Victim: Amanda (Heinrich) Schmeltzer
Perpetrator: [Unsolved]
Date of Incident: 1871-03-20
Location of Incident: Lawrenceburg Township
On March 20, 1871, burglars shot Amanda (Heinrich) Schmeltzer while breaking into the Rossville Exchange Hotel where her husband was proprietor.
Sources
The Dearborn Independent (1871, March 30). The Schmelzer murder case in the Indianapolis papers. The Dearborn Independent, 2.