Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-06

less secrecy in paying his attentions
to Mrs. Dell. He came to live in
the same house with the family, he
occupying the front of the base
ment in Thirteenth street, while
they occupied the rear. Three
weeks ago this arrangement was
put an end to, and Jacob installed
himself in the house of his mis-.
tress, and has since lived with her
as though in marital relationship.
To this arrangement George, the
Oldest of the family, has all along
objected. His mothers infamy he
could not doubt, and he urged her
to end it, if in no other way, by
lawfully marrying Massoth. His
mother has pleaded that they had
not money enough to have a we'd
ding, and although he has rendered
her his own earnings the nuptials
have always been indefinitely post
poned. The poor youth has more
than once been taunted by his COM
panions and heard his family's
shame spoken of before his face.
This has maddened him, and he
and the hunchback have kept up
an incessant series of quarrels.
Yesterday afternoon George was
standing before the kitchen looking
glass shaving himself, when his lit
tie brother Adam jostled against
him. He turned to reprimand the
youngster, but the little fellow,
knowing that George was no favor
ite with MaSSOth and his mother,
began taunting him, at which the
elder brother turned him out of the
room. Attracted by Georges an
cry words Massoth appeared in the
bedroom door at this moment.
"What are you doing to that
boy 2" he asked.
"What have you to do with itY'
returned George, going on with bis
shaving.
81 will show you," and Massoth
took up plate to throw. u
The young man laughed at him
elf you don't mind whose house
you're in" said he, "you'll get
chucked out of il"
Massoth was in a fury at once.
He hurled the plate at The Others
head, and as it passed and broke tc
pieces on the wall he reached back
into the bedroom and closed the
door behind him. George had
turned about angrily as the missile
whizzed by him, but when he saw
his assailant retreat he uttered a
derisive laugh and resumed his
shaving. Only for a moment, how.
ever, for the door was suddenly
opened and the hunchback appeared
with a hachet in one hand and a
milestone in the other. He was
livid with rage, and rushing upon
the young man dealt him blow
upon the head with the stone lust
as Mrs. Dell and her 14-year old
daughter Annie flung themselves
between them. George was stand.
ing holding the razor in his right
hand with the blade turned back
Massoth's first blow staggered him,
and two Others delivered in quick
succession cut open his head and
sent the blood squirting over his
face and neck. The women
screamed and tried to shield him,
but the hunchback was in a frenzy
and could not beappeased. Elbow
ing them aside he raised the hatchet
to cleave the young mans head. but
George, reused to his danger, caught
the uplifted arm aud forced it back,
An instant Massoth tried to wrench
himself away, and then, with a
tiendish determination to finish his
work, he aimed at the other furi-
GUS blow with the milestone.
The whole force of his deformed
body was thrown into the stroke,
and the bare arm which the Young
man raised to avert 1.-THE arm of
which the hand held the razor still
fell numb and lifeless at his side,
but at the same moment Massoth
staggered back, his face all ghaStly
and the blood squirting from his
throat. The blow upon George
DelPs arm had struck the razor
from his hand, and the sharp. edged
steel had entered the flesh and cut
open the hunchback's iugular vein.
He fell upon the floor with the
razor, which had caught in his
clothes, still lying near the gaping
wound. In moment he was a
corpse. When Captain McCullogh
and Patrolman Flynn entered the
house Massoth was lying lifeless,
with, the milestone and hatchet
lying at his side, aud George Dell
was standing, alarmed and bewil-
dered, with the blood streaming
from the gashes in his head. At
the station-house George and his
mother and his sister gave this ac-
count of the affair. He was locked
up and they were held as witnesses.
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