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70th YEAR.--NO. 61
HONE SD ALB, WAYNE CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1912.
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Thomas Dolphin, laborer on Delaware & Hudson, was shot and killed early
Sunday morning by his guest, Marsden A. Hubbard after former had
raised general rough house and threatened to cut his wife's heart
out before dawnHad threatened to kill whole family.
ONE BULLET PIERCES THE HEART
Hubbard, sell-confessed slayer o! Dolphin brought to County jail Sunday morning, alter lie
bad given himself up to Sheriff Kimble Coroner holds Inquest Stories of neighbors
do not agree as to dead man's habits concerning drink-Theory; of Jealousy
exploded Victim was formerly from Dickson City.
Murderer Given Hearing This Afternoon-District Attorney and Coroner Testify
Lying in a pool o his own blood, Dolphin went to tho kitchen and got j their cries for admittance. The of-
which flowed from three bullet
wounds on his body, Thos. Dolphin,
was found murdered about half past
one o'clock Sunday morning by Wil
liam Jayne on the floor of his home,
by his guest of a few days, Marsden
A. Hubbard.
The Dolphin home is situated
about a quarter of a mile from the
Hubbard stock farm between Way
mart and Prompton. The body was
found lying on the kitchen floor
near the doorway leading into the
dining room, with three bullet
wounds In his body. The man had
been dead only a short tlmo when
found by Jayne. In one hand the
dead man clutched a common table
fork. One bullet had pierced the
heart while the other two had en
tered the lungs. Tho coroner was
notified and when he and the sheriff
arrived they found everything tho
same as when left by the family the
"previous night. Hubbard was at
the Jayne home and gave himself up
to the sheriff and acknowledged
killing tho man In self-defense. He
offered no resistance and was taken
to tho county jail In Honesdale.
Threats Heard by Neighbor.
Dolphin was a laborer on the D.
& H. tracks and worked on Satur
day, coming home at six o'clock.
It was said that someone left the
houso and went in the direction of
Waymart and at 8 o'clock a neighbor
living across the road, said she heard
the remark, "If you do that again
I'll put a bullet in you?" It was dusk
and she could not seo very well but
could distinguish one man standing
In the yard. She said the man ap
parently wore black trousers and a
slouch hat. Nothing more was heard
hy her at that time. It was learned
at the house, however, that during
the evening several friends and
neighbors gathered at tho Dolphin
homo where a general good time
was Indulged In and Mr. Dolphin
especially seemed in the best of
Bpirits. He had been drinking con
siderable and was feeling ctra fine.
The company went homo about ten
o'clock and as soon as they were
gone It Is alleged that Dolphin be
gan raising rough house in general.
He tried to choko Mrs. Dolphin and
smashed dishes and crockery until
tho family was very frightened. Ac
cording to Mrs. Dolphin's story he
threatened to kill tho whole family
before morning. Ho abused and
beat tho children and threatened to
kill his wife If sho went up stairs
to bed.
Mrs. Leonard stated that Dolphin
had chased his wife around the din
ing room for at least tho greater
part of an hour between tho hours
of eleven and twelve, all tho time
throwing glassware and dishes at
her, which she apparently success
fully dodged for there were no
marks of abuse upon her body. It
was about this time that sho said
Dolphin, tiring of chasing hor about
tho room, ran to the kitchen and
camo back immediately with a
weapon thoy thought was a knife
While Dolphin was making this dls
turbanco in tho dining room, Huh'
bard got up and dressed and went
Into tho room. When he arrived
everything becamo quiet and after
saying a few words and Joking
awhile ho returned to his room. 'He
took his revolver from tho dresser
drawer and placed it boneath his
pillow and lay down on tho bed.
