OBIT: Emma FOUST, 1903, Seanor, Somerset County, PA

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MURDER AND SUICIDE

  Frenzied with insane jealousy because she spurned his advances, 
Robert Long, a carpenter employed by W. J. Rose & Sons, of Johnstown, 
on Saturday night shot and instantly killed Miss Emma Foust, daughter 
of Postmaster Foust of Seanor, Somerset county, and then turning the 
weapon on himself, sent a bullet through his brain.
  The murder and suicide took place in the village of Seanor, better 
known as Foustwell, a small timber and coal town in Somerset county, 
about 12 o'clock Saturday night.  The young woman, who had just passed 
her 22d year, had known for some time that Long was extremely jealous 
of her, but she had never been heard to express any fear that harm 
might come to her as a result of his insane jealousy.  She had done her 
best to discourage him from paying her attentions and evade him on 
every possible occasion.
  About 5 o'clock Saturday evening, Long completed his day's labor and 
drew the pay that was coming to him for two weeks' work.
  His movements after that time cannot be clearly traced but the only 
way he could reach Foustwell in a reasonable time was to ride on the 
Windber trolley line as far as Paint creek and then walk the remainder 
of the distance to Foustwell, a matter of about three miles.  He 
accompanied Miss Foust to her home and had been there but a short time 
when suddenly a shot rang out through the house which was followed 
several seconds later by another.  When members of the family ran into 
the room, a horrible spectacle greeted them.  Within a few feet of one 
another lay the bodies of Long and the woman who had rejected him.  His 
shots had been true to their marks.  The victim of a man's madness of 
love and her murderer had been shot through the head.  Death in both 
cases occurred almost instantly.
  Miss Foust was an exemplary and highly respected girl, who is said to 
have spurned the advance of Long on the advice of some of her best 
friends.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, April 24, 1903