which three shots had been fired. Physicians were summoned and the man was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7 o'clock in the evening. A coroner's inquest on the woman's remains showed that she had been murdered by the man while his was a case of suicide. Elwarth was about 35 years of age and a carpenter by trade. His wife died two years ago leaving him six children, who are distributed around among his relatives. Mrs. Eitnier had been a widow for ten years, and was almost 40 years of age. She resided with her aged mother and aunt in Ephrata , where she had three children, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age.
Over a year ago Elwarth fell in love with the widow, and since that time he had been paying the closest attention to her.
The pair met out, but of late Mrs. Eitnier had become tired of her lover and told several persons that she wanted nothing more to do with him, but he insisted upon following and annoying her. Tuesday the pair spent an hour together in an ice cream saloon in Ephrata, talking earnestly. In the evening they were seen together and he seemed to be coaxing her to go away with him. Wednesday morning Elwarth, who has not been working since June, left his boarding house, but said nothing about going away from town, as was his custom. While in a saloon he saw Mrs. Eitnier pass, and he found that she was about to take the train for. Lancaster. He followed and purchased a ticket. They went to town together, and must hare been together during the forenoon. It is believed by many that he had a quarrel with her, and in a fit of jealously or rage killed her.
The town of Ephrata was almost wild with excitement and the old mother and children of the dead woman almost dead from grief. Mrs. Eitnier was well connected, being a sister of one of Lancaster's most prominent brokers. She had been married to Romanus Eitnier, son of Urias, who died at Brunnerville of consumption. "
NOTE: Parental links are courtesy of contributor Christina Sachs Wagner (member #48466524).
Published in the Lititz (PA) Record, Friday, 21 Aug 1891, pg. 3.
"ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY.
A Lover's Quarrel Culminates in a Double Crime.
A terrible murder and suicide, which threw the whole city of Lancaster into a state of excitement, occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the parlor of the Franklin House, one of Lancaster's most prominent hotels.
Among the guests were Lemon Elwarth [sic - gravestone spells surname Ellwerth], a widower, and Amanda Eitnier, a widow, of Ephrata. They went to the house together between 12 and 1 o'clock and ate dinner. They sat side by side, and seemed to be in the best of spirits. After dinner they went up stairs and took chairs in the parlor. They talked for an hour or more, and at 2 o'clock, when last seen, there appeared to be nothing wrong. At 3 o'clock Michael Burns, proprietor of the hotel, heard three pistol shots. He thought some of the employees were shooting rats, but after a time heard groans from upstairs. He went to the parlor and found the woman lying on the floor dead with two pistol balls in her head. Elwarth was lying by her side with a pistol wound above the right eye and a dangerous-looking revolver on the floor near by, from which three shots had been fired. Physicians were summoned and the man was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7 o'clock in the evening. A coroner's inquest on the woman's remains showed that she had been murdered by the man while his was a case of suicide. Elwarth was about 35 years of age and a carpenter by trade. His wife died two years ago leaving him six children, who are distributed around among his relatives. Mrs. Eitnier had been a widow for ten years, and was almost 40 years of age. She resided with her aged mother and aunt in Ephrata , where she had three children, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age.
Over a year ago Elwarth fell in love with the widow, and since that time he had been paying the closest attention to her.
The pair met out, but of late Mrs. Eitnier had become tired of her lover and told several persons that she wanted nothing more to do with him, but he insisted upon following and annoying her. Tuesday the pair spent an hour together in an ice cream saloon in Ephrata, talking earnestly. In the evening they were seen together and he seemed to be coaxing her to go away with him. Wednesday morning Elwarth, who has not been working since June, left his boarding house, but said nothing about going away from town, as was his custom. While in a saloon he saw Mrs. Eitnier pass, and he found that she was about to take the train for. Lancaster. He followed and purchased a ticket. They went to town together, and must hare been together during the forenoon. It is believed by many that he had a quarrel with her, and in a fit of jealously or rage killed her.
The town of Ephrata was almost wild with excitement and the old mother and children of the dead woman almost dead from grief. Mrs. Eitnier was well connected, being a sister of one of Lancaster's most prominent brokers. She had been married to Romanus Eitnier, son of Urias, who died at Brunnerville of consumption. "
NOTE: Parental links are courtesy of contributor Christina Sachs Wagner (member #48466524).
Information is from Cemetery Records, Section 1, Pg. 6 - Eitnier, Amanda K., BB14, 09/26/1855 - 08/19/1891.
Published in the Lititz (PA) Record, Friday, 21 Aug 1891, pg. 3.
"ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY.
A Lover's Quarrel Culminates in a Double Crime.
A terrible murder and suicide, which threw the whole city of Lancaster into a state of excitement, occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the parlor of the Franklin House, one of Lancaster's most prominent hotels.