Hubbard Had Been Staying There,
Marsden Hubbard, who is a knitter
and machinist by trade, but who
had been employed by Wlll'am
Jayne on tho lattor's farm up to
Thursday of last week, had been
staying at tho Dolphin home slnco
that timo, as ho claimed a distant
relationship with them. Tho whole
family assert that ho and Dolphin
wero on the best of terms and novor
quarrelod with each other. Hub
hard had gone to bod soon after tho
company left tho house, hut bad not
disrobed. Ho had a revolver undor
his pillow, which ho had taken out
of a drossor drawer before lying
down. About this time in tho dining
room of the home It is alleged that
something, rushed back and went
after his wife. She thought he had
a knife and tried to protect herself.
Dolphin backed her up against the
door of Hubbard's bed room. Mrs.
Dolphin screamed. By this time they
were in the room near the bed.
Hubbard got up on the edge of tho
bed and getting his revolver from
beneath tho pillow, fired three shots
In the air, it is claimed by him, to
frighten the man off. Dolphin came
at Hubbard and grabbing him by the
shoulder pushed the latter back on
he bed. Mrs. Dolphin, with her
one-year-old child In one arm and
her four-year-old child clinging to
her dress, was clutching frantically
at her husband's arm with her free
hand. Hubbard says he didn't know
whether Dolphin had a gun or not
and to protect himself and Mrs. Dol-
flclals gained entrance into tho
house through tho back door which
gavo way readily to their repeated
hammering on it. The scene that
was awaiting them was one of great
disorder and they found bed colthes
and articles of wearing apparel
strewn all over the floors of the
rooms and broken crockery lying
around. On the kitchen floor they
found the dead man.
Coroner's Jury Impanelled.
The shooting is alleged to have
taken place at about half past
twelve and the man was not found
until about half past one Sunday
morning. Sheriff Kimble and Coro
ner P. B. 'Petersen were notified and
went out to the place about five
o'clock that same morning. Tho
body was found In the same posUian.
phln he fired at the man with the and a Jury composed of neighbors
remaining three shots, all of which I was Immediately empanelled by tho
took effect, but at tho last shot Dol- i coroner. They were: Prank Romich,
phln reeled and cried "O! My God!" i Charles Kagler, Daniel Gunsallous,
and pressing his hands over his Edward Moran, Millard Sherwood
breast he ran out of the bed room and William Pennell. About ten
I 'L' IMIMMH III ! M l 111! I ill 111 ill ll I I
LOOKING INTO KITCnEN OK DOLPHIN HOUSE. THE X MARKS
TJIK SPOT WHERE THE BODY OF THIS DEAD MAN WAS
FOUND. THE DARK BLOTCHES OX THE FLOOR ABE THE
BLOOD STAINS. MUBDEHED .MAN'S HEAD SHOWN ON UNDER
TAKEB'S TABLE.
and through the dining room,
knocking a lamp out of his mother-
in-law's lianas.
Hubbard had Jumped out
of bed and motioned to the
rest to get out as they said they
did not know whether they had
wounded tho man or not. They
went to Mrs. Dolphin's uncle, Wil
liam Jayne's home, near by, on the
main road, and after they had told
their story to him ho went up to
the scene of the shooting accom
panied by his two sons, Earl and Ed
ward. They found Dolphin lying on
tho Door In a pool of blood In the
doorway between tho kitchen and
dining room. The dead man still
had a Arm grip on the fork when
found.
Coroner Called,
When Jayne arrived at tho houso
and found tho body ho decided to
call tho coroner and Inform him of
tho affair but ho did not do so until
about half past four o'clock In the
morning. Dr. Peterson got in com
munication with Sheriff Kimble and
they at onco started for Keen's
Pond. The trip was mado in tho
former s automobile and they arrived
thero soon after flvo o'clock. When
thoy arrived at the house after much
questioning as to lis location they
found It deserted.
No Ouo In Houso.
They could not make anyone
hear their poundings on the door and
witnesses were called among them
being Mrs. Leonard the mothor-in-la'
law of the dead man, Mr. Jones and
Mr. Newman.
The Inquest was held soon aftor
thoy arrived there and the sheriff
went to tho Jayne homo whore ho
found Hubbard, who offered no re
sistance and gavo himself up. 'Ho
says that ho shot the man In solf-do
fensc.
