Source of burial information: Photocopy - "CURIOUS CROWD ATTENDS FUNERAL", Page 6 - "The Washington Times" - August 12, 1918 - Number 10,617)
Locomotive Engineer (yard driver)
Inventor:
- U.S. Patent 851,338 on April 23, 1907 for a "Safety-Clutch for Air-Brake Angle-Cocks"
He was killed by his daughter, Helen Emma. She fired one shot into his forehead with his .32 revolver. (Photocopy - "GIRL SHOOTS FATHER", Page 10 - "The Washington Post" - August 10, 1918 - Number 15,397)
Photocopy - "KILLS FATHER FOR BEATING HER MOTHER", Page 1 - "The Washington Herald' - August 10, 1918 - Number 4306
He was killed in their home, 426 North Payne Street. "For twelve years Sidney Barnhouse, fifty-one years old, terrorized his family,..." - His wife stated, "In the hallway he beat me severely and my daughter heard the noise and came to my aid. He struck her twice, once on each side of the head and knocked her down." (Photocopy - "GIRL EXONERATED IN FATHER'S DEATH", Page 2 - "The Washington Times" - August 15, 1918 - Number 10,620)
Source of burial information: Photocopy - "CURIOUS CROWD ATTENDS FUNERAL", Page 6 - "The Washington Times" - August 12, 1918 - Number 10,617)
Locomotive Engineer (yard driver)
Inventor:
- U.S. Patent 851,338 on April 23, 1907 for a "Safety-Clutch for Air-Brake Angle-Cocks"
He was killed by his daughter, Helen Emma. She fired one shot into his forehead with his .32 revolver. (Photocopy - "GIRL SHOOTS FATHER", Page 10 - "The Washington Post" - August 10, 1918 - Number 15,397)
Photocopy - "KILLS FATHER FOR BEATING HER MOTHER", Page 1 - "The Washington Herald' - August 10, 1918 - Number 4306
He was killed in their home, 426 North Payne Street. "For twelve years Sidney Barnhouse, fifty-one years old, terrorized his family,..." - His wife stated, "In the hallway he beat me severely and my daughter heard the noise and came to my aid. He struck her twice, once on each side of the head and knocked her down." (Photocopy - "GIRL EXONERATED IN FATHER'S DEATH", Page 2 - "The Washington Times" - August 15, 1918 - Number 10,620)
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