Mike,
FYI - This person is John Henry House. His middle initial on the stone is H. He was born 1/8/1857 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. He died 7/10/1924 in Herkimer County jail. He had 5 wives, the first being Mary Eva Hadcox . She died shortly after giving birth to their daughter Flora. Flora died 4 days after her mother.
After Mary there was Cora Firman (m. 1883) who divorced him, Clara Kasson (m. 1896)who was found hanged, Adelaide Allen who married in 1901 and divorced him in 1902 and his last wife, Harriet Schmall(Schmoll) (m. 1923) who he murdered in 1924. Harriet was not without her own baggage, she shot and killed a woman that her first husband, James Schmall was fooling around with in 1900. I have attached three articles about his death. In 1924 there were numerous articles about the murder.
I was in the process of updating Cedarville memorials when I realized that the middle initial was wrong. Diane B. Turner
AGED MAN TAKES LIFE
Herkimer Comity Man, Accused of Murdering Wife, Hangs Himself in Cell.
Herkimer, July 10.—John Henry House, aged 78 years, who was held in the Herkimer county Jail here on a charge of wife murder, hanged himself In his cell during trie night House, who had been married five times, was alleged to have killed his wife at their home In Columbia Center, July 3. John Henry House, 67, under Indictment In Herkimer County for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Harriet Schmall House, a former Baldwlnsville woman, committed suicide in his cell In the Herkimer County Jail sometime Wednesday night of last
week. The body was found hanging from the cell celling early Thursday morning by Jail attendants Who were carrying food to the prisoners. The indictment against House charged that on the morning of June 26 he slash6d the throat of his wife with either a knife or a razor. He stoutly maintained that he had killed his wife In self-defense after she attacked him with a carving knife. This explanation was never accepted by the authorities, who continued their search for a razor they believed he had used.
FYI - This person is John Henry House. His middle initial on the stone is H. He was born 1/8/1857 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. He died 7/10/1924 in Herkimer County jail. He had 5 wives, the first being Mary Eva Hadcox . She died shortly after giving birth to their daughter Flora. Flora died 4 days after her mother.
After Mary there was Cora Firman (m. 1883) who divorced him, Clara Kasson (m. 1896)who was found hanged, Adelaide Allen who married in 1901 and divorced him in 1902 and his last wife, Harriet Schmall(Schmoll) (m. 1923) who he murdered in 1924. Harriet was not without her own baggage, she shot and killed a woman that her first husband, James Schmall was fooling around with in 1900. I have attached three articles about his death. In 1924 there were numerous articles about the murder.
I was in the process of updating Cedarville memorials when I realized that the middle initial was wrong. Diane B. Turner
AGED MAN TAKES LIFE
Herkimer Comity Man, Accused of Murdering Wife, Hangs Himself in Cell.
Herkimer, July 10.—John Henry House, aged 78 years, who was held in the Herkimer county Jail here on a charge of wife murder, hanged himself In his cell during trie night House, who had been married five times, was alleged to have killed his wife at their home In Columbia Center, July 3. John Henry House, 67, under Indictment In Herkimer County for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Harriet Schmall House, a former Baldwlnsville woman, committed suicide in his cell In the Herkimer County Jail sometime Wednesday night of last
week. The body was found hanging from the cell celling early Thursday morning by Jail attendants Who were carrying food to the prisoners. The indictment against House charged that on the morning of June 26 he slash6d the throat of his wife with either a knife or a razor. He stoutly maintained that he had killed his wife In self-defense after she attacked him with a carving knife. This explanation was never accepted by the authorities, who continued their search for a razor they believed he had used.
Mike,
FYI - This person is John Henry House. His middle initial on the stone is H. He was born 1/8/1857 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. He died 7/10/1924 in Herkimer County jail. He had 5 wives, the first being Mary Eva Hadcox . She died shortly after giving birth to their daughter Flora. Flora died 4 days after her mother.
After Mary there was Cora Firman (m. 1883) who divorced him, Clara Kasson (m. 1896)who was found hanged, Adelaide Allen who married in 1901 and divorced him in 1902 and his last wife, Harriet Schmall(Schmoll) (m. 1923) who he murdered in 1924. Harriet was not without her own baggage, she shot and killed a woman that her first husband, James Schmall was fooling around with in 1900. I have attached three articles about his death. In 1924 there were numerous articles about the murder.
I was in the process of updating Cedarville memorials when I realized that the middle initial was wrong. Diane B. Turner
AGED MAN TAKES LIFE
Herkimer Comity Man, Accused of Murdering Wife, Hangs Himself in Cell.
Herkimer, July 10.—John Henry House, aged 78 years, who was held in the Herkimer county Jail here on a charge of wife murder, hanged himself In his cell during trie night House, who had been married five times, was alleged to have killed his wife at their home In Columbia Center, July 3. John Henry House, 67, under Indictment In Herkimer County for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Harriet Schmall House, a former Baldwlnsville woman, committed suicide in his cell In the Herkimer County Jail sometime Wednesday night of last
week. The body was found hanging from the cell celling early Thursday morning by Jail attendants Who were carrying food to the prisoners. The indictment against House charged that on the morning of June 26 he slash6d the throat of his wife with either a knife or a razor. He stoutly maintained that he had killed his wife In self-defense after she attacked him with a carving knife. This explanation was never accepted by the authorities, who continued their search for a razor they believed he had used.
FYI - This person is John Henry House. His middle initial on the stone is H. He was born 1/8/1857 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. He died 7/10/1924 in Herkimer County jail. He had 5 wives, the first being Mary Eva Hadcox . She died shortly after giving birth to their daughter Flora. Flora died 4 days after her mother.
After Mary there was Cora Firman (m. 1883) who divorced him, Clara Kasson (m. 1896)who was found hanged, Adelaide Allen who married in 1901 and divorced him in 1902 and his last wife, Harriet Schmall(Schmoll) (m. 1923) who he murdered in 1924. Harriet was not without her own baggage, she shot and killed a woman that her first husband, James Schmall was fooling around with in 1900. I have attached three articles about his death. In 1924 there were numerous articles about the murder.
I was in the process of updating Cedarville memorials when I realized that the middle initial was wrong. Diane B. Turner
AGED MAN TAKES LIFE
Herkimer Comity Man, Accused of Murdering Wife, Hangs Himself in Cell.
Herkimer, July 10.—John Henry House, aged 78 years, who was held in the Herkimer county Jail here on a charge of wife murder, hanged himself In his cell during trie night House, who had been married five times, was alleged to have killed his wife at their home In Columbia Center, July 3. John Henry House, 67, under Indictment In Herkimer County for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Harriet Schmall House, a former Baldwlnsville woman, committed suicide in his cell In the Herkimer County Jail sometime Wednesday night of last
week. The body was found hanging from the cell celling early Thursday morning by Jail attendants Who were carrying food to the prisoners. The indictment against House charged that on the morning of June 26 he slash6d the throat of his wife with either a knife or a razor. He stoutly maintained that he had killed his wife In self-defense after she attacked him with a carving knife. This explanation was never accepted by the authorities, who continued their search for a razor they believed he had used.
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