Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-10-15

SHOCKING TRAGEDY We are informed hv
gentleman of this city who visited New Mil
ford on Wednesday, OF a most horrible double
MURDER which was committed in the town of
Bridgewater, on Monday night last, the Sth
inst. The particulars are as follows: A man
named Niditto, journeyman halter by trade
was the father Of two daughters aged thirteen
and fifteen years respectively, by a former
wife, While he was living with q second wife
who 1t seems entertained feelings of dislike
towards the children. The girls were spright.
ly and promising, and much thought of by the
neighbors The oldest of them lived with a
farmer near by, and was considered almost as
one OF the family. Some few DAYS ago Vidit.
to was "unshopped,' or discharged from the
factory where he had been employed, and felt
IN consequence very gloomy. About the same
time he had Il quarrel with his wife to whom
lie had been married but a short time, and the
result was that they mutually agreed upon a
separation, he furnishing her money to 90 to
her fathers home in Massachusetts. This was
on Monday. 1t would seem that as soon as
the woman was gone, Viditto went to the farm
er with whom his eldest daughter was living.
and demanded that she should 20 home with
him. Some objection was made as the farm
er's family did not like 10 part with the Girl
but Viditto took her away, promising to take
her back the next day. The story after this
point is learned from the prisoner himself
Soon alter reaching his scantily furnished
home, Nldltto sent both the girls to bed, it be.
ing early in the evening. Waiting until they
had fallen asleep, he took a heavy hammer.
and stealthily approaching their bedside so as
not to awaken them, deliberately dealt each a
tremendous blow upon the temple, completely
buryng the hammer in their skulls. The
hend did not seem to be satisfied with this,
nut took rope and strangled the poor limo.
cent girls, IN the VAN hope OF preventing the
flow OF flood He then took Il razor and cut
his own throat, sitting down in the same room
with the two daughters he had murdered, and
waiting with dreadful camness for death to
come But he was not to die and although
ne losta great quantity of blood, he had sutii-
Gent strength left in the morning to be able to
call boy who was passing BY the house. and
invite him into the house. The bow was di
rected to look at the bed and then at the throa.
OF the murderer, but was too much frightened
to remain. He at once gave an alarm. and the
nelghbors proceeded to the house where tbe
awful tragedy had been enacted They ar,
rested Vldltto, who was very weak, but who
confessed the crime saying that as he was out
OF work his children would probably suffer
during the winter, and he thought it best to
put them out of the way After an examina-
ton he was committed to Litchfield iail. vi.
ditto is man about forty years old a native
OF New Milford, and has always been good
citizen and an industrious man. 1t is said
many OF his family connections have been de
ranged, and 1t is thought he is so now. No
possible motive can be assigned for the com
mission of the dreadful act
The news of the murder spread like wild.
IRE, and caused great excitement. Reference
was made to the fact that about twenty years
ago, IN the town of New Preston, near by. n
Spaniard named Robeo murdered bow by
cutting him entirely to pieces with an AK He
was sentenced to state prison for life and
there uied raving maniac. Some two or
three years since, man in the same neghbor-
hood undertook to murder school mistress
but failed in the attempt. This gossip was
freely circulated all day Tuesday and We'd
nesday, and nothing was heard but murder
murder This fact is the most dreadful TRACE
dy we have been called upon to record for
many months, and it may naturally fill the
public mind with horror