St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-02
A Double Murder in Newark.
A Mother Butchers her Two Children.
A STORY OF DOMESTIC TROUBLE.

A STORY OF DOMESTIC TROUBLE.
Another of those terrible domestic
place in the quiet rural town of Newark,
some 25 miles north of this place, Oh
Saturday last, when a young mother
killed both of her little children with
an axe.
THE STORY OF THE MURDEREss.
Her maiden name is Emma Ladd, her
age 81 years. Five years ago last June,
she married Hiram Young of Dixville,
Canada, a township some FIVE miles
over the border, beyond Island Pond.
When married they went to live with
Young's parents. In course of time,
the old folks made trouble, and the
young woman at least, was unhappy.
Her husband is a drinking man, but
she says he never abused her when
under the influence of liquor, although
he threatened her once. Some six or
seven months ago, she was informed of
his infdelity to his marriage VOWS, and
she left him and went to her fathers,
who lived in the same village. A few
days after, she repented of her action,
and returned to her husband but he
then said he would not live with her,
and she returned to her fathers house,
taking, with his consent, her two years
old daughter, Jennie, with her, he
claiming Freddie, the boy of some five
years. AS time went on, the wife be-
came more and more anxious to again
live with her family, and was particu-
larly grieved and exasperated that she
could not see her little boy. She says
that when she went to the house where
he was, the folks would shut him up
and deny her the satisfaction of even
looking upon him. Meanwhile the hus-
band utterly refused to have anything
to do with her.
Seeking relief in absence from town,
she spent some seven weeks with
friends in Potion, but was continually
plying her husband with letters asking
for a reunion of their household. TIC
all her overtures, the husband turned a
deaf ear. A few weeks ago he left his
home in Canada, taking the boy with
him, and came to the Spring House in
East Newark, and went to work for Mr.
Mason, the proprietor. While there
the wife wrote him letters, but got nc
answer.
THE MOTHER FOLLOWS HER TRUANI
HUSBAND.
Finally Mrs. Young thought she would
make one more effort to regain her hus,
band and boy, and on Saturday last
taking her little girl, she went to Island
cured a team, and together they went
to the hotel in Newark where her hus.
band was employed.
THE INTERVIEW.
On enquiring for Young, she was di.
rected to new part of the house now
being finished off, and leaving hel
mother, she went alone to have an in.
terview with her husband. To all hel
entreaties to return and once more live
as united household, he utterly re.
fused. He told her he was going to gel
a divorce, and was going away where
she would never see him, and it woulC
do no good to write him letters. Ac.
cording to the wife's statement, (al
though she does not complain of him
Young was coarse and unfeeling towards
her, even using profane language. She
threatened then to kill the children-Ol
rather intimated that she should, bu
he evidently did not comprehend he
frenzy, for he paid no attention to he
threats. Afterwards the mother saw
Young, but to no purpose.
THE TRAGEDY.
About four o'clock in the afternoon
Mrs. Young went out into the woOdshe(
where her little children were at play
and Selling an old and dull AK, strucl
the little boy a savage blow near tn,
top of his head, telling him to thu
ground, when she repeated the Blow
until she had cut four or five ghastl,
wounds upon the head. She then turned
upon her little daughter, and repeated
what she had done to the boy, cuttin.
her savagely upon the head four or fiv,
times. She then returned to the house
exclaiming,
81 HAVE KILLED MY BABIES ~
81 have killed my babies! and wha
have | done it for !" On going into tn,
shed the inmates of the house saw
CHASTITY sight. Both the little one
were weltering in their blood. TIL,
little boy died at once, but Jennie live,
for about twenty-four hours.
ARREST AND CONDITION OF THE MUIR
DEREss.
Mrs. Young seemed entirely overcom
by what she had done, and appeare,
most detected and crazed. She wa
taken in charge by officers as soon a
the papers could be made out, and OF
Monday she was brought to the Jail il
this place by Sheriff David Trail O
West Burke. In conversation on tn
way, and at her cell in the Jail, sh
talked nationally, telling the story quit
infinitely in all its details, except tn
tragedy itself, when she breaks down.
Mrs. Young is evidently from tn
middle or lower classes, is rather small