The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-12
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 4.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. Al
The people of Boone county, Ky. who
live along the river nearly opposite to
North Bend, in sight of the tomb of Har-
rison and only about fifteen miles from
this city, were appalled, yesterday morn
ing at the intelligence that William Henry
Harrison, son of the late Symmes Har-
rison and grandson of a President Of the
United States, had entered the residence
Of Major John IL. More and stabbed to
death Miss Mary More, the only daughter
living at home. In the early part Of the
summer Harrison began to visit at Major
Alore's oitener than usual, and it was soon
suspected that he had designs on Miss
More. Harrison had received no encour-
agement and was never by word or look
given to understand that his feelings We're
reciprocated or that his attentions were
agreeable. He had conceived an idea that
Miss More's father was his bitter enemy
and when that gentleman was home he
rarely came to the house. Last Monday
morning Ma or More came up to Cincin-
natl and Covington. Monday night, and
in fact nearly all day Monday, Harrison,
availing himself Of the Majors absence,
hung around the old More homestead.
During the day he obtained an intimation
that Major More would be home Monday
evening, and it was during that evening
that his hellish ambition was first de-
velopcd.
He slipped into the sitting-room unar-
nounced, found Mary there, and. il is sup
posed, made some proposition OF marriage
to her, which she rejected. He had been
in there but a moment, however, when he
began yelling. I'm crazy, Pm crazyn'
whisked cut Il formidable ack knife with
a blade as thick rs Il razor. and dashed at
his victim. His first lunge resulted in q
CHASTITY wound in the breast, Just to the
left OF the breast bone. He struck again
for the heart, and another wound was
made in the left breast, and still again I,
third wound spurted blood from Just over
the heart Then he lunged again. this
time for his victims throat, and a bloody
slit down the left temple was all he ac-
complished then again, aud Il wound in
the lett cheek was made BY this time
Mary caught the knife blade in her hand,
but her assassin drew it through, and her
hand, with every finger wounded, was
helpless. Again. with upitted blade, he
sprang for her throat, only to plunge his
ugly weapon into her left arm, which she
raised for defence, and still again and
again until five gaping wounds were
bleeding in her arm, and still the demon
followed Harrison walked deliberately
out Of the house and towards his own
home. Arriving there he told his boys
that he had killed Mary More - She
wouldn't marry me, and | killed her -
and that he was now going to kill him.
self. He then took his own rifle in his
A.,
Pike seized it. y struggle ensued, but
Pike, discovering that this rifle, too, had
no cap, ceased struggling. Harrison
made the discovery, or pretended to,
about the same time, dropped the rifle,
and with the same yell, ''Im crazy. I'm
crazy, - ran to the cistern and jumped in
The cistern contained only about four
feet of water, and the supposition is that
Harrison knew it. for had he been bent
on suicide the Ohio river WoUid have an
swered every purpose, and that was only
a few rods away. He iloundered around
IN the clstern few minutes, keeping up
his cry of 'I'm crazy" until his sons fish
ed him out; then he made a dive for a
small medlcine-chest in the house. saying
he was going to poison himself, but wher
our reporter left he WAS still alive anC
trying to dey Use some other means of self.
destruction The room in which the
deadly scutlie occurred was still as it was
LETT in the morning, and presented Il hor.
rible appearance. The mating on the
floor was stained with blotches of blood
and the door where the tierceSt struggle
had occurred was all stained over with
the crimson fluid, as were the doors in
William More's room. From the sitting
room clear across the kitchen the strug
blood