The revolver used In the shooting
was taken by tho Sheriff but the
fork, for somo reason, escaped their
notice.
Undertaker E. J, Burns and wife
of Carbondalo, arrived after tho do-
parturo of tho coroner and prepared
the body for burial.
Coroner's Inquisition,
Township of Canaan, July 28, 1912
Stato of Pennsylvania, ss County
of Wayne. Inquisition taken the
28th day of July, 1912. boforo P. B
Peterson, M. D Coroner of Wayno
county and upon tho solemn oaths
and nlllrraations of Frank Romich
Charles Kagler, Daniel Gunsallous,
Edward Moran, Mllard Sherwood
and William Pennel, six good and
lawful men of tho county aforesaid
charged to Inquire when, whore, and
by what manner Thomas Dolphin
camo to his death, and having view
ed the remains of tho said Thomas
Dolphin, and listened to tho evidence
produced, say that the said Thos.
Dolphin came to his death, at his
homo In Canaan township, county
aforesaid, where the body was found,
between tho hours of two find threo
n. in., on tho said 28th day of July.
1912, by revolver shots in tho hand
of and Hred by one self-confessed i
Marsden A. Hubbard; in witness
thereof we have placed our hand
and seal this 28th day of July,
1912.
Signed.
Detective N. B. Spencer Arrives.
County Detective N. B. Spencer,
who was In Lako Ariel at tho time,
was notified and arrived at the Dol
phin place about 11 o'clock. Ho im
mediately questioned each of the
family as to tho exact occurronco
there the previous evening and In
spected the premises to seo if any
other clues could bo found to give
a different light to the affair. The
neighbors were all questioned but
Just the result of his Investigations
is not known.
The house in which tho Dolphin
family live is an eight-room frame
structure, having three rooms up
stairs and live rooms down stairs.
The kitchen, dining room and front
room adjoin and tho bedroom In
which the shooting took place leads
off from the front room. The house
Is situated back about one hundred
feet from the D. & H. tracks and
about a quarter of a mile from Hub
bard's stock farm, between Way
mart and Prompton.
A complete examination of the
premises was made. In the bedroom
no bullet holes could be found on
the celling where they would natur
ally have lodged If Hubbard had
pointed his gun upward and fired to
frighten Dalphln away. Only bullet
hole was found In the door which
was open and stood against the
right hand wall of the room about
live feet from the floor. One bullet
was found on tho floor of the room.
Arrested Before.
Thomas Dolphin was arrested
threo years ago and spent somo tlmo
in the county Jail for cruel and bar
barous treatment to his family. He
was about 33 years of ago and had
been married about six years. Ho
Is . survived by his wife, who Is 20
years old and two children, Vero
nica, four years, and Helen, who is
a year old and his wife's mother,
Mrs. Lora Leonard. Mr. Dolphin
was a native of Dickson City, Pa.,
and has two sisters living there.
They are, Elizabeth, a school teach
er, and Sarah, a dressmaker. He
also has one sister living in New
"iork. Ho also has one brother liv
ing In Dickson City.
Shooting Took Place in Bed Boom.
Tho room In which tho shooting
occurred was a small one and was
occupied on ono side by the bed on
which Hubbard slept. Tho bed took
up most of tho room and the re
maining spaco was occupied by two
small chairs and a dresser. In this
small space of about four feet square
tho threo people had struggled while
the two small children clung to the
mother for protection. Hubbard
fought with the thought of freeing
'Mrs. Dolphin from her husband.
Dolphin had Hubbard by the throat
and was pushing tho man back on
the bed. The raised fork in the
semi-darkness may havo looked to
tho woman and man liko a shining
knire or a revolver. They did not
know what It was. Dolphin was
pressing the man on tho bed hard
when tho latter fired tho remaining
snots into Dolphin's body. With
the last shot the man staggered and
pressed his hands over his breast
and rushed out of the room.
Family Go to Jnyno's.
