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The Potter Enterprise
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
19 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 1
BY tim_nenno • 25 Feb 2018

Mrs. Alice Bump-McCracken Nearly Killed
Stabbed and Slashed by Her Cousin Fred Suhr
Mrs. Alice Bump-McCracken, was attacked last Saturday morning by Fred Suhr and nearly killed. She is in a very serious condition but it is believed that she will recover if blood poison does not set in.
Mrs McCracken was spending the day with her mother, Mrs. Snyder, who lives about one and a half miles from Ulysses.
For some time it has been thought that Fred Suhr was insane and several months ago proceedings were begun to have him removed to an asylum but as he seemed improved and harmless, he was permitted to remain with his parents who are highly respected people and who have the sympathy of everyone in the terrible calamity that has befallen them. Fred is their only son and naturally a good ambitious boy and a great source of comfort to his parents.
On Saturday he had heard that his cousin Alice was at her mother's home and expressed a desire to see her. His father tried to persuade him not to go to the Snyder home but he insisted. The father feeling un-easy followed him. The unfortunate young man entered the home of his aunt and at once made a desperate dash for Mrs. McCracken with a butcher knife that he had concealed in his coat sleeve. He stabbed her five times in the back, twice In the neck and several times in the face. There are two savage gashes in her throat, just missing the jugular vein, In fighting for her life her hands were terribly cut, the little finger of one hand being nearly severed. The insane boy seemed to have no desire to injure anyone else and Mrs. Snyder fought desperately to save her daughter and but for her aid, Mrs. McCracken would undoubtedly have been killed. The unfortunate young woman was Immediately removed to her home in Ulysses and Dr. Church was summoned and everything possible done to alleviate her suffering. Her throat is so badly lacerated that it is with difficulty that nourishment is taken, still it is believd she will recover.
After the horrible assault, Suhr took to the woods and Immediate hunt was made for him but the searchers failed to locate him. However, about ten o'clock he returned to his home and was taken from there to Ulysses where he was locked up. He said that before the attack he hated Alice but that since that he did not.
He had made threats against other residents of the neighborhood, among them being O. E. Crandall and there was general uneasiness and alarm throughout the vicinity until he was safely lodged behind the bars.
Tuesday morning a lunacy commission consisting of Drs. Church and Eaton of Ulysses and Prothonotary F. N. Newton investigated the case and found the young man insane. He was brought to Coudersport Tuesday and lodged in Jail. The order of Court was that he be taken to Warren by the sheriff and he will be taken there at once.

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The Potter Enterprise
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
19 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 1

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