The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-15
A Double Murder In Caroline County.

A special to the Baltimore San of Tues
day says:
Jas. Fitzjarrel and his wife Anna A. FitZ-
jarrel, aged invalids, were murdered while
in bed on Friday night. James Fitziarr-l
was the father of N. G. Fitzjarrel. late
sheriff of this county. and a member of the
last Legislature. The old mas was seventy
five years old. and his wife was about the
same age. The old couple lived alone in
an old one and half story building, with
a small kitchen attached. at Jarreltown,
in this county, four miles from Hilsboro'
Stairs connect the upper and lower rooms.
| Mr.. FitZ arrel had been bed-Iidden from
| chronic rheumatism nine years, and could
not move without assistance. He slept
on the first floor, the bed standing in one
corner of the room. Mrs. FitZiarrel was
very deaf, and she slept in the upper room,
the bed standing in the middle of the floor.
Both were found murdered in bed on
Saturday morning about ten O'Clock, and
presented a horrible spectacle as they lay
weltering in blood. The instrument used
was blacksmith's chsel hammer. belong
ing to the house, the handle bearing stains
of blood. Mr.. Fitziarrel received nine
blows with the chiscl edge of the hammer.
Three wounds are on his head; one pene
one on the left side of his nose, one on the
same cheek and one on his right collar
bone. The blow on his head and eye split
| the skull. His wife received three blows,
one terrible blow over the right eye, and
slight blow on the hight hand, as if she
had held it up for protection. The huS-
band was found on his back, having been
unable to move, and the wife in her bed on
her right side. The night of the murder
was very dark, and in was raining hard
Upon search two hundred and fifty dollars
in green backs and forty nine silver trade
dollars, which it was known Mrs. FitZ-
iarrel kept in a small trunk, was missed
The keys, which were kept in box in a
bureau, were also missing, and the trunk
was locked after the robbery, and had to
be broken open. The trunk was in a low
room over the kitchen, the entrance to
which was through a narrow open window
communicating with the front upper ROOM
Mrs. Fitzjerrel frequently received money
from her son in California. She talked a
good deal about her money, and said if she
died "she would put it where no one
would find it.
The bodies were buried on Sunday, five
hundred persons being present After the
funeral the authorities consulted and dec,
ded to arrest one Mrs. Kate Waddell, who
lives just across the road in one of the four
or five small houses owned by the Fitz
iarrels. n. c. Fitzjarrel lives with his
family within four hundred yards of where
his father and aunt were murdered. Mrs.
Waddell was in the habit of waiting on the
old couple, and was more familiar with the
premises and pecuniary affairs of Mrs
Fitzierrel than any one in the neighbor-
hood. Everything looked as if the muir
derer knew every part of the house. Mrs
Waddell was arrested on Sunday afternoon
and is now waiting developments in Easton
Jail. She is considered woman of dan
gerous character.
Joseph Garrett, living one-fourth of
mile off, found pair of pants on the road
at his place, which turned out to belong to
the murdered man. The question is were
the pants placed there to mislead . None
of the money was found. Mrs. Waddell
denies any knowledge of the murder, and
says she did not leave home that night. 1t
was raining and her shoes and stockings
were soaking wet next morning, which
could happen, as she says, from the rain
which fell through the roof into her ROOM