Locust Mountain House: Corner of 12th and Center Streets, Ashland, PA, H. Troutman, Propr. - Mountain Hotel, or "Troutman's", as it has long been called, is very pleasantly and conveniently located on the corner of twelfth and center streets in the borough of Ashland, PA. The hotel is very spacious, and contains 25 rooms all of which are fitted up with the latest modern conveniences. The Bill of Fare consists of all the finest delicacies of the season served in a manner to please the most fastidious in taste. The dining room is large and well ventilated and will comfortably seat 50 guests. The hotel is the oldest in the borough, and it's present proprietor, Henry Troutman, edg., has enjoyed the confidence and patronage of the traveling public for over thirteen years, and is looked upon as one of the leading citizens of the borough. In addition to the many other attractive features of this excellent hotel, there are three large yards, which are used for keeping cattle in by the many drovers. The admirable accommodations which they afford making them very desirable for that class of dealers. In connection with these yards are very large and well appointed stables, having a capacity of stabling ninety horses. There is also a large weigh scale belonging to the place.
12 Mar 1895: An Ashland Suicide. A Well Known Hotel Man Tired of Life. Henry Troutman the Sad Victim - He assists his brother to Lead His Household Furniture Preparatory to Removal - Purchases a Revolver and Ends His Own Useful Life in His Barn. Our special reporter at Ashland says that Henry Troutman is a married man, aged 56 years. He arose early this morning for the purpose of assisting his brother to load some household furniture preparatory to the brother's removal to a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. After the work had been completed, the brother went home to breakfast, and Henry proceeded to Stieff's Hardware Store and asked to see some revolvers.They were forthcoming, and, while selecting one, intimated that he wished to present it to his brother, who was moving up the valley. This occurred about 7 o'clock, when he proceeded to his barn and fired a bullet to his brain, with supposed instant fatal result. Shortly after the occurrence a man named Heinre, who was boarding his horse in the stable, went to the place to attend to the animal and discovered the prostrate body lying in a pool of blood with the fatal instrument of destruction beside it. He hastened to alarm the wife,and also to summon the Coroner, who subsequently summoned a jury, and after a due inquest they returned a verdict that "deceased came to his death by his own hand while laboring under temporary aberration of mind."
Mr. Troutman, of Ashland, committed suicide this morning at about 7 o'clock, in his stable, by shooting himself. Mr. Troutman was about 56 years of age. He came to Ashland some twenty-five years ago from the Mahantongo Valley, and for a number of years was proprietor of the Locust Mountain Hotel, Centre Street, that borough. He accumulated a good share of this world's goods, his wealth being estimated to be fully $50,000. He but recently purchased a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. He and his wife, who survives him, lived happily together. He was a very popular man and had a host of warm friends who are shocked to learn that he took his own life. His adopted daughter is the wife of the well-known Mining Engineer, Edward E. Kaercher, of Tremont. The suicide had been an invalid for some time, being afflicted with hernia. He complained, too, of severe pains in his head, which it is believed affected his mind and which led him to commit this terrible deed. [Pottsville Republican]
12 Mar 1895: An Ashland Suicide. A Well Known Hotel Man Tired of Life. Henry Troutman the Sad Victim - He assists his brother to Lead His Household Furniture Preparatory to Removal - Purchases a Revolver and Ends His Own Useful Life in His Barn. Our special reporter at Ashland says that Henry Troutman is a married man, aged 56 years. He arose early this morning for the purpose of assisting his brother to load some household furniture preparatory to the brother's removal to a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. After the work had been completed, the brother went home to breakfast, and Henry proceeded to Stieff's Hardware Store and asked to see some revolvers.They were forthcoming, and, while selecting one, intimated that he wished to present it to his brother, who was moving up the valley. This occurred about 7 o'clock, when he proceeded to his barn and fired a bullet to his brain, with supposed instant fatal result. Shortly after the occurrence a man named Heinre, who was boarding his horse in the stable, went to the place to attend to the animal and discovered the prostrate body lying in a pool of blood with the fatal instrument of destruction beside it. He hastened to alarm the wife,and also to summon the Coroner, who subsequently summoned a jury, and after a due inquest they returned a verdict that "deceased came to his death by his own hand while laboring under temporary aberration of mind."
