Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, February 5, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 6 Girl Murdered Post Office Clerk at Boswell Shot Dead by Negress Somerset Pa., Feb. 2. Miss Minnie Frickline, aged 23 years, clerk in the post office at Boswell since April 1, was shot and instantly killed while on her way to work by a negress, Mrs. Frank Simpson, wife of a Boswell barber. Miss Frickline was hurrying rapidly along when the colored woman pounced upon her and drawing a revolver from under her shawl fired a bullet into the girl’s brain. Mrs. Frickline dropped dead in her tracks. Mrs. Simpson was placed under arrest immediately and taken before Justice of the Peace Ackey who committed her to jail. The murdered woman is a daughter of Isaac Frickline who conducts a furniture store and undertaker’s establishment at Boswell. She was bright and intelligent and before accepting a position at the post office had charge of the Somerset Telephone company’s exchange at Boswell. _________________________________________________________________ Stay organized with simple drag and drop from Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_102008