Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-12
TERRIBLE SCENE
DEATH.
OF

| TERRIBLE SCENE OF
DEATH.
4 most appalling case Of family murder
and probable suicide took place 10 Chicago
this week. I.aapsars that the family OF .
laborer named Finn, consisting Of father,
mother and two children, we're found in
one bed-tLe mother and children dead
and the father nearly 60 Finn bad been
missed day or two from his accustomed
labor, and his fellow workmen proceeded
to his place Of residence on Tuesday after>
aeon TO look bin up. The Chicago Times
reports says that upon forcing m entrance
into the house the scene that me. the eye
upon entering that bedroom bsgsAss de-
susipstos, snd nill long hannt che sssno-
riss Of oil witnessed II. II was the uear.
nasisn OF oil that 10 NEST herribls in death;
. pisasrs thaaths nest snlAusiaasic senan>
sass'Aas ssvss vss'sqsalsd, 10 dsssslpdvs
detail. The soly psssibls parallel would
b. farnishsd BY The uersus. but there 10 .
ssis q dsnsss, ~ aspreptiss connect.
- 9th ssssss thsss that relieves, hs.n q
siekssing horror attached to this. Stretch
ed upsn that bed Lay the lifslsss corpses Of
a. nsthss sud her shlldsss, ~ inouta>
We No Of "dust TO dust" receiving . ter.
rible illustration, traces Of Of the mde~..of
decay showing that decomposition had al
| ready CON Dsnesd. The mother had evi-
IDENTIFY died 10 The most violent passxysms,
her tongue being nearly bitten in two,
from the effects Of which large blood stains
we're scattered here and there over the
bed. The father was IN the Same bed, and
at the moment the room was entered, was
sslchine End vsoillog with what little
seseogth rsmaised, he. too. being At the
point II dssth. He was terribly weakened,
asd nearly unconscious, and, herrar Of hor-
sss : when fsand, zee stretched directly
seesss ~ putnfyiDg cosposs efoos Of his
ehildrsn. II appeared that, Whatever ths
cause Of their deaths. that oil had been
similasly a1saed, asd tbas N had vomitsd
vislssaiy tsssrs Aessshise their lass.. A
sUassqusses. IL room presented scene
Of indescribsbls ftb. and the doors end
windsws Of the heass having been tightly
closed. Ahs ssnbiusd stencil ftsm this and
the decaving bodies was almost intolerabls.
TsB LIVING AND DsAD.
TIE family. and nearly oil who interest.
ID thsussivss IN TIE Inv sssigation. were Of
the Catholic persuasion. A may be sur.
missed, Therefore. the 6rss move after the
dissssssy was 70 cell Clergyman, ~ hist
belief to attend TO the spiritual welfare e.
the departed, Rev. Father Luby. Of St.
Bridgsts parish. having efficiated. Dr..
Bidwsll was then called to attend to The
living, whom he found In an extremely
low condition. He succeeded in restoring
him 10 partially conscious state, and, dur.
Ing he lacid intstvals, 'attsnpts wsrs nsde
to obtain from him . statements Of the A.
fair. The attempt, however, s,gnally fail.
Cd, only incoherent and disconnected ssn>
fences having been obtained from him.
These were to the effect that he had been
taken quite seriously il! On Saturday night
and had procured box Of Ayers pills
from neighboying drug store. soms Of
which he had takcn,a and had become decide |
lirious. lie protested 10 be unaware tbrt |
his wfe Vas dead. but 1t was hard TO de
whether he was willing to reveal what he
really knew, it seeming. at times, ~
though be ives not - thoroughly uncon-
scious IS he sndeavored to appear. 1t is
certain. however, that il Vas impossible to
obtain from him an Ineligible statement Of
the affair.
At last accounts CHM wss tlowly rscov-
ssing aad the cauts of this horrible crime
may yet come to light.
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