Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1896 — Madge York and James Gentry. [ARTICLE]
Madge York and James Gentry.
Gentry, who was an actoj in the same company with Madge York, murdered her in a fit of jealousy. He was sentenced to be hanged, and is now confined in a Philadelphia prison awaiting the time when the sentence is to be carried out. None of his friends or relatives is allowed to see him, and he is said to be going insane through remorse and solitude. The memorial organ presented to the First Presbyterian Church of Richfield Springs, N. Y., by Mrs. Emmons Blaine was dedicated Sunday afternoon. Edward Armbruster, aged 65, an old soldier, until recently in the Dayton, Ohio, soldiers’ home, committed suicido with paris green..
