The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-27
QUADRUPLE TRAGEDY.
Terrible Work of a Crazy Lover

\ letter to the Sun from Cuba, New
York, gives details of terrible quadru-
pie tragedy in that region. For some
months young lrishman named james
Latftrty, living in Rockville, Allegheny
county, had tried to induce the daughter
of farmer, George Vannay, living Il
few miles from Rockville, to marry him.
He was formerly in the employ OF the
farmer. The young girl repeatedly re-
pulsed him. On Wednesday afternoon
he went to Vannay's and entered the
sitting-ruom, where the young woman
was at work. He renewed his pro.
posal Of marriage and was again refused.
He took newspaper from his pocket, and
pointing to an article headed "Murdered
for Love- .Old her 10 read it. She took
the paper and, as she was looking at it,
Laifertv drew a revolver and fired. The
ball entered the girls check and lodged
in the opposite side Of her head. she
started, screaming, towards the kitchen,
when her mother came running into the
room. Latierty shot the mother, the ball
entering near the right temple and lodged
behind the ear Both mother and daugh-
ter fell, and Lafferty ran from the house.
Mr.. Vannay, who was in the barn,
reached the house just as l.atferty came
out, with his pistol still in his hand.
Vannav exclaimed, "What in the name
of God is the natter and ran toward
Laderty. The latter fired at Nannay,
but missed him. He then placed the
pistol to his own head and fired two
shots. blowing the side of his head
on and killing himself almost imme-
diately. Vannay found his wife and
daughter lying on the floor in pools
of blood. He supposed they were dead,
but they both spoke to him. He prepared
to start for Il doctor. As he WIS running
to the barn to saddle horse, Constable
Cannon, of Rockville, came riding up,
and hailing Vannay, asked if he had
seen ANYTHING of jim Latferty, and went
en to SAY thrt old Mrs. Latierty, his
grandmother, had been found murdered
in her house ut Rockville, a sum OF money
she had in the house was gone, and 1t was
supposed she had been killed by her
grandson, who had been lurking around
her house on Saturday. Nannay related
the tragedy that had occurred at his
house. and the officer rode on to summer
II physician and give the alarm. DIR.
Young, of Cuba attended and extracted
the bali from Mrs. Vannay's wound,
but could not reach the one
which had penetrated the daughter
head. Both of the victims are in II critl-
cal condition, but the doctor thinks they
NAV recover. DR.. Young is also the
Coroner, and he took charge OF the body
of the murderer and had it Inferred in II
field near the scene of the tragedy. Old
Mrs. Lafierty WAS found on Tuesday.
There had been no stir about the house
since Saturday, and it was visited by
some neighbors, who supposed the old
ladv was sick The door WAS not locked,
and Mrs. Laierty lay across the bed.
Evidences of struggle were visible III
the room, and her clothes were badly
torn. Her face was black and blue, and
around her neck we're dark blue marks,
AS though made by the fingers Of the per-
son with whom she had been struggling.
An examination showed that death re-
suited from strangulation. The cid lady
had about one hundred dollars that she
had laid by to pay her funeral expenses
The box in which she kept it was broken
| open and the money gone. There is no
doubt in the neighborhood that she was
murdered and robbed by her grandson.