Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, May 22, 1908 Volume 42, Number 21 Death from 50 Years Ago Obituary – Died at his residence in Munster Township on Wednesday evening, Mr. John Myers, aged 68 years. The funeral will start from his late residence to proceed to Loretto cemetery on Friday at 10 o’clock A. M. Mr. Myers was among the oldest residents of the county and no one possessed to a greater extent the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He was a kind father, a faithful friend, a generous neighbor, a consistent Christian and an honest man. May he rest in peace. 1908 Deaths Bernard McClain Died from Taking Carbolic Acid Greensburg, May 18 “Ever see a man asleep with his eyes open?” asked Bernard McClain as he dropped into a chair on the porch of the Hecla Hotel at Hecla Saturday afternoon. W. H. Myers, to whom the remark was addressed, was about to make a laughing reply when his attention was attracted by the other’s pallor. In half a minute, McClain was dead from Carbolic acid, self-administered. Bernard McClain was a brother of James A. McClain, Cashier of the First National Bank of Spangler and of Frank McClain of Bellefonte. The interment was made at Bellefonte on Monday. Murder at Barnesboro Guesippe Sciowto Shot to Death by Chicken Thieves On Wednesday night last Guesippe Sciowto, an Italian, was shot at his home near the Madeira mines, a short distance from Barnesboro and died in a few minutes. The wife of Sciowto at a late hour on the night in question heard a noise in the chicken coup in the cellar of the house, and arousing her husband, he went down to see what was the matter when some person, as yet unknown, fired a load of buckshot into his neck, tearing away arteries, tendons and veins, from the result of which he died in the arms of his wife who had gone to his assistance. District Attorney Leech was immediately notified of the occurrence and County Detective Berkebile was immediately dispatched to the scene of the murder and an investigation was started. Chicken feathers indicated a path to the house of a suspicious character and red feathers found in his house which Mrs. Sciowto believes came from a rooster she owned. The man was arrested but no direct evidence against him being at hand, he was discharged from custody as was also a young man of the neighborhood whom it was afterwards found had been acting strangely that night from the effects of booze. The affair has caused a great sensation in the neighborhood but it is doubtful if any evidence can be found to fasten the crime on the guilty.