News: Emma T. Bingaman, 1916, formerly of Orrtanna, Adams County, PA
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Took Bichloride Tablets
As the result of taking bichloride of mercury, with suicidal intent, following
“some words” with her husband as she later admitted, Mrs. Emma T. Bingaman died
in the Chambersburg hospital.
She was the wife of Robert Bingaman, employed by the Chambersburg Engineering
company, and a former resident of near Orrtanna, Adams county.
Mrs. Bingaman had been employed for the last few weeks as waitress at the Miller
hotel, Chambersburg, and was in seeming good health until she took the poison.
The Hanover Herald – Saturday, February 12, 1916
[an obit in the Gettysburg Compiler on Saturday, February 12, 1916 gave her maiden name as Keitle and stated that she had been married to a man named Mentzer, but they divorced.]