Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1884 — Stabbed in a Ball-Room. [ARTICLE]

Stabbed in a Ball-Room.

[Wheeling (W. Va) special.'] A bloody murder occurred at an early hour this morning at Martin’s Ferry, just opposite this city. A dance was in progress, and Benjamin Frazier and George Bleubach claimed the hand' of a girl for a waltz. Their quarrel was made intense by an old feud. Bleubach took the girl, who threw herself between them, when Frazier drew a huge knife, and, reaching over the girl, made°a lunge at his opponent, inflicting a fatal wound. Bluebach fell, and Frazier, throwing the girl aside, buried the blade in his enemy’s body. Others then interfered, and the dying man was borne out Two officers, it is said, saw the affair, but did not venture to interfere. The murderer went on with the dance for two hours, and then came to this city, and is somewhere here secreted. Bluebach died to-night