Evening star., 1869-07-15
IN O'J lady Murdered - Her Insane
DNu- -hIrT-im-Ll. IN NeW Work.


tI Ir.I8y evening a SHOCKING tragedy was
-lr,-sd ~ West TniIteeL-l street. New YORK.
cid adv, while sleeping, having been
.s.uta!Ir- murdered BY .-- insane ~ spghrar-,,I
law u" murdered P-lson. Ejs. SGsan La
'r-Iau.- a widow aged about seventy wears,
has '.r ~rrlr tiu'r pa-' iIyei with her son. NJ
I-rrg- II. Deaue, az w -, VS. Thirteenth
--rr--- Although so advanced IN aga she seems
." --v- retained her faculties. aEd was IN a
goo" s,s'e OF hefl.h FNr ~ o. six years past
ts'-TIJ%. the wife OF NJ. DsaUe. q won ln of
t.'-if-i ~ years OF "gS. ca> SncEp symptoms
.. INSANITY Occt.>iOLH.!y developing into
.-cIs-~ piTOxysms. A tha lts- severe at,ac<
fH- S''-tdant physician Informed Mr Daiue
'H-t - WCu h. necessary. in case OF ano.her
a'-.scs;- cp serd the Patl-L- - Su a-yIur. "a 4,
--anIt not h. safe 10 allow aar 10 remain
i.lsr. a. large. for sD- would probably
maze Sa aitrmI: on the Ifs OF some
v1" d lot restrained OF her libarty
a short time before this sh- had sscrrt.d a
-arut. aut. when II was found. had declared
- E>f intended 10 put an cad TO ner life with
t. Last stevening number Ct tue ft,liiy. with
q Nv 'i-itors. were coacrrcatrd in the base
-H-It CT the dwelling, and with them Mrs
!'~aL@. Mrs. LaIaeTaux. feeling fstgued had
-cu- o. her room, and laid do IN on , lounge
.rd = opposed 10 have iail-n asleep. Uu1b-
--sN ~ ny any Of The party. Mr.. Deans slipp.d
..af e fEs rsOm. and was gone apparently but
g .tyr moments when she returEei Address
s.c Irs. Davis. bOarder, she said: ..You had
.-tf~f 80 up stairs aud see what have done "
q. not ~ the same moment one OF The children
.s:I~ n and said thai Frs. Larn-raux was
NiTE ca the floor OF her room BADLY hurt
ID.
3 h. 'LITd floor, was visited aud IN. occu-
r. us :OULd lying on tue floor baSi L. the
."a&-e- from which soS had apparently fallen
i'n -xttniEing the body there were found sew
-ss.l rtTks OF violence. as though made with a
EHfcb~'- AID this was Ifterward found 10 have
f'-o To- weapon used Thsre Were wounds,
"l 'StArr bruises. on the LETT side OF the head
'-cR $Cd shoulder. and also on tie breast A
~ilt --Cn was AT once called IN. but the woman
hi'hOUEh breathing when be arrived. never
-Sliief- and did IN about ten minutes There
. 10 question but tina: 9Irs psaue committed
fhr a~~ault on the old lady, although she ex-
@iaIt-c no concern whatever when charged
-iih the affair, rOr made any explanation
~h- E1> for long time past manifested a pecu-
Tar dislike 10 her mOibeT-in-la~. although
Dc has never threatened actual violence
t'L- Of the IGIosynCrasies of the insane
~ ESu was that the deceased was andeay-
rIUg 70 influence her son 10 make avay
wUh biS property, in order that she M rs
f4Huel and her children shOuIi not inherit NJ.
although subject 10 these fits of INSANITY n
vas believed that Mrs. Dsans was harmless
ISOIe specially she seemed 10 ba com pletaIy
Ul der the control OF her eldest dapghter Can
tam Nssburn, of the NiEih precinct was IN
:GrIn-d OF the occurrence, and took Mrs lDaane
tti' custody. At the Charles Street Police Sta
ICH she was very uE concerned and there was
30 GiDg III her demeanOr 10 denote that she
had been an actor in so fearful 4 tragedy Mr.
B-Sne - we'll to do rruckIaan. H has been
tor many Jears employed in that capacity IN
'sr Public Stores. aGo being somewhat Of a
politician IN the Ninth Ward. has a very large
Ttlr OF aCquaintancs. by whom be is uniyer-
ally respected. Naturally, 'ha affair created
= great deal OF tXcl'eI1Pnt the station. house
was thrODged with many of the most promt.
lent meE IN the ward. including Justice Dodge
SID others, ana The eXprsSsIops or sympathy
Tor Nir. Diane in this sudden and un loo ked for
,Slamity were almost universal.