Mr. Troutman, of Ashland, committed suicide this morning at about 7 o'clock, in his stable, by shooting himself. Mr. Troutman was about 56 years of age. He came to Ashland some twenty-five years ago from the Mahantongo Valley, and for a number of years was proprietor of the Locust Mountain Hotel, Centre Street, that borough. He accumulated a good share of this world's goods, his wealth being estimated to be fully $50,000. He but recently purchased a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. He and his wife, who survives him, lived happily together. He was a very popular man and had a host of warm friends who are shocked to learn that he took his own life. His adopted daughter is the wife of the well-known Mining Engineer, Edward E. Kaercher, of Tremont. The suicide had been an invalid for some time, being afflicted with hernia. He complained, too, of severe pains in his head, which it is believed affected his mind and which led him to commit this terrible deed. [Pottsville Republican]
Locust Mountain House: Corner of 12th and Center Streets, Ashland, PA, H. Troutman, Propr. - Mountain Hotel, or "Troutman's", as it has long been called, is very pleasantly and conveniently located on the corner of twelfth and center streets in the borough of Ashland, PA. The hotel is very spacious, and contains 25 rooms all of which are fitted up with the latest modern conveniences. The Bill of Fare consists of all the finest delicacies of the season served in a manner to please the most fastidious in taste. The dining room is large and well ventilated and will comfortably seat 50 guests. The hotel is the oldest in the borough, and it's present proprietor, Henry Troutman, edg., has enjoyed the confidence and patronage of the traveling public for over thirteen years, and is looked upon as one of the leading citizens of the borough. In addition to the many other attractive features of this excellent hotel, there are three large yards, which are used for keeping cattle in by the many drovers. The admirable accommodations which they afford making them very desirable for that class of dealers. In connection with these yards are very large and well appointed stables, having a capacity of stabling ninety horses. There is also a large weigh scale belonging to the place.
12 Mar 1895: An Ashland Suicide. A Well Known Hotel Man Tired of Life. Henry Troutman the Sad Victim - He assists his brother to Lead His Household Furniture Preparatory to Removal - Purchases a Revolver and Ends His Own Useful Life in His Barn. Our special reporter at Ashland says that Henry Troutman is a married man, aged 56 years. He arose early this morning for the purpose of assisting his brother to load some household furniture preparatory to the brother's removal to a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. After the work had been completed, the brother went home to breakfast, and Henry proceeded to Stieff's Hardware Store and asked to see some revolvers.They were forthcoming, and, while selecting one, intimated that he wished to present it to his brother, who was moving up the valley. This occurred about 7 o'clock, when he proceeded to his barn and fired a bullet to his brain, with supposed instant fatal result. Shortly after the occurrence a man named Heinre, who was boarding his horse in the stable, went to the place to attend to the animal and discovered the prostrate body lying in a pool of blood with the fatal instrument of destruction beside it. He hastened to alarm the wife,and also to summon the Coroner, who subsequently summoned a jury, and after a due inquest they returned a verdict that "deceased came to his death by his own hand while laboring under temporary aberration of mind."
Mr. Troutman, of Ashland, committed suicide this morning at about 7 o'clock, in his stable, by shooting himself. Mr. Troutman was about 56 years of age. He came to Ashland some twenty-five years ago from the Mahantongo Valley, and for a number of years was proprietor of the Locust Mountain Hotel, Centre Street, that borough. He accumulated a good share of this world's goods, his wealth being estimated to be fully $50,000. He but recently purchased a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. He and his wife, who survives him, lived happily together. He was a very popular man and had a host of warm friends who are shocked to learn that he took his own life. His adopted daughter is the wife of the well-known Mining Engineer, Edward E. Kaercher, of Tremont. The suicide had been an invalid for some time, being afflicted with hernia. He complained, too, of severe pains in his head, which it is believed affected his mind and which led him to commit this terrible deed. [Pottsville Republican]
12 Mar 1895: An Ashland Suicide. A Well Known Hotel Man Tired of Life. Henry Troutman the Sad Victim - He assists his brother to Lead His Household Furniture Preparatory to Removal - Purchases a Revolver and Ends His Own Useful Life in His Barn. Our special reporter at Ashland says that Henry Troutman is a married man, aged 56 years. He arose early this morning for the purpose of assisting his brother to load some household furniture preparatory to the brother's removal to a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. After the work had been completed, the brother went home to breakfast, and Henry proceeded to Stieff's Hardware Store and asked to see some revolvers.They were forthcoming, and, while selecting one, intimated that he wished to present it to his brother, who was moving up the valley. This occurred about 7 o'clock, when he proceeded to his barn and fired a bullet to his brain, with supposed instant fatal result. Shortly after the occurrence a man named Heinre, who was boarding his horse in the stable, went to the place to attend to the animal and discovered the prostrate body lying in a pool of blood with the fatal instrument of destruction beside it. He hastened to alarm the wife,and also to summon the Coroner, who subsequently summoned a jury, and after a due inquest they returned a verdict that "deceased came to his death by his own hand while laboring under temporary aberration of mind."
Mr. Troutman, of Ashland, committed suicide this morning at about 7 o'clock, in his stable, by shooting himself. Mr. Troutman was about 56 years of age. He came to Ashland some twenty-five years ago from the Mahantongo Valley, and for a number of years was proprietor of the Locust Mountain Hotel, Centre Street, that borough. He accumulated a good share of this world's goods, his wealth being estimated to be fully $50,000. He but recently purchased a farm in the Mahantongo Valley. He and his wife, who survives him, lived happily together. He was a very popular man and had a host of warm friends who are shocked to learn that he took his own life. His adopted daughter is the wife of the well-known Mining Engineer, Edward E. Kaercher, of Tremont. The suicide had been an invalid for some time, being afflicted with hernia. He complained, too, of severe pains in his head, which it is believed affected his mind and which led him to commit this terrible deed. [Pottsville Republican]
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