The following murder-suicide story appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, September 3, 1931:
CARSONVILLE MAN SHOOTS GIRL THEN COMMITS SUICIDE, SATURDAY
Motivated by jealousy and the fact that his sweetheart had refused to receive his attentions, Charles Kinsinger, age 29 years, shot and fatally wounded Miss Hazel Shomper 17, and then committed suicide by placing a high power hunting rifle to his head.
The shooting occurred at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kinsinger, about one mile west of Carsonville. The girl was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Shomper, formerly of Wiconisco, but a present residing on a farm east of Carsonville.
On Saturday, Miss Shomper went to the Armstrong Sunday school picnic in Small Valley in company with Jack Kinsinger, a brother, and Mrs. Jacob Kinsinger, an intimate friend.
On their return from the picnic in early evening, the Jacob Kinsingers stopped for a visit with John Fawber, father of Mrs. Kinsinger, and then with the Shomper girl, returned to the home of the suitor’s parents for supper. There, Kinsinger invited Miss Shomper to attend a festival with him at the picnic grounds at Small Valley but she declined the invitation and after the meal, walked with him into the yard.
There, near the woodpile, it is said, the couple had words. Charles whipped a .32 caliber revolver from his pocket and fired two shots into her head. Members of the family in the house were aroused and the father ran outside to see the girl slumping to the ground and Charles walking to the house.
Father and son grappled and although the parent was able to take the revolver, Charles escaped his father’s hold and went into the house where he procured the rifle. Stopping at a corner of the building outside he placed the weapon to his head and pulled the trigger. He died instantly.
Dr. R. W. Morgan was called from Elizabethville to render aid for the girl, but she died during his ministrations. Although she lived for about an hour after the shooting, she remained unconscious the entire time.
Relatives said that Kinsinger was extremely jealous. Dr. Harry Walmer, deputy corner, who took charge of the investigation, was told that the suitor had courted the girl for several months, but that she rejected his attentions. Some weeks ago, Miss Shomper, in a letter, asked charles to cease his courtship, that she desired to “remain just a friend.” At that time, Charles, relatives say, declared that “If I can’t have her, no one will get her.”
Funeral services for Kinsinger were held in Union Church, Monday afternoon, Rev. H. C. Mathias, United Brethren Pastor officiated, and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery.
His survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kinsinger; six sisters, Annie Kinsinger (Mrs. Irwin Salada), Millersburg; Stella Kinsinger; Katie Kinsinger; and Lottie Kinsinger, of home; Katherine Kinsinger, and Mrs. Edna Rummel, Halifax, R. D. Also three brothers, Jacob Kinsinger and William Kinsinger, at home and Daniel Kinsinger of Fisherville.
Private services were held for Miss Shomper from the home of her parents Wednesday morning and interment was made at Wiconisco.
She is survived by her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. David Shomper; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Fry, Wiconisco; and two brothers, James Shomper and Joseph Shomper, both at home.
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