Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-03
An ENtranrdinnrr Cr,n,r-

p tiNt n \ A IT SEN sItfN-
Al urT arsile.ed murder took place IN one Of
Che 5-aat.iul homes OF our CITY yesteTl Az nlJrU-
Iug, accompanied by an attempt a. suicide
Jhe fact it-ef is beyond precedent, ana as
circumstances are among the most painful tn
the annals Of crime. A young mother. alone in
fcr own bedroom, with a cooluess aud determt-
nation beyond belief deliberately cuis the
own lie.
The uhlsupy family winch this tsa.siv de-
stroEs is COMPOSED OF Charles L. Perkins. ,Tulia
Perkins, bis vie, and Clara Perkins, rue only
child. u Is not known hJW the PersIus family
have liNta, tgfth-r risT flat there Nas 70 oar-
Wsid token Ot anything wrong untr uOE. But
on IUesaaN night there w1s an uUasugl scene
beneath their TOCf. II Is not al revealed ye:
but it sUueass tLat Mr.. and Sire. PerkiUs mai a
41altLi tLat lf-ttu AL night, and Jaat Nr. ia
Geo CLi-Te, %! Bethel. Ohio, who ga~ visiting "a.
TIE hoNsS, was present, and Participates iu
sCUe way IL tue trouble. Tie nature OF the
quarrel b. not known. Mrs. Pe-kl1- rseBIatrly
decline % speak " H. Her hus1.lI ,sy- ne
hel q SvsHic.or. crj that D e accaaCt ms s4fe
bat declined 80 say what the -u-pfefJr vt4. or
a.. o bat be accused lis EI.e.
A. q cock yesterday morning, AFTER a s'eeD-
lesE rl-tf On The 1It Of an, except fhe .Uu1cea.
CL'.d. whose waking was but Jo De for an etsr-
Eel rtteT- hr. PtTFus lett the house, leaving
Ar. Clare these. 10 seems probable that tbs
agreement arm we'd Or Wss thar HIrs. Perkins
should leave her hush -1d ana q % her ,rteulI
IA lie country, but tL.- is rof ku9En from tie
scufsss1cn q either .aIiyt but Is d-Gussd from
other stateDCU 3.
A. o'cigck IN the morning Nr-. Perkins.
with ia sGr, attempted the lie ot her clIii.
but vas frustrated perhaps bv Nr. CLare. Nr.
Te:E.ns Was ASSURED hy Der mas -h8 would not
EtltaE lae attempt and 'eIJ Es before stated. Ir
is lot SHOWN when Clare we4t aWa-. bat n
must have teeU very soon after TIE departure
Of Perkins. MTs. Perkins seat aTay tue c5Orea
servant g'ri, and tlI her they W1ald les her
know wien they wanted her. This seems q
iaFe been m accordance VITA arEangeuau+s
thaJ Ars. PsEk fas sllula leave t1a house. when
the house vs. emTtcd CT ali but Nrs. Perkins
he fu#N Il N. f. d.
have been al the time tie settled pIrpose in
her mln0, began. The woman locked The doors
then went q her own bedroom, which Is the
mont room on the second dJDr. Here che closed
The Windows and the door, and dressed her chflI
Tor the sacrifice III pure white, putting on frs
hest clothes. She then swallowed the Con.en.s
OF Two small bottles OF morphine, and turned on
the gas from two burners.
Shr had no weapon at hand, bat with fatal
ingenuity size toUua means % CzgTy Odt her
purpose. On the mantel stood a llttie French
CLOCK, covered with a thin glass case. just
above II hung frdrce enclosing d hsuds0nlely-
cOioTed chrome "a a cross wresthed with f0W-
els, with an Illuminated legend beneath n
'fChDg TO Jesus" Her eyes rested not uer-
hsISY on the cIOss, but on the thin glaSs case
SEEING it, she dashed il on the stone hearth.
shstteTlng IL 20 pieces. She picked M one a
piece about two inches by three, and taxing the
haOe into tue corner OF The room ia front OF Tue
Wsshstsnd, she melt down, seized the chfd's
heal WIN her lett hand, held Il back 70 as 20
tnlh NE tender throat bare before the keen
glass. Where was her mothers heart in an
this preparation? Then the chilJ a. nd uDder.
standing ile purpose, cried ont, aPpealiugiy,
'.th. mamma, mamma, DO not kill me-" Where
then, was her mothers heart? Wnat B9gerfui
motive conquered even the instinct or iusrernsI
love, on perverted il, Il a question that cannot
be Sn Wered. Bat n Is true. that taers alone
IN spite OF tie pitlIm pleadings OF her child
she drew the glass across it, throat while ths
warm biz Cd gushed out in her hand, ana the
last words OF her babe, mamma, mamms,D
fell in vain On her ears. Then applying the
glass TO her own throat, she cut such gashes as
her unsteady hand could make, and folding her
Child 20 her bosom, lay down with the hooe the
hope that they might die together. Far tWo
bouTs, from half past six until half-past eight
they lay thus. The child died almost inst1ntly,
but the mother lived. She felt herself growing
weak and cold, and thinking il a prsmonitionof
approaching death, she arose, with her dead
babe IN her arms, staggered 20 the bed and
and laid down. Here she lay aud suffered, al
The time conscious, until she wss found at half
past two clock.
Dr. l.. A. james, who was soon called 10 see
cash across her throat, and told her she xsald
recover. She at once expressed her regret. She
told him without hesitation that she killed her
child. Last night, when the inquest was held,
mind ssclear and natural rs any could. She
talked With great pain, but was quite clear and
dlreet IN her answers. She made IL plain that
did not want her child TO be left. She hsd ex-
pressed this FEELING 20 Others before the murder
: he sala me never wanted her child to knOR tue
e enc uhu cxcflenco0.
No formal arrest of Mrs. Perkins has been
MADE. She ls IN the care of the family of the
brother Of Mr.. Perkins, and Is 80 mach reduced
mat she cahnot turn over in bed without assist
ance. The police on that beat have been
ehar ged, however, 10 see that she is not removed
If she recovers formal arrest viii be made. III
her own wishes are fulfilled her troubled heart
will find rest in the grave with her chIld.-Oin.
RT1fi Gd-etfe, 3OA.
A telegram from Cincinnati last night saws
mat the unfortunate woman made another at
INV aeah
herself with q pair OF scissors, and that her
death may soon eDsue now.
yIn the game OF baseball YESTERDAY I'm New
York between the Mutuals gof that s,ltyl ami
Baltimore the score stood: Mutual, 4, Balti-
more 4. y
0Four OF the masked burglars who robbed
In the vicinity of New York, have been sem
fenced TO twenty years imprisonment each.
y he last one OF the gang was sent 70 prison on