Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Supposed Murder and Suicide. [ARTICLE]

Supposed Murder and Suicide.

The bodies of Walter Snyder .and Minnie Reichsteller were found on Mount Penn, Pa., with bullet holes through their temples. A pistol was lying by Snyder’s side, and it is supposed he killed the girl and then committed suicide. The couple left a letter in which they said that their love affairs had been interfered with and that they had decided to die together. They had been keeping company for some time. He was 20 years of age and the girl 21.