Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-21
Murder and Suicide i'm Greenbusb.
A MAN KILLS HIS WIFE AND THEN HIM
sELF-A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. .

MAN KILLS HIS WIFE AND THEN HIM
sELF-A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
There was terrible tragedy-a muir
der and suicide-in Greenbush Tuesday.
The particulars are fully set forth in the
following account from the Argus;
The entire village of Greenbush was
Tuesday afternoon thrown into great
excitement by one of the most horrible
tragedies that has ever occurred in this
yicinity-the donble crime Of murder
and suicide. The victims and principal
actors in the terrible affair were Samuel
FOrgue, a Frenchman, and his wife
Maria, who lived on Second Avenue,
near the high bridge at Drums crossing.
Their house was a small two-stOry frame
dwelling, with three rooms on the first
floor, the kitchen being in the rear. fur
therest from the street.
Between / and o'clock in the after
noon, Forgue, who Is said by those who
knew him to have been addicted to drink,
and of quarrelsOme disposition, came
home under the influence of liquor, as is
supposed, and, entering the kitchen, de
manded his dinner. Mrs. FOrguC was
in the adjoining room lighting fire, and
the only other persons III the house were
her eldest daughter, a young woman of
eighteen years, and girl named Ellen
Mara, who lived with the family. The
daughter made some reply to her fathers
surly demand, when FOrguc at once
rushed into the sitting room, and with
out any further proyOCatiOn, drew a
Smith & Wess0n revolver and fired a
shot at ms WIIe, me Dali missed now
eyer anu louSeu III Iht , cel,lhS opPCCSIIIe.
NlFS' foISue' seeing tIle uallSer Oh 'he
~ situa'lo,'; atIei'lple9 20 escape "heL
the maddenea man nred an0thcr shot t., at
he[, ana lllis 'IIIlt WIlll IaIaI eIItcI. Inc
pan lodgGu III Iile eaGh ol ller neck ii
NIUE 10 Vhe iISilL u Ilie SPliie' anu SIlG
tell forward dead, StrlKlhg on hcr heau
ana dlRIocalln@ heT neck ne glrI EiIa
mara ran OUT OF lhe mouse 20 a'arHl 'hc
nelghoorS, ana 'le Gau8hleF Heu' Iear7
ing leF iatneI "IaVh OF IllaulleS9 "0uid
next vent ll9eli on hGT' 1t was not Iong
oeI0re several heiShDoTa were oro9Sh'
10 I, the spot oy the screams Oh IhG SlTlS'
Entering thc mousse the pouy OF MIS-;
forgue was louhd lying on tne moor OF
the sttin8 room as shc nad 1allen--
Forgue hlnlSgIi was not 10 De seen; but
a noise was heard III a small Woodshed
at the farther END OF the yard winch he
had Deen seen 10 enter proceeding
thlther ana entering, a terrible Sight met
their gaze. me moor OF the shed was
covered with blood which was also scat
tered about Its sides, while Writhlng
about upon the moor was the murderer
and suicide, his right hand still clasping
the KNIFE with which he had cut ms
throat from ear to ear. The blood was
pouring from the fearful cash as the
Wretched man struggled IN the death
agony.
Inc murderer and SUICIDE For@ue was
about torty-seVenYcars old, While ms VIC
tim, who was an only daughter OF David
Guardemer g. OF CastIetCon, was torty-one.
Inc deceased nave tiVe GGnlidren' two
!DoyS ana three SlrlS, the Oldest son VINO
Is OF age, beng employed as a fireman
on the Hudson River railroad. Forgu"
was a carpenter by trade, and has lately
been employed at the 9uSquehaana rail-
road shops hut 1t appears that TOR many
years past ne hau Drrn III ne haht oil