The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-16
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
A BrOken-Hearted Mother Attempts the
Murder Of Heraelf Mnd OhLld ren.

1t is not often that the pen has to deal with
theme at once so tender and SO tragic. as that
which il finds in what we have now to relate
The summer visitors of ROckaway, Long Branch,
and other watering places, viii probably re-
member q family of four attractive children,
who, during the warmer seasons, were wont TO
pay flying visits to the seashore and delight the
guests with the exhibition of their artistic gifts
These children were named respectively Daniel
Grace, Marcella, and William Boone, Daniel
being 49, Grace IL, Marcella 10, and William 9,
They were all genteei sweet-mannered, and
we'll bred; Daniels features were singularly in
telligent tH. t.....t-.
and when he recited from Shakespeare, his
young face became beautiful with precoci0uS
Comprehension OF the authors meaning Tne
little girls sang sweetly, and were very much
ceressed. Even Indifferent people piled and
Petted these fatherless little ones, singing
from shore TO shore. No wonder people look ed
upon them with interest. They were the bro.
theirs and sisters OF the distinguished Boone
children, who some years ago flashed In triumph
through the United States, evoking admiration
from the most critical audiences aud most
caustic pens When away from New York the
field of action for Daniel and Grace, and Mar
celia and William, was the wide world; when in
New York they lived with their mother, at No.
Early yesterday morning some Of the other
residents at thatnumber in Amity street heard
suspicious sounds in the room occupied by
Mrs. Boone and her children. The utterances
means. They resembled rather those obscure
walls, and choking gasps, and inarticulate
bosom, wnen consciousness Is almost gone and
life all but extinct The dodgers, apprehensiye
formation m to Policeman Ray, and that "C9 oficer
entered the house. assembled to the upper stories,
and broke open the door upon spectacle before
which those who beheld 1t sickened and shud-
dered.
The mother and her children. in all the
hideousness of death, lay stretched on the floor.
A friend spoke TO them, they answered not;
touched them, they felt not; opened their tight
perfume pervaded the room and fioated from
the lips alike OF mother and children. 1t was
the Odor OF Iaudanum. Even while restoratiVes
were being sought the victims involuntarily
closed their lids. and sank deeper into the sleep
Of death. Two physicians were hastily sum-
moned, and these poor, unhappy beings were
soon partially relieved.
With returning consciousness recurred the
singing sense OF all that misery which the
poor mother had hoped to escape, and Mrs.
Boone. in all the anguish of bruised and
broken spirit. confessed that. distrustful of
Providence, and weary of life, she had adminis-
tered poison to her children and to herself She
had battled long with the temptation to perpe.
trate this awful crime. She ad Iejoiced in the
beauty of her chidren's talents, and in their
love for her; she had tremoled for their safety
and prayed for their success when they were
away nom her, among the allurements OF
treacherous world; when hope after hope had
ments which she fancied still in view; and
at length her heart, brimmlpg with experiences
inexpressibly bitter - her husband dead,
her children pining beneath her eyes, with no
pro pect held out to her but that OF slow starva-
S tIonS sne nau aosyiq yleiiqqeu 10 Ine impulse OF
OF sending To God her own and her chidrens
sonls before their time. The family was at
once removed 10 Bellevue Hospital Late last
evening the children were improving, but Mrs.
Poone was sill considered IN dangerous con.
ditOn. One relieving picture in this sad his
Tory of destitution is the love of these children
for their mother. On many a cold, winter
night they might be seen on one of the ferry.
boats, singing songs of happiness with lips
quiVering with misery A short time ago they
were engaged by Mr.. Barnum. The eldest boyis
efforts and exploits are truly touching.
ManYa solitary tour has this affectionate child
made through the Eastern and Western states,