The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-10-18
DOUBLE MURDER.


Man Charged with the Murder OF Hts
Mother and sister-Their Budtes m"-
ttlated and Placed Near the Haiifoa"
Track to Cover Up the Terrible tFA'ie'
From the Scranton Republican, SEPT. l.
A most brutal and barharous murder
was committed at the O'Mara mane1ou;.
near the water tank III the vicinity OF
Montrose station, on the line OF the
Delaware, 'Lackawanna and Western
Railroad, on Friday night or early
Saturday morning. The greatest ex-
citement prevailed among the people
in the vicinity of the station, in. conse
quence of the finding of the dead and
mutilated bodies of Mrs. O'Mara and
her daughter, en- Saturday morning,
on or near the track of the Delaware,
Lackawanpa and Western Raj road
There was no suspicion Of murder
when the bodies were first found, as
one leg of the mother and an arm Of
the daughter were cut off. The natural
supposition was that they had been
run over by the cars and killed,
The bodies were removed to the
station aud coroner summon
ed Upon "a closer examination by
the coroner's jury, it was at once con
cluded that the victims had been muir
dered. and not killed by the cars The
amputations did not present that torn
and hacked appearance made by the
wheels of car, but as though they
had been severed by sharp instru-
ment. The faces of the victims were
black and blue, and showed evidence
of having been beaten with some blunt
Ar,, nf hn aa n
these facts created the most intense
excitement among the crowd assembled,
and suspicion at once rested upon the
son and brother of the victims. The
spot where the bodies had been found
wasexamined, and the track of wagon
was discovered, which was from the
direction of the house occupied by the
O'Haras. 1t extended no further than
to where the bodies were found here
the wagon had been turned around.
The track was followed by the exalted
multitude-which was increasing in
numbers and intensity of feeling every
moment and blood stains ia the road,
every few yards, were traced
to the door of tie O'Hara
mansion. There also was blood
found in the house. The track of the
wagon On its backward course, after
depositing it's load of murdered vic.
Tins, was not in the direction of the
house. This trail was taken aud fol-
lowed by some of the crowd, and in a
forest was found an OK cart covered
with blood and hair. This cart also
belonged to the O'Maras. at every
turn the chain of the circumstantial
evidence became stronger and strong
er against young O'Mara as the perpe,
TRAITOR of this double and most inhu~
man murder. Patrick Irving, an en-
ploye of O'Mara, was suspected of be-
ing an accomplice in the crime. The
jury rendered their verdict in the
evening, after being in session all day.
They charged O'Mara and Irving with
the murder of Mrs. O'Mara and her
daughter. The prisoners were taken
to Montrose and confined in the prison
at that place.
Our informant says he left the city
on the morning train for Dinghamton
When he reached Montrose station the
conductor informed him that two VIC
men had been run over that morning Il
short distance below, and their remains,
were at the station. Having some
twenty minutes time before the train
would start he went to see them They
were lying on the floor covered with a
sheet. There was no one in the room
but a young man about twenty five
years of age. Our informant asked the
young man if be knew who they were.
He replied without the least hesitation,
and without the slightest emotion of
regret, but more with an air of pride
"My mother and sister, at the
same time asking him If he wished to
see them, and receiving an affirmative
reply, threw off the sheets and locke
down on the countenances of his
butchered mother and sister without
even sigh or the slightest expression
of emotion that would denote that
he ever saw or knew them. When
asked why he did not have them taken
home, he replied that he was waiting
until the coroner came. He was asked
whether he knew how the accident
happened, and he replied that he
knew nothing about 1t untll he WAS
sent for that when he got up in the
morning he missed his mother and
sister, but thought they had gone to
the station for some reason or other,
This was the tiendish murder.
Mrs. O'Mara was about forty-fiye
years of age, the daughter about nine
teen, and the son about twenty five.
He was married, and sent his wife
home to her parents the morning be
fore the murder.