Immediately after the shooting
Hubbard called to the wlfo and
mother and the children to get out
of the house. They all went to Wil
liam Jayno's placo up the road a
short distance, where they told their
uncle of tho shotting. Thoy did not
go bacK to the houso to seo If tho
man was dead or not and as they
said thoy did not know tho man was
wounded.
Neighbors Tell Different Story.
Many of tho neighbors were ques
tioned concerning tho Dolphin fam
ily but none of them could bo in-
Fenr Result of District Attorney
Whitman's Investigation In Rosen
thal Minder Case Police Aro
Trembling in Boots.
(Special to Tho Citizen.)
Now York, July 30. The entire na
tion will be shocked when District
Attorney Whitman gets through tho
Rosenthal murder caso inquiry. Tho
belief hero to-day slnco the arrest of
Lieutenant Charles Becker, and his
Indictment on first degree murder
charge by the grand Jury ono hour
later, has caused fear among tho
high officials of the police.
District Attorney Whitman mado
a claim that ho would get every ono
implicated In any way with tho
Rosenthal murder. Becker, after be
ing placed in the Tombs raved up
and down his cell like a tiger.
tMore tnan lo well known and
prominent men of New York left tho
city following tho arrest of Becker.
Many more, it is expected, will leave
to-day.
Jack Rose, "Brlggle" Weber and
Harry Ballon, the gamblers who
confessed to Whitman, were taken
to tho 54th street prison last night
and guards placed on duty at their
cells.
A PHOTO TAKEN ON INSIDE OP
DOLPHIN'S HOME, OK THE
BEDROOM WHERE SHOOT
ING OCCURRED.
duced to state what they think of
tho matter. The general feeling Is
however, that Hubbard had no busi
ness at the Dolphin home and should
havo gone homo as It Is said that
Dolphin was of an extremely jeal
ous disposition.
Wns Not Drunk. '
Detective N. B. Spencer in an In
terview with Mrs. Dolphin was told
that her husband was not drunk that
evening but that ho was in his
normal condition. A quart bottle
evidently used for whiskey was
found in one of the upstairs rooms,
with about a third of the liquid re
maining ln.it. Spencer's search also
produced tho razor with which Dol
phin shaved himself the previous
evening. Mrs. Dolphin also said
that her husband was not In the
habit of getting drunk.
Jealousy Theory Wns Investigated.
Dolphin Is a man of about thirty-
five years of age and weighs in the
neighborhood of one hundred and
forty-five pounds. Hubbard Is
larger man and Is thirty-eight years
of age. Whether or not Dolphin be
came Jealous of his visitor Is one of
the circumstances of tho tragedy that
County Detective N. B. Spencer is
now trying to clear up. The neigh
bors say that some ono eft the Dol
phln home early that evening for
Waymart but who It was cannot be
ascertained. They also say that Dol
phin is not a habitual drunkard but
Is Irascible and given to quarreling
when he did get on a spree once in a
while.
Huhlmid Tells Same Story.
Hubbard oxplained the killing to
tho sheriff and Mrs. Dolphin's story
of the attack of Dolphin on her,
was corroborated by him. He in
sisted that he was afraid of Dolphin
and llred only when he thought his
own life was in danger. He said
that ho couldn't seo what Dolphin
had and thought it probably was a
gun. Sheriff Kimble and County
Detective Spencer are now Investi
gating the case further, having gone
to the scene of the shooting Monday
morning. They attempted to throw
light on the fact why Hubbard, tho
larger man, should fear Dolphin, the
smaller, armed only with a table
fork and why the former llred threo
shots Into his victim s body.
Who Left the House'.'
It was stated by ono of the neigh
bors that some one left tho Dolphin
homo about six o'clock and drove
In the direction of Waymart but sho
couldn't tell just who the man was.
It might have been Hubbard or Dol
phin and If either of these men, what
did ho do there? N. B. Spencer went
to Waymart Monday afternoon to
find out who the man was. The
wife and mother at the house stated
that neither Dolphin or Hubbard
wero away from the houso that
night. Mr. and Mrs. William Jayne
and two sons, Earl and Edward, and
(Continued on Pngo 5.)
