OBIT: Stephen DUDER, 1913, Boswell, Somerset County, PA

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Duder, Stephen

MURDERED IN BOSWELL - Young Man Killed by Jealous Rival - The Murderer is 
Arrested. Jealousy is believed to have prompted what was declared by a coroner's 
jury to have been premeditated murder in the killing of Stephen Duder by Michael 
Mader in Boswell, after midnight Saturday. Mader sank a knife into the groin of 
Duder and the latter died almost instantly. Mader ran to his boarding house and 
was hurriedly preparing to make his escape when Officer Bentley and Constable 
Arisman reached the place. When he came out he was armed with the same knife, 
which was dripping with blood, but they effected his arrest at the point of 
revolvers, and twenty-five minutes after the commission of the crime Mader was 
in the Boswell lockup. A dance was held in Lucas' Hall on Saturday night, which 
was brought to a close at the midnight hour. Duder and Mader attended the affair 
and at its conclusion Duder started to walk up Main Street, accompanied by a 
lady friend. Mader followed, it is declared by witnesses, until they had gone 
several blocks from the hall, when Mader stealthily crept up on the pair from 
the rear and without warning sank the blade of a large knife into the groin of 
Duder, severing the main artery and causing instant death. The horrible affair 
was witnessed by many, the majority of whom seemed paralyzed by the suddenness 
of the attack and its awful termination. Before anyone could raise a hand to 
arrest the murderer Mader had taken flight, which continued until he reached his 
boarding house. Coroner Kimmel of Somerset, went to Boswell on Sunday afternoon 
and held an inquest, several witnesses to the crime were heard. The jury 
returned a verdict to the effect that the death of Duder was the result of a 
knife wound at the hands of Mader and that the murder was unprovoked and 
premeditated. Mader was lodged in the Somerset County jail on Sunday afternoon. 
Duder, the victim, was about 22 years of age. His mother is in the old country 
and a sister in Boswell. During his two and a half years' residence at Boswell 
he has been known as an exemplary young man. His associations were of the very 
best. Mader is about 20 years of age and is not known to have any relatives in 
this country. The remains of the murdered man were taken to Windber on Monday 
where interment was made in the Greek Catholic Cemetery.

Meyersdale Commercial, June 26, 1913