19 Feb 1906
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1906
Page
1
John Longbaugh, a farmer, is slain near Tiverton by a wife who wished him committed to an asylum. The killer slashed the victim’s head and beat him, witnessed by a year old boy who hiked four miles for help. Mrs Longbaugh first denied the crime then gave conflicting accounts, found by a neighbor wandering the premises at dawn with disheveled hair and a large poker.
Saturday afternoon a thief entered the suite of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Zill on Brower block while they were away for about an hour, stealing a lady’s gold watch two brooches a ring and $5. Police found no clues and suspect the intruder used a skeleton key.
Three men entered Myrtle Hostetter home on South Third street at about seven on Saturday night. The frightened Miss Hostetter fled to notify police and the intruders escaped after taking a lady's gold watch from her room dresser. A light overcoat and soft hat described for one suspect. a black stiff hat dropped in flight was recovered at the scene. Officers searched the house, but the men were gone. The watch is the only missing item. a stiff hat remains at police headquarters.
A Coshocton ministerial association gathered Monday morning at the library. Most members attended despite a disrupted agenda as they planned further events and discussed community matters.
John Longbaugh, a farmer near Tiverton and Walhending, was found dead from two ax blows while asleep. His wife, Louisa Longbaugh, prime suspect, allegedly insane for a year, committed the murder witnessed by their ten year old nephew Adonis Singer. Community shaken as authorities and doctors assess her condition and motive.
Norris of Newcomerstown hunts for his wife and two daughters and son who vanished Sunday night after he left for Adams Mills. He found the wife seen with the children at the depot before westbound train No. 36. Suspects the wife eloped, possibly to Newark or Columbus. the family has relatives nearby. The children are two girls ages five and three and a boy age four. the wife is described as 27, light hair, dark eyes, weight about 120 pounds. Norris aims to recover his children.
Incomplete note records a health update for Miss Grace Cart, indicating a fever at the home of her parents on Capt Att street.
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