People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1893 — A DREADFUL SCENE. [ARTICLE]

A DREADFUL SCENE.

Last Act in a Domestic Drama of Discord and Despondency. Pittsburgh, Sept. 27. Samuel G. Stodhart, a car accountant at the Carnegie Steel company, shot his wife in the heart while she was sleeping, and then placing the muzzle of the revolver into his mouth sent a bullet crashing into his own brain. The tragedy occurred at 5:35 o’clock a. m. at the home of Stodhart on Point View avenue, East End. Insanity over religious differences and despondency over business troubles are the causes which led to the awful deed. Stodhart was 45 years old and his wife two years his junior. The couple have been married sixteen years, and have had seven children, the eldest being a girl 15 years old. Mrs. Stodhart was a Catholic, and the two frequently quarreled over the education of their children. Recently Stodhart’s salary was reduced 15 per cent, and this also preyed on his mind.