The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-17
SlRATOGA C0UNTY'S HORROR
4 LIFE or BTCKERTNG TERMINATING
~ UIIirS TRfGIC DE.ITH

i"a Nee"a'o 81 ""'"''"T "'S "the' anu
ut "rp'" .,'' 49," -.
H"''t
Jcssc biiiihgs Jr" oi MilleI bridge' Sar-
hiNrn cuuuiy. Is in Jail IN Bgllston. und"rchargc
Of iac astHss nation 81 his VIE Mrs. Mary-Ella
! Nu-- on tho night OF Juno " Billings
Is the son VI do'tor, an old and highly re-
spNti ctl~n oi saratoga county. Tile doctor
j. -adto b' worth from tloONNO To slJoO0O.
AMI the son + wealth is estimated at quarter Of
em.llon. jesse OWES TINS wealth TO his own in
du-iry and enterprise. Folding ana perse-
vrns he worked eighteen hours out Of the
iv'ntI-four. and for the Inst twelve years Is said
TO have slept not NOR" than Tour or I'VE hours
sn'git His business r'r"'"uon is without
tlaiu. He eNaf'I All tht WIS que MIN. ana
promptly PAID ai d'n'nh's' HIS word was
ms bona. lie Is rhr'W" "hu i"r -so'lhS' ana
were II not for nus unfortunate uom'suc r'la-
tons might nave "'''u'" "oh'uur) pow''r
SECOND To none IN S,ra' y" county lh"Shrrln
Of the county WIS hls n'yhood playmate. II"
seys that jesse was lr"hN ana op'h-heartr
hi. l''F ana !oNl",' ""' " s"ou, Spuhr'' honest
fellow anu " ""iu "otNcr MS "'uer nro'"'r
took To- p'"Ns ana wen, To 'o"'Ee' Jesse re-
nainrl On ,"' i"ri',' ne 'houEht th' word
81 his '.",'' an" "urlhE vacations th'y
hunted I9ne'' anu ranged 'he country To-
jess was H. Wv "'"''''' WIS "'r'u'h'"'ly h'u-
o. ''fs' s''" 'H's "'re Hiu'rr'i hunting
Asaui"' ran up u''' "nU 'ne prolher went
ruha ON 'ne "ner s'uV 10 Keep ~" sight.
i"' Fl",,' "V"" "'','n r"nE' %. p"'h
guns %, i'm, ','pV9'" ~ 'vu". ''''''
ana 'u '" 80 '"SN" WI t"ns'
INV " N,'' u"" 'V""'." wv az" '"' siuir-
Ie' u"''' ~ W '''" '''' ''""' N''
nv uu' 'u'"' ~" ''', 'o''n''i'9 'i"'h ''Sse'
ln' ln"'' ""S ''N'',N "'e tuu iio'ii ms 9n'"'-
or '' ','a-v I,,'','ns @wsy from '''' siV.
where no supios'u ms oro'ner stood ana
WAS accidentally discharged. The brother
,1t,,l 500, tI,. d,,,h - ,is ,,,,, l., h !
i'' "'"N' ~ 80" va "'S VIM ',79' i''9
been aTWel OF numbering TINS brother. IN
eie1 therefo IN envy and ienlousy Th,.fa,ts
.,,t,olf,. a. s,a,.,t ~, .rt.,.,.-
are uh'"u"'eu'S "s st"'cu move lhey W'rc
given 90 the writer by DIR. Billings, who iudig-
ronry l.nounces thos, who neeuse his som.
N,ppt,or
About twontv-nve years ago Jessc married
v,ry F,l2a Harris. four years younyer thnn
himself ShT WIS 'he u"uEhur ol wealthy
farmer of Northumberland township. Her
,o,.,,s yr.ra bitterly onrosed 4, tho ,nn,.h a,d
- ,io, a., t,,h,,. ,,,,,.,'I 80, -, H.. ,'.,'
II j. shid iAat inc lhther wanted one OF ms larm
hands 60 shoot Billings II he saw him prowling
round his PREMISES Jesse however indue.J
49, ' ,.. -. =, '''e'. va
the daughter 10 consent TO an eIopement. With
Characteristic shrewdness he watched his op-
portuuitv. stole 70 her fathers stable. hitched
10 one of the horses and drove to the residence
-, -, ,l..,,,.,,,,, ,,,bar, ,h o, no., ,,,.rtoI
=" '' "'tN ny "'i' maj iVu'
since the MURDER MS daughter and her
grandmother have told the story of Billinps's
,,arri.t Nso 7, bas haar s,,,nior,or,1 h
""'''' ~ "' 10" '"fp'' Hu'"'V" ~
scenes Of domestic Woe witnessed by the neigh
bors Some Of the charges are unfit for pub-
Hiatt, NJ puin,s ,-as ,,d,,h,ii
,r'"'o" ~ D'4i''SS was unuouotcuN
Aanuppe, anu the husband anything but
Socrates. Exhausted with labor he had no
,aaco nj homo uis vito soo,,s - 49,
p,, GINS W INV
I, ~ saii tnst eba tSrav, ' H., ~, III
81 the table, accused him OF numbering his
brother and stung him nj every opportunity
The first quarrel dates two months after the
marriage. The daughter says that her mother
told her that Jesse lay ahed that morning until
~ O'Clock. She persistently urged him 10 Art
NJ. Al last he got angry. and seized his panta-
looms. which hung over the footboard The
pockets were filled with old-iashipncd pennies.
Heswung the uHntaloous around his head and
rruck her. One of the pockets few ont and
ut her IN the forehead, making a scar that
she carried - III" dty Of her death. Nis. Biz
Hugs mother says mat IA" hrsi quart. ORIG d.
Atel IA the oWnership, 81 lors' Her nus
sihu hai gwen e"ch oil MS ei ,iiren hors'
wien MARY was inhfrl"h hothlns was sala
h''ut nrr morse. S,ue weeks aterWhrd hil-
nhE- 'lWmrd II. hhitiS sad ne had sou II.
J nr sph-ln law asked tor me money. hnd iiAr-
- trit 81 IL. Tue refusal ied toh qunrrel pc
WEN bnilnss khd hi, WE, anu iI2Li thht Jay