Clearfield County PA Archives Obituaries.....Sneath , Job  November 12, 1868
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Tyrone Herald, p3 Nov. 20, 1868
MURDER IN CLEARFIED -- Daniel Ball strikes a knife through the heart of Job 
Sneath.
--- From what we can learn of this sad affair, it appears that some time last 
spring Sneath and other parties got into difficulty with the men in charge of 
the Lock Haven mail train, and were ejected from the cars at the intersection.  
Ball assisting the train men.  Sneath at this time threatened that if he ever 
met Ball, he would whip him.
On Thursday of last week they met at a sale on the premises of Mr. George 
Hoover, when Ball came up to Sneath and proposed a reconciliation, which led to 
angry words, and finally to blows in which Sneath came off victor.  This being 
over Ball secured a knife from a certain Joe Bear, who was standing near, came 
up to Sneath and deliberately stabbed him in the back, the knife penetrating 
the heart.  Sneath fell to the ground and expired almost instantly.  Ball and 
Bear were arrested on the spot.  The latter, after a hearing, was released on 
bail, and the former sent to prison to await his trial.


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