Among the guests were Lemon Elwarth [sic - gravestone spells surname Ellwerth], a widower, and Amanda Eitnier, a widow, of Ephrata. They went to the house together between 12 and 1 o'clock and ate dinner. They sat side by side, and seemed to be in the best of spirits. After dinner they went up stairs and took chairs in the parlor. They talked for an hour or more, and at 2 o'clock, when last seen, there appeared to be nothing wrong. At 3 o'clock Michael Burns, proprietor of the hotel, heard three pistol shots. He thought some of the employees were shooting rats, but after a time heard groans from upstairs. He went to the parlor and found the woman lying on the floor dead with two pistol balls in her head. Elwarth was lying by her side with a pistol wound above the right eye and a dangerous-looking revolver on the floor near by, from which three shots had been fired. Physicians were summoned and the man was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7 o'clock in the evening. A coroner's inquest on the woman's remains showed that she had been murdered by the man while his was a case of suicide. Elwarth was about 35 years of age and a carpenter by trade. His wife died two years ago leaving him six children, who are distributed around among his relatives. Mrs. Eitnier had been a widow for ten years, and was almost 40 years of age. She resided with her aged mother and aunt in Ephrata , where she had three children, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age.
Over a year ago Elwarth fell in love with the widow, and since that time he had been paying the closest attention to her.
The pair met out, but of late Mrs. Eitnier had become tired of her lover and told several persons that she wanted nothing more to do with him, but he insisted upon following and annoying her. Tuesday the pair spent an hour together in an ice cream saloon in Ephrata, talking earnestly. In the evening they were seen together and he seemed to be coaxing her to go away with him. Wednesday morning Elwarth, who has not been working since June, left his boarding house, but said nothing about going away from town, as was his custom. While in a saloon he saw Mrs. Eitnier pass, and he found that she was about to take the train for. Lancaster. He followed and purchased a ticket. They went to town together, and must hare been together during the forenoon. It is believed by many that he had a quarrel with her, and in a fit of jealously or rage killed her.
The town of Ephrata was almost wild with excitement and the old mother and children of the dead woman almost dead from grief. Mrs. Eitnier was well connected, being a sister of one of Lancaster's most prominent brokers. She had been married to Romanus Eitnier, son of Urias, who died at Brunnerville of consumption. "
NOTE: Parental links are courtesy of contributor Christina Sachs Wagner (member #48466524).
Published in the Lititz (PA) Record, Friday, 21 Aug 1891, pg. 3.
"ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY.
A Lover's Quarrel Culminates in a Double Crime.
A terrible murder and suicide, which threw the whole city of Lancaster into a state of excitement, occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the parlor of the Franklin House, one of Lancaster's most prominent hotels.
Among the guests were Lemon Elwarth [sic - gravestone spells surname Ellwerth], a widower, and Amanda Eitnier, a widow, of Ephrata. They went to the house together between 12 and 1 o'clock and ate dinner. They sat side by side, and seemed to be in the best of spirits. After dinner they went up stairs and took chairs in the parlor. They talked for an hour or more, and at 2 o'clock, when last seen, there appeared to be nothing wrong. At 3 o'clock Michael Burns, proprietor of the hotel, heard three pistol shots. He thought some of the employees were shooting rats, but after a time heard groans from upstairs. He went to the parlor and found the woman lying on the floor dead with two pistol balls in her head. Elwarth was lying by her side with a pistol wound above the right eye and a dangerous-looking revolver on the floor near by, from which three shots had been fired. Physicians were summoned and the man was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7 o'clock in the evening. A coroner's inquest on the woman's remains showed that she had been murdered by the man while his was a case of suicide. Elwarth was about 35 years of age and a carpenter by trade. His wife died two years ago leaving him six children, who are distributed around among his relatives. Mrs. Eitnier had been a widow for ten years, and was almost 40 years of age. She resided with her aged mother and aunt in Ephrata , where she had three children, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age.
Over a year ago Elwarth fell in love with the widow, and since that time he had been paying the closest attention to her.
The pair met out, but of late Mrs. Eitnier had become tired of her lover and told several persons that she wanted nothing more to do with him, but he insisted upon following and annoying her. Tuesday the pair spent an hour together in an ice cream saloon in Ephrata, talking earnestly. In the evening they were seen together and he seemed to be coaxing her to go away with him. Wednesday morning Elwarth, who has not been working since June, left his boarding house, but said nothing about going away from town, as was his custom. While in a saloon he saw Mrs. Eitnier pass, and he found that she was about to take the train for. Lancaster. He followed and purchased a ticket. They went to town together, and must hare been together during the forenoon. It is believed by many that he had a quarrel with her, and in a fit of jealously or rage killed her.
The town of Ephrata was almost wild with excitement and the old mother and children of the dead woman almost dead from grief. Mrs. Eitnier was well connected, being a sister of one of Lancaster's most prominent brokers. She had been married to Romanus Eitnier, son of Urias, who died at Brunnerville of consumption. "
NOTE: Parental links are courtesy of contributor Christina Sachs Wagner (member #48466524).
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