Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

OWN THROAT.
From the New York Times Of Monday.
$50 clock yesterday morning Dennis
pelany, laboriug man, who lived III the house
No. 3S2 Hicks street, owned by Mr.. Patrick
II. Dunn, opposite ST. Peters Church, rose
from his bee, ,aud procuring common carpen-
ters hatchet, attacked his sleeping wife with 1t.
He Inflicted upon her Somc ulne or ten terrible
wounds. Leaving her for dead, he then went
to the mantle, and taking razor from its case
Gu, four large gashcs III his throat, any one OF
which it is asserted, would have proved fatal.
He almost succeeded in severlng his head trum
his body. The couple had four children, the
eldest niue and ahai years Old aud the young.
est four mouths. Yesterday morning Tmcs
reporter visited the scene Ut the fearful TRACE
dy The house in which they lived is u re-
spectacle tcuemeut, occupied by people of the
laboriug class. The Dcarys had two rooms ON
the basement floor. which were plainly aud coul-
fortably furnished Mrs Dclauy had already
been carried TO the Long Island College Hos
pital, bu, the body Of her husband sill lay on
the floor, almost in the same place IL had fallen
The carpet was soaked with blood, and every
thing about the room was in state OF confu-
sion. The bed in which Mrs. Dcany was lying
at the time Of the attack was saturated with
blood, which also spattered the head board and
the wall near it, The family all slept in the same
room, aud the eldest boy, who is quite iutelll
gent for his age, saw the whCle occurrence troul
the time the first blow was struck. He says that
he heard noise which walked him, and then
raw his father in his night dress, striking his
mother, who was lying in bed, with a Ratchet.
He was so terrified aud horror stricken that he
could not cry out, and remained dunbwtness
of the scene. After he had struck his mother
nine or ten times, his father then went to the
mantle aud took the razor aud cut his own
throat. He then fell with his face ON the foot
of the bed in which the children were lying.
which was made on the floor The boy then
cried out aud his cries reused their ncighborS,
who rushed iu at once TO discover ;hc terrible
spectacle Officer Crcamcr, of the Washington
street station, who was off duty happening to
be near BY, was called 10. Having secured the
assistance of officers Clark aud Doran, of the
Butler street station, they took charge OF the
premises aud sent Mrs. DclaDy to the hospital.
DR.. Atkinson, who attended her. says that
some of her Wounds are very dangerous, aud
that 1t is very unlikely that she can recover,
as there has been much loss of blood He fears,
too, that inflammation may set in There is one
deep wound on the bridge of her nose, which
completely crushed the jawbone, two on the
left and one on the right temple, besides sever
al seal wounds. 1t seems that De!auy employ
ed the sharp edge and the hammer end OF the
hatchet alternately. Mrs. Deauy' hands are
bruised as if size had attempted TO protect her
head with them. Dclany's landlady says he
was man OF good habits. She has known him
for fourteen years, aud she states that he has
always been sober aud Industrious. He lever
came home late, and was always most atiec-
tionate iu his conduct towards his wife and
children 1t is supposed that insanity was the
cause Of the horrible occurrence of yesterday,
as his Conduct for some time past has been
strange.
A SANGUINARY FAMILY A SON KILLS HIS
FATHER IN sELF-DEFkNCE.
From the Lagrange (Mo.) Democrat.
One of the Most terrible tragedies that it has
ever fallen to our lot to recount took place near
Monticello last Saturday morning. Most of our
readers will remember that some time in Janu
ary George w. Meyers and his two sons, Will
liam aud Isaac, were arrested near Monticello
on the charge of being connected with rob-
berry at Carlinvic, H., some niue years ago.
A man named Daily lost $4,000 at that time,
aud Myers, who at that tune was living at that
place in rather moderate circumstances, soon
became possessed OF sufficient means to buy
two or three good farms; amoug others the old
Richardson farm, some four miles west OF
Monticello, upon which they moved III 1866.
Some domestic disturbance arose IN the family
which led to separation between George w.
Myers and bis wife, aud two of the sons taking
part with the father and the third with the
mother, placed the family in very hostile at
ttudc During one oi the brawlS, which were
Of frequent occurrence, it is said that james,
the mothers ally, hiuted his intention of ex-
posing all the facts of the Carlinvillc robbery,
in the presence of some stranger, who having
bis suspicion aroused, notified the authorities
at Carlinville of what he had heard, and the
father and the other sous were shortly alter ar
rested and taken back for trial Getting re-
leased on bail they returned last week vii the
determination Of killing James and bis wife Tor
the exposure they had brought about
On Saturday moruing the father went to the
house of James, and having called him out in
the ward, informed him that one of them would
have to die james ran back iuto the house
where his nvad'wite was lying, and shutting
the door, attempted to prevent his father from
cutcrrg The father, with revolver III his
hand, began trying to batter the door down, at
the same time avowing his intention to XII
them both. James no doubt believing that he
would carry his threat into execution, seized a
hatchet and cut one of his fathers hauds, which
had been thrust through the opening, almost
off, then opening the door struck mn ihree
heavy blows upon the head, cutting INTO the
brair, and manglng the face in horrible man
ner. The SOD and his family fled to Moutlcel'
10, leaving the father lying unconscious in the
yard, where he died at o'clock p. m. The
other sons, boiling with rage, pursued their
father murderer to town. avowing their luteu-
tion of killing him at first sight. He was. how
ever, locked up in Jail, and a double tragedy
probably prevented.
BLOODY WORK IN. KENTUCKY SHOCKING
MURDERS By THE kU-kLUN.
We commend to the attention of the Ken
tcky Legislature, which recently refused to pass
a bill for the repression OF lawlcssneSs, the pro-
visions Of which were recommended by the
Governor of Kentucky in a carefully prepared
message, the facts of murder committed
in Montgomery county, the other day by
hand ,,f ,po,l o1 paptry hy courtnsu raI!a1