Connecticut western news., 1876-06-16
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
The Triple Murder Near EastOn--An Entire Family Poisoned by n Son and Brother fhoG Grfr

Family Poisoned by Son and Brother
 Money the Incentive to the Crime.
 The mystery attending the deaths which have occurred in the Laros fam fly, near Easton, Pa., by poison, has been cleared up by the confession of the murderer, Allen 0. Laros, the son of two of the victims. It may not, per haps, be out of place to recount the in cidents connected with the tragedy, in order that the full enormity of the crime may be understood. The family of Mar tin Laros, residing on the Delaware, at place called Mineral Spring, about five miles above Easton, consisting of him. self, his wife, six children-Allen, AL win, Erwin, Alice, Clara, and Flora and Moses Schug, who boal ded with them, were taken more or less ill imme- diately after supper. Oneof the young CT children, who was not much affected, was sent to seek assistance, and she at once sought out an elder brother, Clin- ton J. Laros, who had not supped with the family, and asked him to go with her to the house. He did so, and upon his arrival saw that the greater number of the family were desperately ill, and immediately sent for medical aid. A physician was called, and, finding that all the symptoms indicated that they had been poisoned, administered emetics and applied other remedies to relieve their sufferings.
 Toward midnight they all grew worse, however, and another physician was sent for. At his suggestion other antidotes were administered, but they did not prove efficacious in all the cases, as Mrs. Laros, the mother of the family, died at seven o'clock the next morning. MT. Laros, the father. died at one o'clock on the same day, and Moses Schug. the boarder, at three o'clock on the following afternoon. As it had been remarked at the supper table that there was strange taste about the coffee, the vessel in which it had been prepared was exam ined, and heavy, white sediment was found at the bottom. An analysis of this substance was made and it was found to be arsenic, and the quantity was stated to be sufficient to kill hun dred persons. No cause could be as- signed for the act, and for some days the whole affair was enveloped in mystery. At length it was discovered that secre- tary, in which MT. Laros was known to have deposited sum of money, had been broken open and the cash stolen, and that MT. Schug's trunk had also been robbed of pocketbook containing $15O in United States currency. When this became known suspicion was directed toward Allen o. Laros, one of the sons of the family, a young man about twenty one years of age, who was engaged in teaching school atSchirnertown, near by. His character was known by many per sons to be bad, and they had no hesita- tion in expressing their belief that he was the murderer. This opinion, how ever, did not seem to be borne out by the facts, for he had supped with the family on the night on which they were poisoned, and had himself complained of having experienced the effects of the poison.
 On the day that Mrs. Laros died, Deputy Coroner H. s. Carey impaneled a jury and proceeded to hold an inquest into the cause of her death and that of her husband. After an examination of the members of the family, and of the druggist from whom the son bought the poiscn, the jury returned the following verdict:
 We find that Martin Laros came to his death from the effects of arsenical poison administered in coffee, and that we believe the same was administered by Allen 0. Laros."
 A separate verdict was brought in for each of the victims. A warrant was i'm mediately issued for the arrest of Allen O. Laros, and the officers of the law went to his room, where he was lying in bed, and informed him that he was their prisoner. They then began to read the warrant, but had not proceeded very far when Laros rose in his bed and asked what it all meant. The interruption was not noticed, and the warrant was read to the end. Clinton Laros, brother of the prisoner, asked him whether he knew anything about the affair, and he replied that if he knew anything about it he would tell. The officers then be- gan to search the house, and while they were engaged in this, about ten minutes after the arrest had been made, Laros suddenly called out: 'sI did it." MT. Sandt, one of the jurymen, and the off cers then went into the room, and the prisoner made the following confession, which was reduced to writing and signed on the spot:
 "I did it; the money is out between the outhouse and sheep stable: this was done the same night that put the poi son in the coffee pot; knew he (his father) had money, but did not know how much; I took the money before I put the poison in the coffee pot; took Schug's money, too, but don't know how much; l took none of the papers; did this so that they might all be dead so I could do with the money whatever I pleased nothing more would be said about it; confess also shat the money taken from the place a long time ago took, too; don't know how much it was, but think it was $50 or $6O; I took swallows of the coffee, too; was just as sick as pretended to be; only drank it so as to throw them off of sus- picioning me; l took false oath this afternoon; know it is very wrong what I have done; I want you to pray for me, and ask all of Gods people to pray for me; have no wife nor children; my name is Allen 0. Laros; took the silver out of my fathers drawer and put it in Moses Schug's pocketbook; I found Schug's pocketbook in his chest in the garret; Schugs pocketbook was 8 new my confession, true and faithful, made III 1Ao pIeSeuco O1 oamuo4 Oduut, OEs
 William Bitters and George Schooley. "ALLEN c. LARos."
 The young man has been committed to jail to await his trial.
 Alvin, a brother of the murderer, ha'
 since expired-being the fourth victim
 The King of Hanover.
 The quiet, amiable and blind gentle