Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-09


FEARFUL TR,GEdY--A WOMAN KILLS Her ONLY
son. A tragedy Of the most fearful nature occur
red in the town Of Jlamden (Fullers lIollow)
y. u, on Tuesday night, in the killing of her
only son. William, by Mrs, Margare, Cow The
deceased and his mother, who was Il widow, kept
house together. lilo was about 25 years of age.
and was said to have been n stout. athletic young
man, Mrs Cow has given freqnen, and uumis-
takenble evidences Of insanity for long time and
SO determined have been her threats that she
: would kill her children that daugh ter had been
compeIsi lroS, fear to leave her mothers roof and
was living Mt the time of the homicide at Mr.
Robert Midllemast's in Franklin. The son had
also been in tho habit Of well securing his bed
room doar retiring for tho night, fearing TINT
his mother would enter stculthily and endemyor to
rnfry out her threats. iii which, indeed, she had
been detected, as we learn. by vouIg man who
has sometimes slept with the deceased. On tho
fatal night il is supposed had forgotten to asten
it,
fr-la sumc suspicious appearance at the house;
the Ie hluis entered il On Wednesday morning
when the terrible spectacle Of tho murdered man
man presented itself The body was lying in bed
the head terribly mangled by severe blows. from
II stun shot made by tying n heavy stone in the
fnot Of stocking. which was found lying on tho
floor Of the ro0m. After committing the fatal decd
the mother had carefully laid out the dead body,
by washing the blood from It and placing II clean
napkin under the head, upon the pillow, and II
clean coyerlil upon the bed This act accom-
pt>hrl, and having evidently tried to wash the
bl"ud from the floor, doors. &c., the unfortunate
woman at once lett the terrible scene. bent car
rying out her trn1c de ,isns to the fullest extent
She at repaired To the locality where Der
daughter Lived. nv. MiddlemaSts.) and then in
the woods looking towards the house, watched for
an opportunity to shay her daughter having first
supplied herself with another Sung shot like that
with which she killed her son. " hich was found
nron her, ms also n clean sheet and II napkin. with
| which she no doubt intended to lay her out aso,
after killing her.
SUICIDE IN GALvEsToN.-The Galveston Civil
ian of the 25,k ult,, says
Ill., convicted of the murder Of Lyons on the
steamship Matagorda, and confined in the jail Mt
Galveston. committed suicide Yesterday morning a.
bout daylight. hy hanging. lie and two other
prisoner had been all night endeavoring Ia break
ou; of Jail, and had nearly succeed. lie had saw
ed off his irons with a common table knife. which
had been converted into saw for the purpose. eff
iec'cd his escape from his cell. and released two
other prisoners from their irons and cells aud all
| three bad nearly effected opening through
the outer wall when day ght appeared, when. de.
spairing Of his escape, Hill returned to his cell
and hung himself.
10 CLEAR ROOM OF MosQuIroEs-A writer in
n South Carolina paper says:
I have tried the following. and find that it
works Ike IA charm. lake al gum camli1ur u
piece about unetlir1 the size of egg, evay crate
by placing it in tin vessel. and hold it over II
lamp candle taking that it does not ignite.
/ The smoke will soon fill the room, and expel the
mosquitoes.
| One night, not long since, was terribly an
noycl by them, when thought of and tried the
ab1ve, after which neither saw. heard them
| that night, and next ,rnng he'e rt't one to
I've found in the room, though The window had
! been left open all night.
SUICIDES, ~srhe wife oil a Mr.. Darby, farmer
and shoe manufacturer near Baskerville, CT. COM
mil,cd suicide on the 18th ut., by taking strvch-
ninn. The unfortunate woman c1olly premeliat-
ed the deed. far she retired to her.-...ou ba bed
herself. arranged grave clothes near her bed, be-
fore using the poison. Mrs. Darby was about so