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Show J A TNCBR, A Disappointed Glcrk Shoots Three Meburs of Eia Firm and Then Blows Out His Own Braius, Two of the Victims Had Just Been Taken Into Partnership and the Murderer Left Out. AN OHIO SENSATION. All the Parties Stood High in Social aud Business Circles and Were Men of Oonsiderable Means. CRIME OF A MANIAC. The Murderers Mind Had lodoul'led I y Iteeu Tumeel by llrooditi); lver What lie KiMlcied was a slight llow the Deed was Mono, Tiffin, Ohio, March is. --Walter Snyder has shot Kd aylor, Hurt Crnbaiigh and thomas V. Downey and killed himself. This was the announcement that greeted the people of Tiffin goiutc to their places of business this morning. Snvder aged forty-five, and unmarried, was one of the most popular men in the city Nayloraud Crobaugh were members of the llrui ey which he was employed. Thomas W. Downey was a fellow clerk. Naylor and ( robaunh were recently ad mitted to partnership with John M. Maylor in the hardware business. They were clerks before aud comment was made because Snyder was not taken in. cilice It has been learned that Snyder, though worth perhaps &J0,H)O, had his money so tied up in real estate that he could not taUe an Interest in the business. It seemed perfectly satisfactory to him at the time, but later it preyed upon his mind. He entered the etore this morning and j.Miud the others already there, and made a pretense of desiriug Cmhaugu and Naylor to examine the contents of a box which ho bad just received by express, when they were at his side he shot them both, then turned the revolver on liowuey, who entered en-tered to 6ave the lives of the others. Crobaugh will recover. Downey was hit three times, and his recovery is not probable. prob-able. All Jstuud high. Kusiuess is nearly suspended. |