OBIT: John ROEHM, 1890, formerly of Lancaster County, PA

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SHOT AND HIS BODY ABLAZE
The Mysterious Tragedy That Has Set All York Agog.

  John Roehm, a mechanic, of York, was discovered by his wife sitting 
on a chair in an upstairs room of his house Thursday evening, with his 
clothing burning.  On her attempting to extinguish the fire she found 
that her husband was dead.  An investigation showed that he had been 
shot through the heart, and that the shot had set fire to his clothing.
  How he was shot is as yet a mystery.  His wife was down stairs and 
did not hear the report.  A shot gun stood in an adjoining room, and 
fresh-burnt powder at its muzzle showed the weapon had been used.
  Another strange feature is that a rifle cartridge, complete and 
unexploded, was taken from the man's body.  The deceased leaves a wife 
and nine children, one only four days old.
  John Roehm was a brother of the late William Roehm, a well-known 
saloon keeper of this city.  He was a native of Germany and came to 
this country when a young man.  He lived with his brother in this city, 
worked at his trade with Heufel & Huber, John Best and others, and was 
married to Miss Emma Prentiss.  He moved to York about fifteen years 
ago.

The Lancaster Daily Examiner, Friday, January, 17, 1890