Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, January 14, 1910 Volume 44, Number 2 Killed by Robbers There died in Indiana County Saturday morning a man who was attacked some time ago by robbers who entered his house and who injured the householder so badly that death was the result. The man was Francis Fleming and he was a brother of Obadiah Fleming of Carroll Township, five miles from Ebensburg. Robbers entered the Francis Fleming home some time ago and, terrifying the family with firearms, gathered up everything of value in the place. In a struggle which followed their attempt to leave, Francis Fleming was kicked in the back. The injury refused to respond to medical treatment and death occurred Saturday. Gallantry Cost Life Driver Turns Too Close to Edge in Giving Women Road Altoona, Pa., Jan. 8 Edward White, aged 23, was fatally injured last night while gallantly giving two women the road on the mountain north of here so they would not have to wade through high snow drifts. He was driving and pulled so close to the edge of a high embankment, his sleigh was upset, the horse became frightened and ran away. White held to the lines and was dashed against a mail box post, his neck being broken and his skull fractured. Death of Miss Eliza Evans Miss Eliza Evans, aged 66 years, sister of the late Hon. Alvin Evans and aunt of Attorneys John E. and Chas. S. Evans, Mrs. J. W. Kephart and Alvin Evans, died suddenly at the Evans homestead on Center Street about ten o’clock Sunday night. She had been ailing for a couple of years and complained of another attack of illness the past week, but it was not thought at first that her condition was serious. She became critically ill Sunday afternoon and her death a few hours later was sudden and unexpected by her friends. The deceased was a daughter of the late David J. Evans, a well known tailor who died here about 1890. The funeral took place from the Evans residence Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Miss Evans was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church but as that church here has no pastor at present, the funeral services were conducted by the Rev. H. H. Guernsey of the Ebensburg Congregational Church. Interment was in Lloyd’s cemetery. Daniel A. Sipe Passes Away Was a Prominent Citizen of Summerhill and Old Time Miller Daniel A. Sipe, a prominent resident of Summerhill, died at 5:30 o’clock Thursday evening of last week at the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, where he had been a patient since Tuesday. His death was due to chronic inflammation of the spinal vertebrae. Mr. Sipe was 70 years of age the 28th of June, 1909. The deceased was born in June, 1839, in Blair County, removing to Summerhill forty years ago when he began operating a gristmill. Not long after he installed a new roller process, a water mill dam on the Sipe farm was damaged by the PRR by filling in the dam and weakening the water power. Mr. Sipe later brought action against the railroad company and was awarded damages amounting to over $15,000. An appeal was taken to a higher court by the defendant company but the decision of the lower court was sustained. Mr. Sipe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Lafferty Sipe, who is a sister of Mrs. Ellen Bloom of Ebensburg and by the following children: Peter of Summerhill; G. R. of Graham, Va.; Mrs. Davis, wife of Attorney Wm. Davis of Ebensburg; Mrs. J. S. Karr and Mrs. J. T. Barlow of Graham, Va. and Mrs. John Munroe of Summerhill. The remains were taken to the Sipe home in Summerhill Friday afternoon. The funeral took place on Monday morning, interment being made in Lloyd Cemetery, Ebensburg. The deceased was a member of the Lutheran Church of Summerhill. Archibald Kirkpatrick Dead Carrolltown, Jan. 4 Cambria County loses a remarkable resident in the death of Archibald Kirkpatrick which occurred last night after a gradual decline at his home in Carroll Township, aged about 70 years. He was one of five brothers whose physical perfection and strength brought them fame in their younger days. All were over six feet tall. Jack Kirkpatrick, another of the brothers, died five or six years ago. The following brothers and sisters survive Archibald Kirkpatrick: Augustine of Ebensburg; Thomas T., James and Mrs. Philip Huber, all of Carroll Township. The deceased was a member of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church at Carrolltown.