The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-06-04

again and again: Catherine / have fin
lshed the old woman. killed her with che
adze. Much alarmed but still hardly
crediting the awful story, Mrs. Keneei
called her son and thsy t6kether wen,
over to the saloon and asked Hilberts il
ne had heard an unusual noise tp stairs.
Upon hisreplying in the affirmative Mrs.
keneen entreated him to go up stairs, de.
claring that her husband had murdered
her mother Hilbert accompanied by
the son, went up stairs into the little
room used by the old lady as kitchen,
where
A TERRIBLE SCENE
met his gaze The room was filed with
smoke, which was pouring from the open
stove, and the contents of the overturn-
coal scuttle were scattered over the floor.
Near the stove lay the poor woman, her
gray head in pool of thick dark blood,
and her hands folded before her as if in
supplication for mercy. Near her lay a
hatohet with which she seemed to have
been splitting kindlings, but its keen
edge was unstained, and the weapon
with which the dastardly deed was done
was not to be seen, She was still faint
ly breathing, and was at once taken up
and carried to her bed in the next room.
DIR. Sheppard was summoned, and after
an examination of the sf .. -.t
THREE CHASTITY WOUNDS
in her head, he decided that any one of
them was sufficient to produce death,
and that her hours were numbered. The
doctor found one wound ON the forehead
which had caused fracture and depres.
sion of the skull; another which had al
so penetrated the skull on the left side of
the head, above and little back of the
ear, and yet another on the same side,
from which the brains we're slowly ooz-
ing. The unfortunate woman clunR to
life with remarkable tenacity considering
her great age and the terrible wounds
which she had received. She never re-
gained consciousness, however, and af-
ter four hours of suffering breathed her
last at one o'clock in the afternoon.
Keneen had remained in the yard
while his son and Hilberts went up stairs,
standing as if bewildered and paving no
attention to the bitter reproaches of his
wife, When they came rushing down.
again with blanched faces and bursting
eyes that told of the horror they had
seen, the miserable man asked Hilberts
If she was dead, and on being told that
she was almost gone said stolidly:
"Those two women hvae done it them
selves between them. L might as well
be hung as so crazy"
Without another word he turned and
and walkedslowly to the Fifth precinct
distance of three-quarters of
mile. His little son, twelve years of age,
followed him, crying bitterly, but could |
not attract his fathers attention. Upon
the station Keneen accosted |
Acting Sergeant Norton, who was in
charge, saying that he wished to be
PLACED UNDER ARREST.
Thesergeantaskedhim what the trou-
bic was, whereupon he calmly replied
that he had murdered his mother-in-law,
and seeing that the sergeant was not dis
posed to credit his story he turned to his
little son who had followed him, sayiug.
Here is my boy, He will tell you the |
same thing" The boy thus appealed to,
corroborated his fathers fearful story,
and several men who had followed the
murderer at distance, and who had ar
lived by this time, assured the officer
hat Keneen was actually guilty of MUIR
Ter. Sergeant Norton at once searched
ihe prisoner, and leaving him in cell
repaired to the scene of the tragedy. On
ihe way thither he met Officer Hathaway,
who had been informed of the murder
and who supposing that Keneen was at
'empting to escape had secured the neigh
in search of him.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
inding that "the deceased came to her
ieath from the effects of wounds infict-
I'd by some sharp instrument in the
lands of John Keneen,"