Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-22
Terrible Tragedy ia Bslttmere.
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Iss most horrible s.d ghasly murder eyer
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.t ise.poon. S Mrs. Catherine Marsh, residing la
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sst elxn. Issrs of age and the Youngest two
fIned in t s ssra Sft Sf a.. sass e.S' 30. one ae
tended. and ne cshcrs st her Own hons She
also inflicted serious but not neoe.~arily f.fsi
injuries upon own mother. The murderess Is "a
years oid. The four children. her vfetims wer.
James, aked eight year., Wiiiie. between siS
and seven years, Mary .tsne. between four ana
ave years, and George, little oses tsO years OF
The American aysr ssThe mother, M,.
MaSsn. having previously borrowed q butcher
Al anre from Mt. Bell, agrocer or provision dealer
len her house ana s prccesdeS ; % Male G frims1s
senec s sc, u. on Jcner>en street between Caro-
sne and spring ssreese. where her eiisst sos.
Nis Alice psy and sshsc ssst - he rs,ns,es sn
be permitted 90 leave the schoof Win hers A.
she .sneea sin % go VIA her and carry s.e
fore taken her son AWAY before the regular time
Of dismissal OF the school, and on yesterday Mis-
Day made IN objection, but she REMARKED
;s fs., at soaid It. q souid Be The iAst time
lnmedisteiy on descending with her son % the
yard she took him 20 a she'd or outhonse in IL,
and before he had any intfmatfcn cf her purpose
drew cut the knife asd WITH itcat his threat
from ear 70 ear, severing completely The osrotsd
w, %heS SiS found hs "a. lying vii pcOl o. bleed
bis body, hts hand grsaping tso school books
Another .ad Who wAs IN the yard at the time
was attacked BY her. He was struck on the lace
With the handle Of the knife, but sncceeded In
making hk escape over the fcnces The mcrdered
boy evidently straegled hard fof M life. a. the
torn and di.ordered condition Of his eiothins
MURDER she sesuTnsS 70 hsr rsSsSsse ssssSS%s-ssS IN.
tering the bascDent, cut css shrossr of she csher
children IN the afne way as she did the eidsef
She then attacked her mother, Ma. Dwyer.
cutting her on both hands, as she sought to de-
lend lend. hsrsem, s H., and nd on Mrs pwyer dropping her
arteries beng gsshed, but fortunately the caro-
I'D artery MAS not The gash oAused by the
knife extended nearly from one ear 90 the
other, the interior part Of the throat being ex-
pleted, passed out Of the yard, and thence % the
rear alley, where soon after she VA arrested by
Sergeant Heard, or the Eastern District, Who
saeceeded in Wrestling nom her the bloody knife.
where she enained last night =. 900 =.
The moth er, ON being taken 20 the police sta
uos, was seemingly unconscious OF the dreadfuf
crime she hadcommittee-of the murder Of her
covered somewhat, and during Q portion Of the
night was greatly affected, manifesting her deep
sorrow by moans and cries. At other times she
vas quite calm, and gave iuesd answers % quee-
Was born I'm county Kerry, Ireland, and came
10 this country very young. She was married
about nine or ten years ago 70 WIN. Marsh, a
barber, who had previously been in the employ
eighteen months ago, left her and went 70 Chi
cago. She laid the blame Of the separation upon
party who visited the station hast evening, say
at her dwelling that for come time past she has
much depressed in spirits.