Peter Lintholm
The following facts anent the killing of Peter Lintholm at New Castle, were obtained of M.E. Douglas, whose boyhood years were passed in Springfield Twp.: Peter Lintholm had passed the prime of life when the tragedy occurred that cost him his life. He was called "Old Peter Lintholm" and was rather feeble-minded, and was easily irritated, and upon this occasion was being teased by one Samuel Cristman, whereupon Lintholm struck Cristman, and the latter stabbed Lintholm with his knife, with which he had been whittling. The knife-blade passed between two of Lintholm's ribs and penetrated the heart, Lintholm dying almost instantly. At the preliminary hearing before 'Squire William Douglas, Cristman was bound over to the court of common pleas, where he entered the plea of self-defense, upon which he was acquitted.
From The Bellville Messenger: 25 June 1903, Vol. 11, No. 25