“The Montgomery County Medical Society held its 2th meeting Nov. 18th, 1890.

The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year. Dr. C. J. Maddox, President; Dr. E E. Stonestreet, 1st Vice-President; Dr. C. E. Iddings, 2nd Vice-President; Dr. Charles Farquhar, Secretary; Dr. Edward Anderson, Treasurer; Dr. W. Frank Elgin, Censor.

Dr. C. J. Maddox delivered the annual address. Among the various subjects discussed, none was more interesting than the facts stated which proved the criminality of burying our dead within the corporate limits of our towns and villages.”

Source: Medical Items Maryland Medical Journal XXIV December 27, 1890: 198

MURDER AND SUICIDE IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Aug. 28. — A terrible murder and attempted suicide occurred at the boarding-house No. 58 St. Paul stree, kept by Mrs. Showalter. At 9 o’clock to-night Dr. J. C. Showalter, her husband, who is said to have been very dissipated and quarrelsome of late, and to have frequently threatened the life of his wife, while sitting in their room alone this evening, seized her, and drawing a razoe cut a fearsome gash on the left side of her throat, severing the carotid artery. Mrs. Showalter died in a few minutes. He then cut his own throat from ear to ear, after which he made his way to the street and sat down on the curbstone, anf from thence was taken to the Washington University Hospital. It is said his injuries are not necessarily fatal. The affair created the greatest excitement, and hundreds of people gathered in the vicinity. Both parties were highly respected. Mrs. Showalter was a Miss Carter, of Lancaster County, Va. Dr. Showalter is said to be a son of Dr. Showalter, of New-Orleans.

SOURCE: New York Times Aug. 29, 1873
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