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Author: scarpenter47119
Surnames: REITTER/RITTER, COOK,
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Some: Reitter/Ritter from New Albany, (Floyd Co.), Indiana Newspapers
NADL 20 Nov 1863 p2 c1: George W. Ritter, residing near Bloomington, Indiana, was thrown
from his horse and killed on Saturday last.
NADL Thurs., 15 Mar 1866 p2 c4: Died. On the 2nd of March, 1866, John T. Ritter, aged 23
years, at Paris, Illinois.
NALS 24 Nov 1875 p4 c2: Jacob Reitter Suicide: Reitter Resting. The Murderer, Encendiary
and Suicide at Last Surrenders. The Last Hours of the Noted Actor in the Recent Drama.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury. The lights are out, the curtain has fallen the last
actor of the terrible tragedy enacted a few weeks ago has crossed the boundaries of the
wonderful beyond. Joseph Reitter, the wife murderer, the incendiary and suicide, is dead.
. . . . . The jury summoned to investigate the causes which lead to Reiter's death,
after having heard the evidence and examined the body, decided that said deceased came to
his death from fatty degeneration of the heart, superinduced by wounds inflicted upon
himself.[long article]
NADLS 21 Apr 1880 p4 c3. Miss Katie Ritter, who died day before yesterday, was buried from
the German catholic church at 9 o'clock this morning. Her remains were interred in the
catholic grave yard.
NADL 21 Oct 1882 p4 c2: Marriage license: William W. Cook and Martha E. Ritter.
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