, 1875-11-09
1YIEJ;-aIJRDER.
4 Now Hampshire Tragedy.

WIFE-o1URDER-
4 Now IEnmpshire Tragedy,
Eot!on Fosk
QsstrEe, n. H., Nov. 3.--The victim Of this
ead STAR, Mrs. Abby c. Abbott. whoHn maiden
name was Langley, Was 4S yeats Of age. and Is
described ~ . woman OF less than medium
height. smari, capab'e, and Of more than orsls-
nnr; intcIligenrs-ono that Though of ratner
quick tenarer, was 1rllc, faithful wife aud fond
mother. She was born al Kingston. N H.. md
las hcou in Ohsipce about thirty vesrs The
husband. Lemuel Z. Abbott. il about GO years OF
ago md hna for yeats borne . reputation of 8
vely lnarrelaolne man in his family. hnring
quarfelod ropentetlv, With = former wife, "
whom lie had two children. lie Ia . hard-work-
liquors to cxcrss. Yesterday, tho day
os tho tnuslcs. he Va. around home
IN the forenoon. gong. to J1uncan Lake Village
til! o'clock in the aftetnooD whom he retnrncd
bone. taking with him bnttlo Of rim l4o llad
purchased for Aa wife Who was nat dr.nkinG
woman, nut out Of health. OF what tooR place
when hia two Youngest soma roturnoI siom
achno|, ia shown oy the bos1ld deed and hls con-
feaaiop. When tho bpyB reached The house
they noticed Tint tho shutters wote c!osed At il
tho family werc absent, but on nearer np-
rr,acb heard so.l,o QUO walking 10 tho Kitchen.
They Ut ouca entered and saw their father tlero
aono, pacing tho floor. Dautol tho elder asked
for his mother. when Abbott replied. Shn has
Eonb awav, and vol must 60 to your sister's
(meaulug his daughter by his first wife, Mira.
Eugene AbbotD for your eupper." Thc boy
sani, ~ do not leliero It; you have
killed her," and p,ehea in BY his fn1her Int
lilo miIIlo room, back Of the kitchen, whero ho
saw Ae mother lying load on the Hour, with her
hohd toward the dOor, only about feet away.
sl,rrountlcd br pool Of blood. He at once canlo
out to find lis father, whom ho discovered in
tha bayn 11a wAR thn NrAHHlH Of hAY
with chain around his neck aud tue otler end
aecurelv fastened around tho beam above. The
boy askcd what he VAS going 10 do. aud Was told
that he was EoluR to hang h,msalf. Daniel al
ouca climbed up noar Lis father, aud attempted
to dasnade AM from his purpose. IIo threat
snol 10 striko hin with eIatt OF sIoiSh, aud
, kept him at distance. inhltY throwing httaself
dowu OF the hav. Hello he swung, suspended
NTH lin feet about foot from tIo barn hoor.
1lushirg o,t into tho road, Daniel shouted to
Hiram Pray, who hapncned 10 be passing, and
with bls assistance tue would.be suicide was
taken down. He WAS 10 an insensbie condition,
butwas sooa restored. Tho ne!ghbora At ooce
~cro summoned. and for sme tue modt lntenhe
e1citenens pssYalled, thd criminal being under
the guard OF many watching ayea, both to pre-.
vent Ills escape aud to fol! any further atsetnpss
IT self-destIuctlon. At about O'Clock Consta-
ble Samuel I. Lewis. Of THIS place. arrived and
srrested Abbott, who mato no attempts to
nor 9efsa 20" e
Weekb, OF osaiTcc, for wslful murder Of bis
Elte. BY advice Of council be pleaded no.
guilty, and theo, without hearing anything in the
case uf tho prosecution, ho made to tho Court
md TO h.s many neehbors AMI friends asHem-
blad at tho COURTROOM lhe horrld confession Of
lis crime.
II calne home from tho village, and my vito
commenced finding fault With ma, Hho has been
lGgravatng Iae for long tllno aud talking and
puAri cling with me, 1his ht,e1noop tho VIVA
finding fault because I RaYo my Bon-ju-law
Eugene Abbott. sumo apples TO carry homu. She
hn.th hrSr n 4 Nnt frr