Dr. W. T. Northrup, a prominent physician at Haverhill, in the eastern portion of Scioto County, Ohio, was murdered Wednesday by Thomas McCoy, a saloon keeper and his brother Alfred the Postmaster at Haverhill, aided by the two sons of Alfred McCoy.

Dr. Northrup had incurred the enmity of the McCoys by being active in favor of local option.  They waylaid him when coming to his office and began firing on him with pistols and shotguns.

He was unarmed, but drew a pocket knife and badly wounded Alfred McCoy before he was fatally shot.

The doctor was about 35 years old and unmarried.

The McCoys have been arrested and thre is a feeling in favor of lynching.