Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-11-06

the rear, and the two small children were
/ in crib in the room with their mother.
! Mrs. Gouldy says that as Frank came
in she was just retiring, and he said 20
her, "Why, mother; are you up?' Yes,
Fraok,' was the reply, Il am up yet"
He then passed into the room where Mr..
/ Gouldy was. and she heard some unpleas-
ant words pass between the two, and f.
nally heard a heavy lall on the floor
She had just got into bed, and thought to
herself. "ls ii possible Frank has struck
his falher!' and al that mo uent Frank
came into The room, partially raised the
netting from around lhe bed, and dealt her
a heavy blow on The head with a hatch
Ell. She screamed and sprang up, and he
repeated the blow twice, when she fell
heavily to the floor, breaking down the
netting as she lelI.
The murderer then passed through the
hall bedroom, where lis two brothers
slept, They had both got up hearing the
noise, and he struck each a murderous
blow on the head with the same halchel
he had used upon his father and mother.
He lett them both PROSTATE and covered
with blood and passed on to The stairs
and ascended 10 lhird floor.
The apartments on the third floor were
occupied by himself, his sister Mary and
the two servants. The servants had
heard the noise, and were in the hall Of
the upper floor as he went up stairs. He
Immediately attacked them with the same
latsl hatchet, proslraing aech with a
Iflighlful blow on the head.
Mary, hearing the struggles and
screams Of the servants. opened The door,
and looking out saw the gIIIs covered
with blood, but did not recognise her
brother. Believing it to be a burglar, she
locked her door aud remained in her room.
Had she known il was her brother she
would have rushed out, in which case she
would probably have been murdered.
After committing this series OF airoclons
crimes. it is believed lhe homicide went
down stairs, p, He'd off his boots and coat,
and donned slippers and morning gown,
in which costume be returned 10 his
room.
But Mary, meantime, had not been
idle. She had raised her window and
cried "murder - and officers Morehousc
and Aull. Of The Twentieth ward police,
who were standing on The corner OF Ninth
avenue and Thirty first street, heard her
cries, her room being in the rear OF the
house.
They Immediately went TO the house,
but the door was locked, which delayed
their entrance for some time; but they
Succeeded with some labor in forcing the
door.
It's probable that Frank heard them
and found that he was detected. Be this
as il may, before they found him he took
a lhree-shYole which was heatly load
ed, and placing the muzzle TO the head,
fired. The bali entered above the right
ear and passed out just over the left eye,
causing instantaneous death.
The alarm having been given, the
neig bors rushed to the spot, and oeheld
scene of blood and horror too painful 10
describe.
The father lay upon the floor entirely
Unconscious with his face and head bath
ed in Blood. In tie next room the moth
er Iav helpless, and in the hail bed room
the boys were PROSTATE, and one Of them
senseIess, and IN The upper hall the two
servants lay also covered with tlood, Que
/ of them tossing her arms in delIrlum,
/ I,,l IL ,f IN.
lay If less on the floor OF his own room,
>ul gTasping tie fatal pistol in his right
| hand.
The two small children and Mary were
The only ones Unharmed. As The af-
frighted Oeighbors passed through the
room in whlch the Glib was, the lille
GIL, two years oil, sprang up and said
pleasantly, II am not huIl.'
The carpets and furniture in every
room through which the murderer had
passed. were stained with blood.
Mr.. Gouldv, the father, was struck up
on the left side of The head in Two places
,ae axe entering into the substance OF the
brain. Tie patient is wholly uhcon-
scious, and in all probability cannot re-
cover. Mrs. GoulGy, the mother
received three wounds upon the
head two of which were scalp
wounds. from one TO two inches in length.
The third wound penetrated the Substance
Of the brain about two inches above TIE
righ, ear. Hopes are entertained of her
recovery.
The boy Nathan received. blow on
the right side of the head, cutting up shei
scalp for three inches and detschlng
large piece of the temporal bone. HIS
condition is also extremely c;iIIcal. Con-
sclousness however is perfect.
Charlie, the boy of FIVE, received a
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