The Republican journal., 1871-12-21
TRAGEDY in Lynn.

LYNN, Mass, Dec. l6 A man named
Nannar. living on Adams street, kill
ed his wife nj 9 o'clock to-day, by stab
bing her in several places with dirk
knife
He was pursued by several police Of
ficers into Rocks pasture and surrounded.
IN cutting his way out, he attacked officer
Thurston with the dirk in his hand The
officer fell, and Vannar on top. Officer
Wilton used club, and it not having
The desired effect on the brute, who was
still driving the dirk into officer Thurston,
City Marshal Barrett drew his revolver
and shot Nannar dead on the spot
Officer Thurston was conveyed home,
and has cuts upon the head. Nannar's
body is at the police station. The excite
ment in the city is intense.
annar and his wife have not lived
happily together. He was Incorporate in
habits, and violent when under the in
luence of drink
In its report of the above tragedy, the
Boston Post gives the following history of
the previous lives of the murderer and his
victim
A few years since Melinda Jones was
the happy wife of Samuel Jones, a farmer
living in the town of Washington, Knox
county, Me. The couple had been born
and brought up together, and Melinda's
home was near that of her aged and now
almost heart-broken parents. She was
the youngest of several other children,
most of whom are married and getting
what the world terms a comfortable liv-
me-. The Young couple continued to re-
sue near lhe olu homestead, ana as the
wears went by thelr household was blessed
Wlth chlidreh whose innocence seemed to
cement stronger me bona OF love anu al
lefil"h between lhe husband ana Wl1e.
a. lthSlh zones urea win a farmers
me, iliii'ie't 10 seeh RAPID fortune III
Ca''lofhla' an lghls latnnS mat mas often
.Tre a men lI.i rom happy homes ana caused
tt.elI ul'lnlate qFS'futtloh' soon ailer
arriving m San rahcisco' Jones learned
that ail lhal cutters IS not gold, ana
instead OF gong 10 INNING ana picking
up the precious metal oy inc Pahlni, ne
was iortea 10 engage himself as farm
hdlo. A,ler gettlhg Settied IN the new
9ltuilioh ne wrote 10 ms Wle informing
heF now matters $1,000 with nm, ana sub
9equellllY small sums OF money were re
nlll@o 10 her' put after few months
residence IN ms Western home his letters
came less frequent, months elapslng be
tween their arrival, until finally they
ceased altogether, The young wife with
i"uf small chlldren, was dependent upon
hef parents anG trends Tor support and
ailel making dlllgent inquiries Tor her
absent husband, came to the conclusion
that he was dead. Among her male ac-
qualhlanees was William Fannar' a per
son VINO, II various stories are true that
are circulated ABOUT nm was man that
poor Meiinaa should nave summed as she
WoGlu = !erocious peasl. annaralso llVed
IN washington ana, nhtll inc commence
lneht OF lhe late rebeiilon' worked on alarm
ior some OF ms Tela'Ves' out subsequently |
ennsteo IN the lWeniy-nlnth regiment OF |
Maine Volunteers. Durlhg us term OF |
enlistment ne appears TO have borne |
hlnsell as @ood soldier but unfortunately |
While IN the service he contracted habit |
Tor intoxicating drinks, and upon his dis
charge from me army he returned nome
10 Name out lor a long time after led an |
ldle and dlssolute lite. tie, it Is said, was
a frequent visitor at Mrs. Jones's (nee |
Luce house, anu the visits finally result |
ed IN the woman abandoning her home !
anu forgetting heF chlidreh' "hich should
have been safeguard against the temp
Ter "neh ~ Others laiIeu she joined her
Iot Win NahnaL, ana after stopping at
various townsln Name and MASSACHUSETTS,,
hnally arrived at Lynn few weeks since,
ana stopped win sister OF Nannars,