[Easton Express, Tuesday, October 17,1922, pg. 1]
Henninger A Suicide

Man Wanted for Killing Shoots Himself at His Home

Edwin Henninger, of near Bingen, who on Sunday evening shortly after 7 o'clock, shot and killed Harvey Gross of Hellertown, and wounded Constable John Rothrock, who was attempting to serve a warrant on him, committed suicide at his home, a mile beyond HeI­lertown, at 8.30 this morning by shoot­ing himself with a revolver. Two shots were heard by members of his family and word was then sent to the Bethle­hem police.
Henninger left behind a long note giving his reasons for ending his life. The body was still warm when the po­lice reached the house. During the night he sent a bullet into his head which caused only a flesh wound.
The Bethlehem police notified Coroner Cathrall and the latter lost no time in summoning a Jury and con­ducting an inquest. The verdict was that Henninger's death was caused by a bullet wound, self-inflicted, due to conditions existing before the shooting. The Jury was composed of Quintus Fritchman, Charles Hinkle, Oscar Achey, Jacob R. Bachman, Stewart E. Fulmer and Henry Roth­rock.
Henninger bad been threatening to "clean up" his whole family, which consists of his wife and seven chil­dren. For several days prior to the shooting of Gross and Rothrock, he had not entered his home but stayed in a barn a short distance from the house.
The gun fight, which took place at Henninger's home near the Bingen station, was replete with thrills. Gross being instantly killed from a shot from Henninger's revolver, while Rothrock was shot in trying to prevent his escape from a barn. The latter is in St. Luke's hospital, where from last reports, he is resting comfortably.
While at first it was thought that Rothrock was seriously wounded a later examination by the physicians at the hospital showed that the bullet, though inflicting an ugly wound in the right side of the abdomen, had not penetrated the vital organs.