The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-06-03
AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDY.

The Killing of Senator Young, of Grant
County, Wis, by his Son, and Subsequent
Suicide of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
the Strange and Unnatural Deed.
One of the most shocking and singu-
lar tragedies enacted In the West for
many a day was that of the killing of
Hon. Milas K. Young, of Grant county.
Wis, by his son, and the subsequent
suicide of the murderer. The following
details of the terrible affair are given by
q correspondent of the Chicago Journal:
Your columns have already noted the
most horrible tragedy of the Northwest
the murder of Milas K. Young by his
son Albert, and the murderer's suicide.
1 have Just returned from the funeral of
the butchered victim.
On the map of Wisconsin, forty miles
above its south line and on the Mississippi
river, nearly opposite Gutenberg, is
marked the little village of Glen Haven.
1t lies at the mouth Of a ravine leading
down from Blake's Prairie-as beautiful
and good a farming district as there is in
the State. In the edge of this prairie,
two miles east the Glen Haven village,
was the scene of this double tragedy.
The farmis a parallelogram, three-fourths
of a mile long, east and west, and half a
mile wide. Near its center is the resi-
dence, a large square stone building in
an enclosure; of half an acre. The
sides of the house face cardinal points
of the compass. The road to Glen
Haven passes along the south side of the
farm. Its northwest forty acres are
wooded, the remaining two hundred are
under the pillow. Its surface is nearly
level, but it has geological p~eculiarities
which attracted the attention of Wis
consin's lamented geologist and poet,
and detained him a week. Nearly thirty
years ago NJ. K. Young came from
Indiana, and settled upon this farm. 1t
had previously been entered by Josiah
I. Perrin, of Indiana. Young's wife
and PERKINS, wife were sisters. The title
to the property was left to Perrin, be-
cause Mr.. Young was involved by secu-
.rity debts in Indiana. The trouble may
be said to have begun with this irregu-
larity. Mr.. Young worked very hard,
and improved the place as if unfettered.
Albert was his Oldest child. A daugh-
ter, the wife of Charles d. Shader, of
Lancaster, and three SONS are living.
Albert was about 30 years old. MI.
Young always felt a deep interest in the
education of his children. The educa-
ton of all people was a matter always
near his heart. Through his instrument
tality one of the first school houses on
"tle prairie" vas built, and called
"Young's School House" His children
received all the schooling they could
there, and all of them were sent away
to higher schools as they grew old
enough. Albert's education was better
than that of the others. When through
with schools he selected the "news-
paper" profession. Preparatory to
this he spent two years among the
types in the Lancaster Herald office.
Then, about six years ago, he went
home. Up to that time the Young
family is supposed to have been a
model one. His daughter, who was
married shortly before that, says
there never was a more peaceful house
hold. 1t has developed, however, that
for many years there was want of har-
mony in the secret lives of the father
and mother of the family. 1t grew out
of her inattention to the duties of her
share in the matrimonial partnership.
She was not a help-meet-was rather
an additional load to the pilgrim.
From early morning he has toiled until
bedtime, and, coming home, would find
himself compelled to make the kitchen
fire and cook his own supper, or go to
bed hungry. This sort of treatment he
bore so patiently and with SO little
murmuring that the children never
discovered that there was a wrong in
it. Though Mr.. Young toiled in this
way, he was the most prominent charac-
ter of a population of Is, 600, embracing
the western half of Grant county.
Some fifteen or twenty years ago he was
a member of the Legislature. In 1862,
60, "a, and '65 he was in the State SEN
ate. YoIr files of 1864, in your Madi-
son correspondence, will show him to
have been the leading worker of the
Senate, In the Fox and Wisconsin i'm
provement matter, and in all agricultural
interests. The Senate management of
the large government grant for the en-
dowment of an agricultural college was
left mainly to him. In the estimation
of acquaintance everywhere, a man of
greater integrity than he did not live.
His ability was such also that he was
sometimes spoken of for Congress.
Doubtless that and higher positions
would have been reached if his should
ers had not been borne down by the bur
den of his home life.
The beginning of the difficulties above
alluded to arose out of attempted inter
ference by the now very wise son, with
improvements the house was then under
going. 1t is understood the son was
sent away by the father, but was not
sent empty. The son stood high in the
estimation of acquaintance. He went
down and spent some time with rela-
tives in Washington county, Ind, and
was liked there. Next he was over in
Louisville, became an editor, and was
highly spoken of there. There he also
became connected with a real estate
agency, lived high, and it is supposed
complications of some sort sent him away.
He retreated to the paternal mansion,
Soon after this there was correspondence
by tthe boys" and mother with Perrin,