| Obit For | Elias Schaffer |
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| Headline | Seligman News: |
| Text | Arthur Schaffer, fifteen years old, shot and killed his father, April 1st with a revolver, which his father kept under his pillow. Mr. Schaffer was asleep when killed. The mother, two grown girls, a boy of eighteen, and Arthur were taken to Berryville. Mr. Schaffer was buried Sunday forenoon. They lived on White River near Busch, Ark. Butler Hollow News: Elias Schaffer was killed at his home Saturday night by his 15 year old son. It was thought that the family had been having trouble for about a week. The Schaffer family tells that when Mr. Schaffer went to bed Saturday night he took his revolver with him and placed it under his pillow saying as he did so that he would kill the entire family and himself also before morning. When the boy found that his father was asleep he stole to the bed, got he revolver out and killed his father with it. His remains were laid to rest in the Egypt Cemetery Sunday morning. Son Kills Father: Elias Schaffer, a farmer living on Butler's Creek, in the edge of Arkansas, a few miles southeast of Seligman, was shot and killed by his fifteen year old son at their home Friday night, April 1. The report is that there had been trouble for some time in the family and that Schaffer was a very quarrelsome man and cruel to his family. It is also reported that he had said during the day that he would kill the whole family and then take his own life. After the father had retired for the night the son went to his bed, took a revolver from under the father's pillow and shot him dead. The son had just returned home, having run off a short time before on account of being made to get along peacefully with his father. A coroner's inquest was held Saturday to investigate the case. The family is said to be of German descent and has been living on Butler's Creek for several years. April 14, 1910, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO Seligman and Vicinity: Arthur Schaffer was retained in jail. Mrs. Schaffer and the two girls secured bond and John was given his freedom. They retuned to their home Saturday night. |
| Newspaper | Cassville Republican |
| Date | April 7, 1916, Thursday - April 14, 1916, Thursday |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Microfilm |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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