Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-10-14
Three Persons Killed by a Ma
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We have some of the particulars
Of one tofi the. most lIgart7 rentfng|
tragedies it has ever been our duty
to record.
On last Tuesday night. weebt
ago, j. McCarty, Jr., in fit of in.7
sanity. murdered his oEn father, hiss
own little son, six ortseven years OF
age, and neighbor. the Rev. Hen:.
r, Hurley; all the parties residents
of Erath County.
The. circumstances, as we gather,
the howid details, were these: For,
some months. at different times j..
h:cCarty had shown signs OF mental
abberration. On the day previous
to the dreadful occurrence. Nc
Cart expressed the wish to his wife.
, to be baptized right away by Rev
Mr. Hurley. He soon left his home
on Dnttan. creek and proceeded up
the creeksseveral miles to where his
father, James McCarty. Sr.. lived.
He told his father his Intentions Of
being baptized by Mr. Hurley, but
his father persuaded him to remain
where he was, and he would go
after Mr.. Hurley. who lived several
miles off The son agreed to this,
b1-t when in the eveiiHng the father
returned with Mr.. Hurley, it was
found that the son had gone home.
The father and Mr. Hurley fol
lowed to the residence of the insane
man. Bed time came, and all re
tired tor the night, Mr.. McCarty,i
Sr., and Mr.. Hurley occupying the
same bed in separate room In
the night the wife Of Mr.. McCar.y,
Jr.. was aroused by her husband,
who demanded a light, and was look,
ing for his six-shooter. Mrs. Me.
Carly was alarmed, escaped the
house and screamed, but too late
The, insane man had then matie
ready his pistol, entered the room
where his father and Mr.. Hurley
were sleeping and shot both in the
head, as is supposed before they
awoke. He then called his little son
and hade him set down on the door
step and remain quiet until, he re.
turned. The father then went To
the creek little distance off and gbt
a rock. Returning with this,I be
ordered the child to lean. over and
lay its head on a block, lear which
the child was sitting The inno
cent child obeyed, when the fathar,
with one bow of the rock, mashed
out its brains. James D McCartv,
Jr., is not far from thirty five years
of age, has always borne an lire
proachabfe character for industry.
s:briety and integrity, and was
universally esteemed as good cItf
zens. The Rev Henry Hurley, and
James McCarty, Sr were both old
and prominent citizens of Erath,
aged and gray haired men. They
were both universally esteemed and
respected. Earth has no : better
citizens than they ~ = . - aas
AS soon as possible after the nur-
dcrs the insane man was arrested.
He was brought to MeritETan and
was to have been examined on NJ m
day last, when, it is thought. he Will
be sent to the asylum at AUSTIN. -
Gov. HOFFMAN, of New York, is
now the acknowledged, choice al
the Atlantic Democracy for Tile
Presidential nomination in 1879:
He has no rival at the West .exeept
Pendleton but the feeling between
the two men and their respective
factions is severe and bitter Hof
man, i'm a recent speech before IAN
agricultural society in New York,
went a little out of his way to nflict
a stab at Penhleton He. said
There is no way to get out OF
, debt but one, either for nationsa Oh
for, individuals A man cannot pay
his debts by giving his note, nor
can any. Government pay its b!iga-
tions by the issue of irredeepahle
paper There is but one standard
! of value, and that has been fixed by
the common consent Of the world,
and by one standard must all debt
ors be ultimately Judged. :. Asa1no
quack remedies can remove: deep
seated diseases. so no ingeniOnsly
devised financial schemes can poin
out any but the one way to pay. s
nations debts 3Gi