The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-17
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Awful Crime in Manchester ,COnu.-Mur-
der Of q Mother and Daughter. Az
from the Hartford Times. Augus


from the Hartford Times, August II
The quiet village of Oakland, Manchester
about nine miles east of this city, was ar
oused this morning by the news of the most
fearful crime ever perpetrated in this vicin-
ity. .''-- 80.
AT the early hour of 4 o'clock, Or little
sooner, Mrs. Benjamin Starkweather, sister,
in-law of Nathan Starkweather. Of this city,
aged 46, and her daughter, Harriet Ella,
aged IA years, were both foully murdered
while sleeping together in their house.
They were killed with an AK, but they
were also stabbed in various places with a
butcher knife. g.tlob 4i5 H. aa4
0 We saw the bodies after they had been
laid out, and hope never to see another such
|sight. The Mothers face was cut in two
with powerful blow from the ak, which
divided the nose, crosswise, and cut open
the face entirely across, crashing through
the bones Of the upper jaw and cheeks
Over the right eye was another cash from
the ak, sinking through the skull and into
the brain and there was another which cut
open the side and back of the head, and al
so great cash near the right temple. Be-
sides these wounds there were others made
by butcher knife-one through the lower
part of the chin, the blade penetrating deep
into the throat /; one deep into the right
breast and another deep one in the left
breast .- s.lai '..] Z. a-'-'-aal
Ella, the daughter, a still more shocking
sight. Her right eye was entirely gone.
The ak had cut a terrible cash across the
brow, eye and cheek, evidently at one blow,
letting out all of the eye, breaking in the
skull, and cleaving down to the cheek-bone.
Above the right eye, near the top Of the
forehead, was another fearful cash from the
ak, sinking it into the brain and she was
stabbed through the bosom with the butch
er knife. @ ie- ..t'' % ~ ''i''i =. 81
The first information of the murders was
given by the son. Albert Starkweather, at 4
o'clock. He came to Mr.. Horace Whites,
nelghbor, rafting, or rather falling heavi-
ly against the back door, and arousing the
inmates with this call: - .''.-.'
Get up!-get up Come over to our
house don't know but our folks are all
killed, and the house is on fire!'' g.
MIR. White ran over, followed by Albert,
and found his (Albert's room full of smoke
and the bed on fire He took the bed out
and put it out of the window Then he
went up stairs, though the smoke was so
thick he nearly suffocated. Albert did not
follow him, but paced hurriedly up and down
the lower rooms, sobbing and crying.
On getting into the chamber, Mr. White
found the bedroom covered with blood Ele
lifted up Ella and found her still alive,
though bathed in blood and presenting a
shocking sight AS he lifted her bloody
ak slipped off upon the floor. Mr.. White
took it, and lifting the window, placed the
ak under it to let out the smoke, while he
next got Mrs. Starkweather off the burning
bed, and finding her dead, placed her OH the
floor while he rolled up the bed and threw it
out of the window. His hands were blister
ed and his clothing rendered very bloody.
The dying Ella he carried in his arms to
back window i'll the adjoining room, in
order to give her fresh air and then sent
the hired man (who, with others, had arriv-
en) at once for a doctor. But the poor
girl died in few minutes Her blood COW
cred the window sill, on which she rested,
and the floor near by Mr.. White at once
instituted search for tracks about the
house, but was unable to discover any dis
tinct marks of feet except in the garden.
Albert Starkweather, "a years of age,
slept on the lower floor in the northeast
room His Mother and Ella slept in the
northwest room above. He says noise up
stairs, just before dawn, awakened him,
and rushing out of his room he was knock
ed down. near the foot of the stairs, by a
man or men coming down that he recov-
cred, and had scuffle in the dark, and was
overpowered, thrown down and the man
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eye, which he says was caused by the blow
the murderer gave him. This mark, I'M
fortunately, was obviously of an older date
than this morning.
A jury of inquest was summoned, con-
sisting of Arnold Olmsted, Charles Annts,
Chas. A. Arnold, Francis w. Cowles, Mer-
rift auckland, horace Fuller, Moses Scott,
f. G. auckland, Patrick Fitzgerald, VIM.
McNall, John o. Spencer and John G. Ro-
berson, the latter acting as foreman. They
sat from 8 to 10, and, tacitly agreeing up
on verdict, decided, nevertheless, to have
an adjourned session at o'clock this even
ing, after further facts were developed.
Albert's butcher-knife was subsequently
brought out during the session Of the jury,
and its appearance before his eyes caused
him to start and tremble. A very ugly fact
is that the knife was found in his drawer in
his own bedroom!
The Hartford police were speedily put up
on an investigation, and Chief Chamberlain,
accompanied by officers Cowles and Pape,
went over to the scene of murder. Cham
berlain arrested the son, Albert, and lock-
ing him in the front chamber with himself
and Cowles, (after the inquest proceeded to
subject him to an examination.
While the examination was going on
Edgar Green, man whom Albert had hired
to work about the place during the summer,
arrived from Mansfield, where he lives, and
where he had driven on visit, leaving
Oakland last Saturday noon, Albert had
paid him at the rate of $34 a month for
services which never seemed to amount to
much, the neighbors said: and they think
Albert never could have afforded to hire
him at that rate. Green however shows no
evidence of guilt, and was very willing to
be examined. lie was evidently thunder
struck, to hear OF the murder. t.
Albert's reputation is not good. He Is a
rather ''fast young man" and his associates
are not Of the best We hear he was soon
to be married. eaIa
In his bureau was found sum of money
in National Bank bills amounting to about
1862. There Were three 500 bills one $50
and some smaller.
He says he left the back door open over
night, so tn at Green could get in ii ne re-
turned. Green had taken Alberts buggy
and his own horse.)
When we left, at noon, the questions of
Chief Chamberlain and his assistants had
brought Albert to point where it seemed
as if he must soon be forced to admit the
horrible TRUTH for though he saw it not the
course of the examination was steadily
drawing him to a point where his answers
would not agree with each other.
General Grant Makes n Snpeeb.