The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-04
The Double Murder u Ma nc h ester, C01ns-
Additional Particulars, &c.
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The mothers face was cut in two with powerful blow
from the axe which divided the nose crosswse and cue
open the entirely crashing through the bonao
of the upper jaw and checks Over the right eye wae
another cash from the axe sinking through the skuA
open the side and back Of the head and also greae
cash the right temple Besides these wounds theso
lower part Of the chin the blade penetrating deep Int
the throat deep into the right breast and ahoAs
Ella the daughter presented q still more shocking
sight Her right eye was entirely gone. The axe haA
terrible cash across the brow eye and cheek svi-
IDENTIFY blow letting out all OF the eye breaking -
the SKULL and cleavng down to the cheek bono Above
the right eye the top of the forehead was anoth
fearful cash from the axe sinking into the BRAIN aAA
she stabbed through the bosom with the butchers
knife.
The first information of the murders was given BY IL
son. Albert Starkwcather at four o'clock. He -
Mr.. Horace Whites neighbour rafting rather falling
heavily against the back door, and arousing the inmates
tsGet up-get up! Come over to our housed dom
know but folks all killed, and the house IL
fYcl''
Mr.. White ran over. followed by Albert and found hi
Abert'sl room full Of smoke aud the bed on fire. He
up stairs though the smoke thick he nearly
sufocatad Albert did not follow him, but paced huf.
redy up and down the lower rooms sobbng and cryns:
On getting into the chamber Mr. White found the bed
all a blaze and the bedroom covered with blood h
lifted up Ella and found her still alive, though bathed n
blood and presenting shocking sight As he lifted h0
a bloody spt OIL upon the floor. Mr. White took II
and lifting the window placed the under IL to let ovS
the smoke, while he next got Mrs. starkweaher on IL
burning bed and finding her dead placed her on the oor
while he rolled up the bed and threw it out Of the win
dow His hands bstered and his clothing rendsss4
very bloody
Albert starkwcather slept the lower floor in the
northeast His mother and Ella slept In the NORTH
west above He says NOISE up stairs just before
dawn awakened him. and rushing out Of his room no
knocked down, the foot OF the stairs BY man, a.
men Una, ne ana dow% snS n
men escaped. He shows scar over one eye.
which he caused by the blow the murderer
him. This mark, unfortunately, was obviously Of n
older date than this morning.
Aibcrts Butchcrknie suddenly brought out, dur
ing the of the jury and its appearance before h
eyes caused him start and rembe very ugly facs
Is that the knife was found in his drawer in his own
bedroom
Albcrts reputation is not good. He has been rather
ast young man, and his associations said have
been not OF the best We hear that he 10 b
married. In his bureau was found q sum Of money n
national bank bills amounting TO about hrce hundrs1
and sixty.two dollars There three hundrsa
dollar bills, one fifty dollar, and some smaller
He says $500 OF the money was his and the rest his
mothers The family were in moderate Circumstances
and had but but . !. les spare y money .,,. A..
negress Jane Fuller Of that village in the poisoning cass
lately tried she was murdered out Of revenge but In
lacks plausibity.
From the Hartford Times, August a.
Albert Starkwcaher brought to hartford Jail early
lest evening The adjourned session. last night Of The
ton being whether the verdict should be- that the d.
ceased their death by blows OF IN and knife
hapd e Of person 2, 10 The ury
they decided on this vcrdict-"That Mrs Benjamin.
Starkweathef and Ella Starkweather camo TO their
deaths by blows inflicted with an axe and knife from ~
hand of Albert 1. Starkweather."
Young Starkweathers shirt bears the marks Of large
blood stains about the sleeves and In fron and the APP
pcarances point 10 the fearful solution that =
the blood OF his own murdered mother and siser H
speaks Of injury his breast which he claims -
have sustained in his alleged struggle with the "twe
men, in the kitchen, but the skin Ia only scratches
enough TO let out a few drops Of blood. -
We were misinformed TO the finding OF the putcnee
knife. II was not found IN the prisoners bureau, pus
found in the feather bed after the bed all blazing
had been thrown by Mr.. White out OF the WINDOW Fhe
knife, a common long butcher knife, was all bloody
The horrible mystery Of the poisoning cases ~ the mo-
tel Starkwcathers house. Lost summer, mas never
been cleared up and many TO think there IS some
connection between these The negress Jane ful
lcr though the evidence exceedingly strong aganss
her was acquitted The victims VINO dd not survivetne
repeated poonings were Mr. Thompson and the mother
of Wells auckland Wells auckland himself still liveeL
IL unable 70 walk Mrs Ssrkweathcr was his sister3
and she was also witness against the negreeA
So was Mr. white and his barn was fired by an incendi
ary on the eth of last May and burned down. And now
comes a most remarkable soul warning experienced BY
Mrs starkweather, the murdered mother. Since the
burning of that she has been made the subect o
q bi0b1v vivid and painful "interior IMPRESSION"
mr. nreinouItion, that q sudden and terrible doom
was Impending over her As she expressed 70
IN diderent occasions TO Mr.. White, she knew
something "terribc" soon TO happen TO her, ana
she was distinctly impressed that she was 70 die In the
midst of IRE so powerful was this impression that tha
scf 10 retire 70 bed night at her accustomed hour bae
wond Sit up late often tl two O'Clock In the morning..
aud never quite undressing herssh Thh accounts -