, 1864-06-18


and Cuts her own Throat,
From the Ponehkeepaie, N. 7. Eagle, June II ]
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock, VIC re-
ceived Especial dispatch from Fishkill Land
Ing, announcing that two children had been
murdered By their mother in that village,
the Eeme morning cbout o'clock. We i'm
mediately sent reporter to the acene. who
brings us the following account Of the horri-
Bile affair:
Tie village Of Fishkin Lending was thrown
into state Of iEteAte excitement this morn
Ing, by the news THAI Mrs. Mary Miller, Of
1hat village. had murdered her two children
It seems that for Bome time Mrs. Miller was
afflicted with q kind Of melancholy insanity,
from which Dr.. Bell, her attendant; physi-
cian, ftared bad consequences, and had
warned her husband that something Of this
kind might be expected, and advised sending
her to the asylum, but her husband hesltatt1
about tsking such step, and hoped for her
recovery.
children, had given them their breakfast, and
babe some eight months DID, to sleep, and
had sent the eldest, Jessie, aged some seven
yea1s, to watch her. The youngest soon
commenced crying, and she went up stairs
TO take care Of It, but in the meantime
slipped her brothers. razor ont of its case
and carried 1t up stairs With her. Mrs.
Carnes, her sister-in-law, hearing noise,
went up stairs to soc what was the matter,
and found the babe lying on the bed with
her tbroat cnt on the left side, and her moth
er bending over her with her throat cut
The Oldest child WIS found lying In al ad-
joining room also with her throat cut and
dead. This happened about 7:3o O'Clock in
the morning,
Dr.. Bell Vas Immediately called, and when
he arrived. both children were dead and thn
mother lying insensible on the floor,
The eldest child had the carotid artery aev-
cred on the right side, and the younger child
the sane sstn 5fsey H. On the LET sde etpeng in
veins severed and her windpfpe cut in two !;
in fact, her throat nas cut from ear to ear,
with cash as large as mans hand She Is
still alive, and some hopes arc entertained Of
her recovery.
Her husband vas doing business in New
York and was absent at the time, bnt was
Immediately tele.raphed to. and has since
arrived ut the scene OF this, to him, sad
tragedy.
She had often expressed wish that her
children would die, as she was oppressed
with the belief that she was going to die,
and wanted them with her in Heaven; and
when Dr.. Bell first attempted to dress he,
| wounds, she refused, and said that her chill.
dren were in Heaven and she wanted to 70
there too.
Coroner Vandewater, Of Matteawau, was
Immediately summoned, and an inquest held,
which elected the following facts:
Mrs. Jehn Carnes, eIster-in-law Of the
| woman, and with whom she boarded, was
first examined. She says Mrs. M1ller waa
children, aud the little one had goue to sleep;
she took it up sta,rs, but it soon awoke and
commenced crying; she seat Jessie NJ to
| take care of it.; soon after she went MP her
sell, having taken Mr.. Carnes' razor from
his case in q closet in the kitchen, unknown
to any Of the family; Mrs. Carnes soon fol-
lowed her up stairs, attracted By the noise,
opened the bedroom door, found Mra. Miller
standing with her throat cut, and the babe
with its throat cut lying on the bed; the
older gitl, who Was lying on the bed she did
not sec; she asked Mrs. Miller what she had
been doing, but received no answer; she
Immediately ran out to call for assistance,
| and. on her return, found Mrs. Miller sitting
| upon the floor.
| VIM. r. Bell, eworn: am rracticiug
| ply slcian; I have seen the children Of Mar5
Miller this morning, since their death;
saw them first about Sis O'Clock this morn
ing; found the larger one on tho floor, and
the smaller one on the bed, the larger one
| with throat cut on the right side, and dead ;;
side, and dead. The wounds upon each one
were sucb as to cause instant death The
tnzor lay close to the mother Of the children
she told me she did it; hare been her phys.
ician several months; 6hs was deranged;
she vas suffering from that sort Of mauia
called melancholy, often expressing wish
to die; she has exhibited this stateEof mind
since attended her; suggested to her hus
band TINT she had better be sent to the asy,
1um; Tas afraid she would do something
| Of this Kind; she cut the throats Of the chill
| dreu with G razos, and then cut her ow1
throat; presume she knew what she VIZ.
doing; she said her children we're in heaven
and she was going there too; she at first re
| sisted assistance.
statement Of Dr.. Bell. 80 far rs the m.ttel
came under his observation.
The jury, sfter viewing the bodies anl
hearing ali the testimony, gave verdict
"that said Jessie Miller and Caroline Mile,
came to their deaths By having their throats
cut with q razor in the hands Of Mary Miller
| their mother, who was insane"