TITANIC GOING TOO FAST
Commission of Inquiry Reported
That To-day Also That Ar
rangement of Lifeboats Was
Improper Ismny Not
Censured.
London, July 30. Tho English
commission of Inquiry into tho Ti
tanic disaster, made its reDort to
day. It Is the opinion of Lord
'Murphy, chairman of tho commis
sion, that the Titanic was going too
fast when the ship struck the ice
berg. That the arrangement of life
boats was improper. That one look
out was not sufficient. That In the
future three or four men should be
stationed In tho lookout.
Concerning J. Bruce Ismay, the
commission reports that he had a
perfect right to get on or off the
ship whenever he desired. Ismay
was not censured.
ENGINE STRIKES HANDCAR
Two Men on Wilke-s-Barre & East
ern Railroad Probably Fatally
Injured Ten Others Bruised
When Crash Came.
(Special to The Citizen.)
Scranton, July 30. A handcar on
which 12 section hands were riding
on the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern
Railroad at Suscon, four miles from
Mooslc, was struck by an engine at
10 o'clock this morning. Two of tho
men, Frank Rensco and Martin Szola
wero seriously Injured. It Is feared
Rensco's skull is fractured and
that hopes of his recovery are slight.
Szola received a broken leg. The
other ten were more or less bruised
about their bodies.
SUICIDE IN NORTHERN WAYNE
C. E. Williams Shot Self With Re
volver in Scott Township Last
Friday.
District A.torney M. E. Simons
received an affidavit from Justice of
the Peace, B. W. Raymond of Sher
man, on Tuesday which contained
evidence sworn to before 'Squire
Raymond of tho shooting of C. E.
Williams on Friday last.
Justice Raymond conducted a
hearing and took evidence In placo
of Coroner P. B. Petersen. The fol
lowing Jury was empanelled:
Andrew Scott, foreman; W. Early,
F. M. Early. A. G. Warner, F. F.
Conrad, J. II. Smith.
Tho Jury viewed the romalns and
claimed that Williams camo to his
death by a pistol shot fired by his
own hand on Friday, July 2Gth; also
that the deed was committed by him
self without the knowlege of any
other person.
THE ABOVE PICTURE SnOWS TTIE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY THE DOL
PHIN FAMILY AT THE TIME OF THE TRAGEDY. THE
HOUSE 18 SOME DISTANCE FHOM THE ROAD.
11)1:1 Automobile Tags to bo Green.
(Special to The Citizen).
Harrisburg, July 30. Tho auto
mobllo tags for 1913 will be dark
green with white letters. Stato High
way Commissioner Blgolow decided
upon tho color to-day. Ho also let
a contract for 75,000 tags which
must bo completed by November 3rd
of this year. Only GO, 000 represents
this year's tags, which Is 15,000
less than next year's supply.
OH! YOU CELEBRATION!
Slss, boom, bah;
Wayno County Celebration,
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Won't thero be a glorious time,
though, the 27th, 28th and 29th of
next month. Tho tlmo of your lifo,
my boy. Everything to attract,
please and entertain. Como from
your rural haunts. Como from the
anthracite valo. Como from tho
highways and hedges to beautiful
Honesdale.
Poor Man to Become Millionaire.
Oscar Yost, a Jeweler, of Dunmore,
togother with four other brothers,
will soon become possessors of 800
acres of valuablo coal land in Schuyl
kill county, for which thoy will ro
celvo In tho neighborhood of ?50,
000,000. Thoy aro heirs to tho Yost
and Girard estates and tho settle
ment has been postponed for 37
years.
Mr. Yost is a hard-working man
and owns a small Jewelry and re
pair shop in Dunmore.
Mr. Yost and his son-in-law, Dr.
II. M. Houck, also of Dunmoro, aro
Interested In other mines, which give
bright prospects.