Kalamazoo (MICH) Gazette, October 23, 1897, p. 2. NOTE: Consider Holtsapple and Holtzapple as spelling variants of Hotsapple. LEAD SETTLES A FEUD Salem, Indiana, October 22-Near Saltilloville, fourteen miles northwest of Salem, Green Slaughter shot and mortally wounded George Slaughter, his uncle, and John Hotsapple (sic). There was a family feud existing between the parties, caused by a lawsuit.