The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-06

W. B. French and D. r. Rircnie. The heroic woman
was with her family and her school in the
Was ~. almost overwheimsd With emotion when
inc me sad sad ~ sdinss were disclosed but for
her own hrmness, she succeeded in represslng her
grief II appears that M. T. Walworth, IRON wnom
two years since, has been in the hsbit Of
writing the most violent, threatening and out
rageous letters 70 Mrs Walwortn, and also to
annoyed Mrs. walworth beyond measure, and
young Frank. who has been most loyal and
devoted to his mother, has, as often as he could.
intercepted his father's letters and has had some
correspondence with hts father, toward whom ha
last Winter, NJ T. walworth was in town and young
Walworth told his father that he must not come
worth behaved in the most inhunan manner
toward his family, and treated his wife and chill
dren IKE brute before Mrs; walwortn I procuIed
own relatives condemned him. and sided and SYM
pathized wholly with the aggreved wife and
the time the divorce was gwen, and the character
Of the letters sent BY Wslwortn to MS former wno
viii be set forth M he whatever Of tho
recent tragedy further than this ION Monday she
found that Franz her SON had eit home leav Ing
walwortn found = couple Of empty envelopes lying
wortn's handwriting. but found no clew as to
whittier he had gone. We learn, however, that
1nnS Sas sos going
to Troy He said nothing, however, about going
TO New York. and until the news o. the shoot
to w al, @Sfs about ,eqa %sn sI s
SIX SIX children, and since his mothers divorce has
remained constantly with her fearing that 7, VIC.
father lie was quiet retiring Young man but
had appeared for several days to be absent minded
and illustrated as though some great grief were
proving on his mind. We know nothing OF the par
ticulars OF the neutrality-suspicious. the son or the
father was the aggressor. We only know that
terrible tragedy has fallen; that Mansfield Tracy
Waworth, whether deserving death or not, has
fallen by the hand OF his son. nTEf
The following is the editorial from the Sayat00tGw
on the subject sFA rDr,.Hrs .rf
THE wALwORTH TRAGEDY
We give our readers and fellow citizens sad news
to-day. family whose name is honored and re-
spected like that OF few others in midst i. sud
Walworth Is slain by the hand Of his sol. We
shrink from revealing the painful domestic history
Mansiieid Tracy Walworth was the son OF Gnancel-
1or Walworth. His wife was the daughter OF Genes
r 20 BE q f und 4oas n assT
excuses ana dcbaucheries OF Mr.. Waiworth.
and about two years ago Mrs. Walworth re-.
ceived decree OF separation and the custody
OF the children. Slice then her husband has puF-
sued her and his family with what is described to
ened the lives OF his and ether members Of the
family. He was man OF considerable talent. His
wife was charming woman, and thoroughly cuI-
tivsted and his six chldren-Frank Hardin being
the oldest-were more than ordinarily Interest,"
ing On this family falls this heavy sorrow. The
entire community, knowing the noble Efforts
made by Mrs Waiworth to keep her troubes
in the background and to rear and educate
her children, will give her their most earnest SYM
patty In this hour Of her deepest trouble.
The boy who has thus wreaked bloody retribu-
tlOn on his father VIII, we trust, be able to show
that he was not the aggressor. The dispatches
say that Mansfield 7. Walworth went to his sons
rOom thus giving some indication that he, and not
the son, acted on the offensive. We sincerely hope
the act was done in sefdefence that at ieastit
was the result OF provOCation serious enough to
furnish Justification. We await anXi0usly further
information.