Uriah Moyer, 1883 March 17

Jonathan who had been executed and Erb who later died in prison, The
evidence at the trial was to the effect that they had thrown chloro=
form into the Kintzler's sleeping room through a window that they had
bpoken and had then entered the house and clubbed them to death,

Uriah Moyer was hanged at Middleburg on March 7, 1883. Both the Moyer
brothers were buried in unmarked graves in a field at Weikel's Mill,

"The Kintzler Murder" by George F,. Dunkleberger, PROCEEDINGS, SNYDER
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, II, No. 3, Pages 22-25, Sept. he 190.

Jonathan who had been executed and Erb who later died in prison, The
evidence at the trial was to the effect that they had thrown chloro=
form into the Kintzler's sleeping room through a window that they had
bpoken and had then entered the house and clubbed them to death.

Uriah Moyer was hanged at Middleburg on March 7, 1883. Both the Moyer
brothers were buried in unmarked graves in a field at Weikel's Mill,

"The Kintzler Murder" by George F. Dunkleberger 9» PROCEEDINGS, SNYDER
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, II, No. 3, Pages 22-25, Sept. 1h, 190,

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Jonathan who had been executed and Erb who later died in prison, The

evidence at the trial was to the effect that they had thrown chloro-

form into the Kintzler's sleeping room through a window that they had
oken and had then entered the house and clubbed them to death,

Uriah Moyer was hanged at Middleburg on March 7, 1883, Both the Moyer]
‘others were buried in unmarked graves in a field at Weikel's Mill,

Kintaler Murder" by George F. Dunkleberger, PROCEEDINGS, SNYDER
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY, II, No. 3, Pages 22-25, Sept. ls, 190.

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Moyer, a white veteran of the Union Army during th Civil War, lived
in Snyder Cos, Pas On the night of Dec, 2, 1877, John Kintzler, a
(T-year-old tinker, clock maker and fortune teller, and his wife,
Gretchen were murdered, robbed of $150 and their cabin set afire to
obliterate evidence of the crime, As Kintzler had a decidedly anti-
social personality, he was heartily disliked in the neighborhood and
for some time little was done to arrest his slayers. In 1876, Moyer,
his brother, Jonathan, Emanuel Ettinger and Israel irbawere arrested
and charged with the murders. Erb was tried first and afquitted and
all four were then released, Uriah Moyer went to Schooleraft, Mich,,
and could not be found when, in 1880, the other three men were re-
arrested and all convicted at individual trials and sentenced to die,
Uriah was taken into custody in Dece, 1881, and returned to Snyder
Coes where he also was convicted and sentenced to digs, On Oct, 21,
1881, Ettinger had committed suicide but before dying he had con-
fessed that he and Uriah alone had killed the Kintzlers though Jona-~
than had aided in the burning of the cabin, Erb received a commuta-~
tion of sentence but Jonathan Moyer was hanged in March, 1882, Uriah
cednfessed that he and Bttinger had committed the murders, absolving

“MOYER, Uriah J. Yt

Moyer, a white veteran of the Union Army during th Civil War, lived
in Snyder Cos, Pas On the night of Dec, 2, 1877, John Kintzler, a
T{-year-old tinker, clock maker and fortune teller, and his wife ’
Gretchen were murdered, robbed of $150 and their cabin set afire to
obliterate evidence of the crime. As Kintzler had a decidedly anti-
social personality, he was heartily disliked in the neighborhood and
for some time little was done to arrest his slayers, In 1878, Moyer,
his brother, Jonathan, Emanuel Ettinger and Israel ibawere arrested
and charged with the murders. Erb was tried first and agquitted and
all four were then released, Uriah Moyer went to Schoolcraft, Mich, 3
and could not be found when, in 1880, the other three men were re-
arrested and all convicted at individual trials and sentenced to die,
Uriah was taken into custody in Dece, 1881, and returned to Snyder
Coe, where he also was convicted and sentenced to die, On Oct, 21,
1881, Ettinger had committed suicide but before dying he had con-
fessed that he and Uriah alone had killed the Kintzlers though Jona=
than had aided in the burning of the cabin, Erb received a commuta-
tion of sentence but Jonathan Moyer was hanged in March, 1882, Uriah
cénfessed that he and Bttinger had committed the murders, absolving

MOYER, Uriah J. Ver

Moyer, a white veteran of the Union Army during thk Civil War, lived
in Snyder Co., Pa. On the night of Dec, 2, 1877, John Kintaler, a
Ti-year-old tinker, clock maker and fortune teller, and his wife,
Gretchen were murdered, robbed of $150 and their cabin set afire to
obliterate evidence of the crime, As Kintzler had a decidedly anti-
social personality, he was heartily disliked in the neighborhood and
for same time little was done to, arrest his slayers. In 1878, Moyer,|

his brother, Jonathan, Emanuel Ettinger and Israel irbawere arrested
and charged with the murders,

Erb was tried first and aéquitted and
all four were then released,

Cos, where he also was convicted and sentenced to die,
1861, Ettinger had committed suicide but before dying he
fessed that he and Uriah alone had kille

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