The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-29
WHOLE NUMBERL79T
LAFFERTYs SOUL
TURNED To TRACED Y.

a YOUNG GIRL AND HER NOrB6R sEoT By A
REJECTED sUfTOR. WHO THEN BLOWS HIS
Own BRAINS oCT-kCCUSED or afr-Rr,rssrSCs
HIS GRANDNOrHER AND RcBBING HElz OF
AoNEr LAID BY FoR HER FUNERAL.
This terrible triple tragedy, resulting
from uDrequitsd love, is reported n the
New York sun by Cuba N. " CORES
Pondent: For some months past = young
Irishman named James Lsferty, living in
Rockville, Allegheny county. has t-isd to
induce the daughter OF farmer, George
Vannay, living few miles from Rockville,
to marry him. He was formerly in the en-
ploy of the farmer. The young woman a
beautiful girl OF eighteen, repeatedly re-
pulsed him. On Wednesday afternoon he
went to Nannay's, and entered the sitting
room, where the young woman was at
work. He renewed his proposal OF marriage
and was again refused. He then took a
newspaper from his pocket, and pointed TO
an article headed
''MURERED FOR LOVE"
told her to read it. She took the paper. and
as she was looking at it, Lafferty drew a
revolver and. leveling it at her, fired The
ball entered the girls cheek. passing
through, and lodged in the opposite side Of
her head. She started screaming toward the
kitchen door, when her mother. alarmed at
the report OF the pistol, came running into
the room Lafferty immediately shot the
mothers the ball entering near The right
temple, aud passing downward, lodged be-
hind the ear. Both mother and daughter
fell to the hoor, and Laffsrty from he
mousse. Mr.. Nannay, who was working in
the barn, hearing the shooting, rescaed
the house just Laffsrty came ont
with MS pistol still ia bis
hand, Vsnnay exclaimed, "Wbat "a the
/ D.
l-afiariy. The latter fired at VsnneY but
missed bin. He then placed the pis.Ol to
hls own head, and fred two shots blowing
tee whole side Of his bead eff, aud Killing
| himself almost instantly. VsnDsy hurried
into the house and found his wits and
daughter lying on tie door in great pools OF
| blood. DO supposed they were dead, but
they both spoke TO him. He placed them in
a bed, and preoared TO start for a doctcr AS
| he was running to the barn 20 saddle
! horse, Constable Cannon, Of Rockville, came
riding up, and hailing Vsnnsy. asked if he
had seen anything of Jim Lafterty, and
| went on to saw that old Mrs. IssfIertY. his
grandmother. had been found murdered in
| her house at Rockville. A sum Of money Il
vas known she bad in the house was gone,
and II was supposed that she had been
KILLED BY HER GRANDSON.
who had been seen lurking around her
house on Saturday. Vannay at once related
the tragedy that had occurred al his house.
and the officer rode on TO summon 8 physi-
elan and give the alarm. DR.. Young. of
Cuba, attended the case, and extracted the
| the ball from Mrs. Nsnnay's wound. but
could not reach the one which had pene-
| trated the daughters head. Both o. the
| victims are in critical condition, but the
doctor thinks they may both recover.
| DR.. Young is also the coroner. and be
| took chsEg of the body of the r1aur-
dsrer, and had it inferred in a deld
1 near the scene of the tragedy. Old
| Mrs. fIade-ty was found on TUESDAY,
| There had been no stir about her house since
Saturday, and it was visited by some neigh
| bors, who supposed the old lady was SICK
| The door was not locked, and Mrs. T.aE -rty
| lay across the bed. Evidences of a struggle
| were visible in the room, and her clothes
| were badly torn. Her face was black and
blue. and around her neck were dark blue
marks, as though made by the fingers Of
| the person with whom she had been strug-
Cling. An examination made by the coro-
ner showed that death resulted
| from strsngulation. The old lady
had something over Sl00 that she had laid
by to pay her funeral expenses. The box in
which she kept it was broken open, aud the
minds OF any one in the neigEbOrhood that
shewas murdered and robbed by her grand
son.