The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-20
THE PAWTUCKET MURDER,
A Man Instantly Killed, and his Dausbte,
FrightfuIly Hurt.

Man Instantly r.,, KILLED, and and his Daughter
The Providence (R. - Journal of yesterday
gives the particulars of the awful affair at
Pawtucket, of which news has been received by
telegraph. The Journal says
murderous and fatal stabbing affray took
place Sunday evening at the corner of Pine and
South Union streets, Pawtucket. Charles E.
A. stabbed and instantly killed Joseph B.
Whiting, about flfty-fve or sixty years of age
and stabbed, with serious if not fatal effect
Writings daughter Louisa.
The parties resided in a tWo-story house, at
the corner of Pine and South Union streets,
Writings family occupying the lower and
Kents the upper portion of the house. There
have been family chickering's between the female
members of the family for some time, and
these chickering's have tended to create hostile
sentiments between the male members.
About half-past ten the parties met. A melee
appears to have followed, in which Louisa Whi-
ting and other members OF Writings family
took part. During the affair Kent came down
stairs from the house and went out on the scene.
The old man Whiting also went out to stop the
difficulty, saying:-"Boys, this won't do; this
must be stopped"
Kent, who had been struck several times with
stones made motion as though he were push
ing the woman, Louisa aside. The girl cried,
81 am stabbed;" and Kent then made lunge at
old Mr.. Whiting, who fell and died instantly,
the blood flowing from his left side.
Between one and two o'clock last night Cero-
ner Clapp empanelled jury, and after listening
to six or seven witnesses, verdict of "wilful
murder by stabbing was returned against
Charles f. Kent. Yesterday morning Kent was
arragned in the Pawtucket Court of Magistrates
on charge of murder, pleaded not guilty, waived
examination, and was committed to await the
action of the Grand Jury, September term, Court
of Common Pleas. The murdered man was fifty
five or sixty years of age, strong and healthy, a
grocer by trade, and leaves family. Louisa,
his daughter, is about thirty years of age, and
unmarried. Kent, when brought up in the
courtroom yesterday morning, appeared to
have been very badly beaten in the affray. He
had q scalp wound on the left side of the back
of his head, the left eye was badly swelled, and
the right eye had been somewhat injured. His
clothes were saturated with blood from the
wounds on his head. These injuries appear to
have been inflicted with stones before the stab
bing.
Another statement is to the effect that Kent
had been at home but a short time from his last
| trip to the city and back, when this quarrel on
the street, in front of the house, between young
| Whiting and his brother-in-law, Wilson, at
tracted his attention, and ne went down stairs
| and through the gate on to the street, when he
was struck in the left eye by young Whiting,
and knocked down, as he supposed with a stone
| held in the hand, and struck again when down
| on the back of the head with some hard sub
stance, which blow produced severe confusion
| and bled freely.
He got upon his feet again and began to use
| the knife or dagger which he took with him
when he went down stairs, and first struck
| Louisa Whiting in the breast, making severe
cut, and in the abdomen low down on the left
| sde Louisa shouted that she was stabbed, and
Kent turned upon the next person he saw, which
| was young Whiting, and cut out his pantaloon-
pocket his left side but did not reach his per-
son. Mr.. Joseph B. Whiting, the old gentleman
| was then attacked by Kent, and received but
| one stab in the back, but that was fatal blow
that killed him almost instantly, and he fell tC
the ground and died without speaking word
| The blow was fearful one, completely severine
a rib and breaking the point off the dagger
| cutting off the great artery from the heart
| penetrating nearly through the body, and cut
ting terribly the vital organs and intestnes in it
course. The surgeon said death must hav,
ensued in a few seconds from bleeding, and tn,
ground in front of the house was saturated Will
blood for some distance from where he fell.
A singular fatality seems to attend thi
Whiting family. A daughter of Mr.. Whiting,
school-teacher, was shot and killed by youn.
man named Wales in South Franklin, Mass.
some five or six years ago, and Wales, afte
shooting Miss Whiting, Immediately killed him
self. 1t was partly on this account that Mr.
Whiting sold his farm in Franklin and move
to Pawtucket some three years ago.