Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-20

Young Walworth has been indicted for
murder by the Grand Jury of Saratoga
County, but cannot be tried before the fall
term of court
A member of the Walworth family, who
is spoken of as one of the four mourners at
the funeral of the murdered man, and as
active in care for the widow and her family,
made the following statements to n. Y.
Herald interviewer e
Frank Walworth is no more insane than
You are. and if yon told him so he would
laugh at you, too. And yet he has not
realized what he has done. | have seen him
to-day, and he still believes he has done
meritoriOus act. Of course there is not
member of his family who sympathizes with
the crime he has committed. Oar common
feeling Is one of horror, and there is not
one of us who would not yield up our own
life that this terrible thing should not have
occurred. Nobody could have dreamed of
its probability You should have seen
Frank Walworth before this occurred. \
more gentle creature never breathed. When
saw him at the inquest on Friday last. |
could not believe that | was looking upon
the same boy knew 80 well. He grows
more apathetie every day, and as this false
stOical courage increases, his condition, TO
my mind, becomes more critical. The reac-
tiOn will come, however, some day, and
when it does come. and when he realizes
what he has done. Frank Nalworth will be
the most miserable man you ever saw on
this earth. His nature is such that should
he ever realize the enormity of his crime
the effect will be simply terrible, and pray
to God for his own sake, a does every men,
ber of his family, that ne may never realize
it.
am charitable enough to suppose that
Mansfield Tracy Walworth was insane on
one subiect-that of his affection for his
wife. | believe that if he could be now
asked if he loved his wife he would say that
he did sincerely and with all his heart The
fact is, Mrs. Nalworth was handsome wO-
man, of refined tastes He had low ten
denotes. notwithstanding his brilliant
genius. She lived with him As long a. 1t
was possible for woman to live with man
under such circumstances and he only missed
her when he lost her. lie was proud of her
as an employer is proud of a confidential
clerk. whose value he does not appreciate
until better prospects take him away from
him. 1t CALLED Mansfield Tracy Walworth
to the heart that this woman should have
left him, and | think the separation cost
him his intellect.
When Chancellor Walworth died he left
his son, Mansfield Tracy Walworth, sim
pie annuity. and left the remainder of his
property to be divided up for the support Of
his family, knowing the character of his
son This will of the Chancellor'S made
Mansfield wild with rage. He stood over
the coffin of his own father in Saratoga and
rAta 4 ha iuA 4 II. cal ed
on God to avenge his upaS tree. a. he called
it, and blasphemed in the most horrible
manner. lie said it should be the object Of
his life that his own father should not be
easy in his grave. Ofths Mrs. DR.. Backus
the sister OF Mrs Walworth, was 4 witness,
as well as other members of the family.
Subsequently Mansfield came TO Saratoga,
and while his wife was far advanced in
pregnancy he beat her and bit three of her
fingers to the bone. Her injuries were such
at that time a. to endanger her life. On
the very night of the Chancellor : funeral |
alluded TO he attempted to break into one Of
the sleeping rooms Of the ladies seminary.
We have letters which Mrs. Walworth
has received from her husband. in which he
had stated that he had written them in his
own blood and Sanded them with powder
that he would kill her and her children. and
LudL lie Npulu cut the udlht Ol W dlNOIiu
off forever Mansfield Tracy Walw0rth
always carried pistol in the breast pocket
Of his coat, and Frank Walworth knew it.
When he saw him make the motion he fired
| blame him. because think nc ought 10
have got away, and | think he could If he
wished but the boy was aggravated be-
yOnd measure He never intended to shoot
his father, and he made that statement of
his to the Coroner against the wish Of every
one of his relatives. lie was not crazy, but,
reared as he has been, with no recollection
of a fathers love, his earliest years associa-
ted with harsh treatment OF his mother, his
brothers and sisters and himself, 50 great
change has come over his gentle, truthful
nature that you would not recognize him.
believe that this tragedy will cost Mrs.
Dr. Backus, Frank Walworth's aunt, her
mind. You have no earthly idea its effect
upon all of us Mrs Walworth has always
kept her grief to herself, and would allow\
no one to speak i'll of Mansfield Tracy Wal
worth in her Dresenre