, 1876-02-06

against AsaeWbIymau Wilcox who attscfed \
Chronicle reporter in the Senate Chamber.
STOLE LETTERS.
EVANSVILLE. O., Feb 5.-Whitcomb Hendsn
son, aged 10 years, clerk in the Post-0aic.,. !.
Dresden, iIuskingun County, O., was s.rea,ed
this morning by Spcc;a1-Asent G. E. Eeor7. for
stealing letrers. lie made full coufesslaa
THE VERMONT TRAGEDY. d.
DtspatcA to Eos!on Jour,ta!.
gr. JoussEURY, w., Feb. Ia terrible tras,
edy was enac:ed to-day in Lyndon, the nett
town north OF St. Johrsbury. Ayoung man
killed his father, aged 80, and his rothez, aged
73. apd then killed himself. The ecene Of tn
murder vas necr Red Village, about miles east
OF Lyndon Village
Levi q. Wilder and his wife, ths aged eocph
who we-o murdered, have long resided in Lyn-
don, and have borne good reputation. 1t thu
time OF the murder the family consisted Of thaaa
old people, their son Silas, agod33, and his sita,
aged about %.
This morning, when tho family arose, tht
young man made como 1ernaEx 10 bis wife abou,
toc straps On lis oyeralls, which she had short.
ened few days before. She replied that i
could ba easily remedied4 Thereapon ,tht
mother, oyerhcaring the remark, said th.t aat
vas g!cd that sho did not fix tho straps it ehe
had there would have been fuas. uo replied
shat she need not trouble herself, as she did not
do it, He then went to the barn to do his chores,
and lis wife prepared their breakfast. On his
return he sat down to breakfast alone, tbs old
people and his wife not being in readiness He
nta yerv little, and his wife, as she wss pouring
his tea, noticed that his hand tremhled, and thss
his eyes had u strange wild appearance. :;
Alter drinking his tea he ramarked that This
thing haa got to be settled, - and went out into
.be shed. His wife. thinking his acrious pecu-
iiar followed him, and met him returning With
an az. She caught hold Of the 4x, and asked
him what he Was intending to DO. He replied.
.You get ont OF the way or Til fix you /" The
father then appeared, aud said. '*Waat arc you,
ahont ," and fook hold Of the az.
Tha vonnp man then took kuite from his
pocket and opened the small blade saying: "lf
Ton viii not let mo use the az I'll use 1ny knife, =
and struck his wife in the right breast causing .
slight wound, and then struck her again ovcr the
T,c,1 ava indictinc q wound which, though not
se1,ous partialY stunned her. go that sha did not
realiza Whist was roiuR On for little time. Tho
mothar becoming alarmed seized the dinner
horn. rushed Qut OF doors and sounded it to
alarm the neiehbors.
It is suoposed that the young Tnan. AFTER stab
hing his wife, attacked his father and cut his
throat will tho knife then, hearing the hon..
nicked nm the az, rushed out to the corner o3
tha housa where biz mother WAS, and killel het
with the az: that he then came back, found
hia father IN ElB Kitchen QU0 Klll6Q Q1lQ W1Il t40
81. Mr. Henry Perry, the nearest nelghbor,
nnon hearing the horn, looked ont from his barn
tdward tha Wilders. saw ths Young man suiks
hia rnnt11er with the * and bsard him exctsim,
1There. lie there, -!" Aiter killing hja
fsther yonuz Wilder went up to the shed. where
his wife Was Just recovering consciousness, md
eyc1aifned - For Gods sake, Fan I haven't
killed YOU; have IL" He then ran from her
toward afr. Perry's. and he heard hiu say, "lfa
ali settled now"
Several ueighbors soon arrived, and found tha
mother dead by the corner Of tho house. Sup
posiup that the murderer vas IN the house, and
knowing that he had WEAPONS to dafend himset
with. thew were afraid to enter. About 10 4 N.
Dr.. Canoon arrived, who with Mr. William
Houehton vent boldly into the house, and
found the old father upon the floor dead. with
tho ax inbedded 30 firmly into his head that it
1eouired vigorous effort by Mr. Houghson to
remove it. =.
search vas tIaen made for the young m2n- At
length ho was found in the barn, dead, hanging
from The beams. He had evidently gone upon
the high scaffo1d, tied the rope to 9 beam and
around his neck, and Jumped of.
The fiend accomplished bis work most eGec:u-
ally. He struck hia mother three timea, settling
the whole bit Of the az into her head On either
eide, lust above the ears and infcting blow
upon her neck which severed her head from hee
body, two small pieces OF skin only holding T.
The fathe. had, beside the cut On his nee1
which la1d bare the windpipe, two deep cuts ID
his head With the NJ, reaching from the croHn
of the head down below the eye, into each Or
which . mans hand could be inserted. IN
young man had o Severe knife cut in his thfoa.
cutting his throat, but failing III this. sou5ns
mora certain metucQ.
It is difficult TO account for thla trple u.se'5