The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-10
HORRIBLE.
An Insur lTurder6 ss-An Aged Mother Killed
by her Daughter in New York Yesterday.
Fro9n he " Y. World of fhiS g1loruin1

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by her Daughter in New York Yesterday.
From the y. Y. World Of this morning.
At $50 O'Clock last evening a horrible murder
occurred in the Ninth ward, the particulars of
lows:-For about eight years past Mrs. Rosanna
Dean, the wife of George B. Dean, residing at No.
342 West Thirteenth street has been afflicted with
occasional fits of alteration of mind, which at GER
tain periods attained to serious degree and threat
ened dangerous results. On one or two occasions
she had exhibited symptoms of a suicidal intent,
once speaking of her deliberation about using old
razor she had found, and which, of course, was
promptly removed from her possession
Latterly her mental condition has been such that
physicians counseed the family to use the greatest
caution, the disease was liable to assume more
demonstratiye form the only safety in which
was her removal to an insane retreat. At all times
however, she has been perfectly under the control OF
her eldest daughter to whose persuasions she would
yield passive obedience. Like others in this de-
mented condition, she was subject to moods Of de-
spondency and freaks of strange This latter
feeling directed especially towards her husbands
mother, Mrs Susan IanerauX, quiet, inoffensive
lady, of about seventy years Of age. In her strange
haliucnatiOn Mrs. Dean imagined that Mrs Lame
raux exercised an undue control over Mr. Dean, and
was influencing him to divert his property from the
benefit of his wife and children to her own control
For the past few days Mrs. Deans conduct mani
tested more critical development OF her malady,
which caused more strict surveillance to be kept
upon her movements.
Yesterday morning her appearance was somewhat
more calm, and induced some relaxation in the
anxious watch Kept on her. At o'clock she slipped
out unobserved by any OF her family and was absent
for some hours. Upon her return on being ques-
toned by her daughter as to where she had been,
she retorted angrily, "ltS none OF your business ~
Afterwards she began to wash out some clothing,
but after dabbling while in the water left the task
as a child would tire of and abandon toy. During
the afternoon she manifested listessness.
Last night at the hour before named she missed
from the circle but moment, and hardly had her
absence been noted before she reappeared, and said
TO q Mr. Davis, who was present. "Come up stairs,
and see what have DONE" Accompanied by the
daughter, he followed her. She ran nimbly up the
stairs to the thrd-story back room, which occU-
pied by the murdered woman. The gas was turned
low and every object was indistinct. On entering,
Miss Dean almost stumbled over the Postrate form
OF the old lady.
Light revealed the fact that horrible tragedy had
been enacted. Mrs. LamerauX had been killed by
her maniac daughter-in-laW. Eight gashes were
visible upon the neck, shoulders, ana leit breast
was lying on the floor near by. Probably the first
| blow broke the neck and caused DEATH The pulse
beat but few times after the deed was discovered
II was evident from the position OF the body that
the aged victim had composed herself to sleep upon
the soa and the insane daughter had swiftly darted
in and dealt the fatal blows. immediately the alarm
was given, and Car tain Washburn, with his
officers, were quickly upon the scene, and the
craZed perpetTator of the bloody deed, with
her family, were accompanied 10 the sta
| ton house. AS she came in, a glimpse at her
features revealed the lineaments OF much mental
distress but expression OF consciousness as to her
dreadful action. She is about foryhve years OF age
rather tall spare, and of matronly presence Judge
Dodge, who was in the station remarked That he
had known OF the family several years. Mr. Dean is
the proprietor Of large truck business, and Is well
| known in the ward as most estlInaDle clIAeh lie
was absent from the house at the time OF the analr
and, with the other members OF tlle lany, ls pshgeu
| calamity which has thus suddenly ana unforeseen
come upon them. Last night Captain Mash0urn
made every provision for the coI9rt oi MIS- a Deaa
suggest How the hatchet was procured ana the
tragc deed SO swiftly committed without the know
ledge Of any of the family is a mystery