Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — Entire Family Killed. [ARTICLE]

Entire Family Killed.

At Wheeling Junction, Ohio, three Italians on the Fourth of July left a. trail of blood behind their knives, almost wiping out an entire family. The dead are: Jacob Eidenaur, aged 80 years, stabbed in the heart; William Eidenaur, son, left Jugular vein cut, and stabbed in the heart. The injured are: Robert Eidenaur, a son, cut on both arms; Philip Eidenaur, a son, stabbed over the eyes, in the breast, and on the leg, may die; Mrs. Jacob Eidenaur, aged 80, stabbed in left side, may die. According to Mrs. Philip Eidenaur of Steubenville, herself and husband, with their baby, were visiting Mr. Eidenaur’s parents and as they were leaving the home of Mr. Eidenaur’s parents the father’s family went up on the main road to see them off. Three Italians, part of a gang working on the railroad, came along and one of them said something offensive to Robert Eidenaur, who called them a vulgar name. The three Italians then flashed stiletoes, killed the father and William almost instantly, cut Philip frightfully, and, after stabbing Mrs. Jacob Eidenaur, Mrs. Philip Eidenaur, and Robert, fled.