The daily gazette., 1878-04-06
pic'-sd her up and laid her down again
In proper position, exclaimi ny as he did
NYOE'LL DIE IN ruR

you'll DIE IN THE DARK,
for If you don't tell the truth. m kick
your CUTS out" He then started for the
cupboard, announcing his intention of
procuring razor, whereupon Nellie,
taxing her sister Rosie along, ran across
10 Mr.. Hawks house for the purpose of
procuring assistance. Warned by the
result OF his previous efforts, and not
thinking the affair was serious, Mr..
Hawk declined to 20 over to the house
at that time.
After an absence of nearly fifteen min
utes Nellie returned to the house to bring
the youngest sister Sallie, so that they
could all spend the night at Hawks
house, beyond the danger of injury at
the hands of their drunken parents On
opening the door the fumes of whisky
greeted her nostrils, and an omnious
stiffness reigned in the house. With fear
and trembling she started upstairs, and
almost at the first step her hand came in
contact with thick red fluid, which she
knew i'll an instant to be blood. With n
heart full of terrible forebodings she
proceeded up stairs to the front room,
and "such sight," said Nellie,
81 PRAY GOD MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN.n
There upon the floor lay the dead body
OF her mother, with the head nearly
severed by the cruel gashes in her neck,
while her father, the author of the
bloody, work, stood up beside the stove
with The mnrderous razor still in his
grasp, and the blood streaming down
from cash which he had inflicted IN his
own throat. ooh, papa" she exclaimed
IN terror, "What have you done ?"
"Ncver mind, Nellie, DEAR" he replied,
"lve killed your mother and cut my
own throat, for
IN BE HUNG ANYHOW"
The youngest child was in the room at
this time, and her night dress was stain
ed with the blood that flowed from the
wounds of her parents Taking the lit
tie one along Nellie returned to the house
of Mr.. Hawk, and there gave the alarm
which resulted in the summoning of bhe
nelghbors, the arrest Of the murderer
and the removal of the body by the
Coroner.
WHO THOMAS is.
William Thomas, the murderer, is a
man about Al years of age, and is "A ma
tive of Wales. His wife is IL native of
the same country, and was about 80
years old. For the past seven years
Thomas has been employed at the Har-
Ian & Hollingsworth Company's ward,
as a blacksmith, doing what is known as
the beam work tor iron ships. He was
a very superior hand, his services being
so valuable as to not only command un-
usually high wages, but to make his EN-
ployers anxious TO retain his services, so
that his frequent sprees were overlook
ed, and he was always sent for to return
TO his work. He was well-known as "a
man of sullen disposition and intemper-
ate habits, and his wife was also addict |
ed to the use of intoxicating liquor. This !
latter TACT, however, was not generally |
known until few years ago, but Nelly |
says that her mother has been drink |
ing woman ever since she came to this |
country, about eleven years ago, and |
that she would frequently pawn articles |
from the house for the purpose of pro-
curing the money to buy liquor WITH
Such state of affairs, of course, could |
have but one result, and that was con- |
slant quarrels between the two
Thomas would frequently beat his wife |
and on two occasions she sued |
him before Esquire Frazer, for assault |
and battery, and had him bound over to |
keep the peace. The failing of the mother
left the care of the house almost entirely |
npon Nellie, which trust she faithfully |
fulfilled, with an ability surprising in |
one of her age. She was great favorite !
with her father and Notwithstanding his |
treatment of his wife, he was always
good to the children. and seemed TO en-
.ertain great affection for them.
Thomas at one time worked at horse
'hoeing, in Australia, in which country
Nellie was born, He is man of good
'ize, being nearly six feet tall and weigh
ng about 1S0 pounds. His wife on the
contrary, was very small woman. They
nave been living in the Browntown
house little more than four years.
HIS CONDITION THIS MORNING..
This morning Thomas was visited by
)rs. Ogle and Blocksom, who stated
hat they did not deem his condition Sc
ious, and that he was likely to recover.
he sat back i'll the farther corner of the ,
with his head leaning against
he wall, in an apparently stupetied con-
lition. He reused up however, and eX-
pressed desire for something to drink,
when milk punch was procured, which
Ie drank with evident relish. He was !
ensible, but was not much inclined to
ak. !
SENT TO JAIL.
During the morning Coroner Rose is {
ued a commitment, and Thomas was o
aiken to New Castle Jail, in carriage, !
" Chief O'Toole and Thomas Kane. {
THE BODY :
f the murdered woman is at Undertaken '
'ox's office, Sixth and Shipley streets,
nd has been viewed by a number of a
ersons. 1t presents CHASTITY sight, the
eek being terribly cut and gashed. DIR.
tust, who examined the body, stated
hat one more stroke of the razor would
ave severed the head from the body.
WHERE THE DEED WAS DONE.
The girl Nellie is of the opinion that l
he murder was committed down stairs,
nd that her father afterwards carried n
he body up stairs to the front room, and
hen cut his own throat. The general
ppearance of the dining room, the floor
which is liberally smeared with blood
orroborates this opinion.
THE INQUEST.
Coroner Rose will hold an inquest over 7
he murdered woman's body, at two D
clock this afternoon. He has in his
the two razors with which the L
lurder was committed. e
THE CHILDREN,
,r the present, will remain at the house
f Mr.. Hawk. The two younger girls T
70 pretty and interesting, and on ac- !,
ount of their youth have no proper con- II
option of the awful tragedy that has en-
ouded their young lives.
A Warming TO Girls.
Now as the pleasant weather is at hand
lie chief pastime with the young girls