, 1874-10-27
A Mother In Andersonvillc, Ind,
Murders Her Son.
Tho WrctChcd Woman Then Commits
Suicide.
More About tho Safo-Burglary in
Washington.
Evidence OF Harrlngton's Responsibility
for The Affair.


Tho Anderson, t1n,i.) Hnorror-A Young
Nrut,,ur,
A1,cr.on ~, ,o,, ~, <,orr..,o,5,,., ~ ~. Mn.
@"' N0 t,n'!., |,,.su. y "'~ ~'
,,a.,'ss stt ~ o"1ts..' 49," r,a.,,
ohfo eno hnooelhb VI tte 'ate !hhonteu 1o''i
stiwol1. 10 oyont Inns occurred III this county
for niauy yours which has creatod Huch intouBo
excitement NJ tho d,scoyory of murdered sInw-
son Gu "Wednesday last. In tno lattpr part of
~" ", "ou"oso"s 'Ao'' -" |'o ,atto1 p"t' '.
Ia'y last' ants. Ala"eon oeGan ta!Hli'e GEoat
deal about llor youngest son, Albert or "her
ABBY" as sho stylcd him. Even whom no
inouiries wore mntfo nv tl,o ne,rhbors M to
hia whercalo,,tg. sbo yolrntoerod NJ, oxplaua-
n .ao ~ I,o , 'no 1,1Mal ~, o~p'a"A
lion o1 Ms Aosoheo. oomotlhsca she repre-
Bonted lin Us having gone to Cleveland,
sometimes to England, and again to California.
Occasionally eho ofrot od for auto gomo articlo
sorn,ar1. Ia,nro,,,1 ~ ho. s"n ''1 s,,;t ~
t,'.ne15 ps,o'e4"s ~ ~, 1u"' - SUI, su's -
clothes. noarly nov, WAS taken back to tho mer-
chant OF whom tloy wero purclasod md sold
for slnnll sum. 4 ring md Bomo other little
tr;n1,ots wore uke1riao so1d, Theso so,ex wore
sl'uAo's "olo ."o"ao eo'a 1usso ea.ee "elo
ai""s aeeotApuh!ou VIZ 6oho aiAo VI stofy.
Albert conIdht thko them Win Alm, or ho lad
loft them for her to sell, or sho lad to ralHo
mutley aud desired to sell what Albert would
nogor uced She refused TO sloop alone, mud be-
fore Ar. Nnult Ia tcnant Of hors) came Oh to the
raru, the passed hcr nights with tho noighboIs
when no QUO could bo found to stay with lor III
The farmhouse. A tow weokH latcr aao report
cd tho death Of "Abby," dccluIing TINT bonle
ono, probably tho Lallls [uelgLborH}, had killed
, him. and that he would vet bo found III Tom
Snlth's woods, or on hor own farm, or in tho
White River. About ten days ago she mot ono
William FasBet, a tealnstcr, formerly IN ler en-
roy, md, nftcr rcconnting her sons virtues, mud
complaining Of her IoneliuesB without lin, Hlo
satd sho know tho Lains had killed. hlm apl
buicd blu body, III Smiths woods or. il. n srclt,
and that he would bo found In fow days, 'juet
uB sure as ! am looliing iu your face, Wilnn1n
FasHet."
Little nttcntion, however, was paid to these
remarks, bnt it WAS remarked by all tho neigh.
bors tnat :" Aunt Nancy" looked Auggartl aud
was terribly worried about something. On Sun
day morning last slle asAed Mrs. Kni,ll to 70 with
! hor aud sec what a ilno stock vol s!lv hnd.
Partially removing tho boards which covered it,
did 10: 1890 how cloar tho water ISL Early
the next Tuesday morning, almost hotoro day-
light, she arose IRON her bed nusliouly dressed
herso!f, and lott tic house. Iu two Or tIlrco
! minutes sho returned aud awoio the fanliIy by
oxc1ain,ing, ''Tho Laius hayo llllea up my stock
vol with stones aud boards; thoy haye killed
Albert aud thrown Ills body iii tho wel!" On
examination, Mr, Kpn discovered that the vol
lad been til!ea with rocks aud DIRT. aud that Oh
tho top buartls drops of blood woro distinctly
visible. A trail. whHro Bo1no heayy body Ind
l,eou dragged aeroLh tue adjoining Ileld, wus atho
d Hs:Aotly visible, with blo0d-malkB on a pllo Of
rails, mud stii! others on q rock pile over
wllicl. tho trail passed.. Afr. knnll noticed
also TINT terrible stencil hovorc over tue well.
sarpcc:ng that Ito body Of some doad ca';1nal
e g Sss The stsa aee en !ns @ Mavsoa ia op e
him She saitl hhe d; did not want tho well o&a!n-
iearoa some ono had been murdered mud thrown
in there, nnd it might bo Albert. At this Mr..
Knull ceased work, but Mrs. III. seemed marc
restless :hnn usual, often cxcIniniug, "Albort is