Sharp County record., 1878-07-26
HIS MOTHERS MUPn,.
a Russian Boy Kills u,
AVenge His Fatbsri Nd
IFrOm thn - - u0l

oi = 10 iio" occupying tbs
criminal tribunals a tT,aa5 ,as
throws into the shade tba 'l \
imaginings of the old Greet 1 g,
1t is the murder of a motbstp pial' I n =
a child nine years old, T1
one OF the most appalling IN us Z
annals of human crime, and nd
is heart-touching as SHOWING Ip . :
rection of a noble nature, % ca
tive of the crime was honor % y, hI
slew his mother that her bIo., g
wash out the stain her infdeii,,
upon her husbands name NJ II
a most remarkable one. Tb. Id
to be no evidence of vicious u HI
on the part of the boy. On M n Ia
ry, he seems to have had a Iori' ul
and to have been tenderly st.} :
his dead father; but a clcud ~
his young existence, when bi' 'lrl
forgetting her duty to the liviS. ie'
dead, contracted an Illicit alES.y,
a government employee. Tbs lei
seems to have troubled herself =
conceal her amOurs from her g, n
ing that a child of such ten5s, pc
would not be likely to paw an, Re
ton to her actions She does !, ot
to have ever suspected the NJ. ac
sensibility of her child. 7
The boy, however, very Son, Il
to suspect the true relations eds :
tween the stranger and his mai 81
functionary entered frequent, AZ
the child's eyes, and at unus0, &c
into the house that had belonoG 10
dead father. The child fet b;
cruelty injured by the disbono ot
upon his fathers memory, MIA
remained enshrined ii his vom,,n
like a sacred image. For a 6ser
he concealed his anger and his :
but one day his indignation IA,
him, and he resolved to make J Ir
to win his mother from the \ r.
shame. eI
Throwing aside all fear he r. bl
| the widow for her infdelity TO Me
husband, and besought her to n al
her duty by respect to the me-, ~
the dead and out of respect to m
The mother treated the remOD7 :
lightly, and burst out laughip le
child, Without even deigning Is
him to the end, she advised h9
cupy himself with matters more Is
pirate to his age. Several tn sa
! seems to have renewed his SexhOrEi
always, however, meeting withh;l ri
reception. 10
Feeling that it was useless to
| to the better nature Of the moth Is
child conceived the horrible III
washing out in her blood the ii Isl
had persisted in putting on BIZ lC
and which he knew was no lOn!
cret from the reighbOrs. HaFi. %
made up his mind, his Thoughts b
absorbed in plans for carryinghl le
gence into execution. Whent e
went he carried with him this q
avenging the injured honor OtHS y
In solitude he pOndered over It, III
became, in his eyes, a holy duty El
side this child of 9 years taking y
his conscience the respOnsbl n
Judge and executioner, thinkn, Z
planning before taking action, H i
tormented by visions and stimuli %
madness, is only capable Oti
pity. The heart is moved at thea
of the anguish the child must hf
fered. First ne dug the grave. !
was, for his infant hands, alGf
painful labor. When he had
thing prepared he resolved to 4
his terrible purpose. .
One night, while his mother y ) :
armed himself with a hatchet and
ly approached her bed. When 3
rested on the author of his oens-
resolution was shaken. He gzo
the face he had long loved and T.
ed. The sight was too much |,
childish heart, and, bursting lnna~' !
he fell on his knees before his n i 7
bed. There the morning llgll +
him stretched in slumber with ID:
ly hatchet still clasped in his TN! 7
When his mother rose she was ne
frightened at the sight. She a8ua {
boy, who explained his presenGsl'
pleasant fable, and then took
portunity to once more oesSs1u
mother to dismiss her lover anu Z
to the path of honor. She' ny ny 7
lost her temper, and, ordering IIe !
to hold his tongue, dismissed nun !. :
This action of the widow dec1n 7
son to carry out his murdero%
ton. The followir G night ne WI
tered his mothers bedroom, anu L. l.
her asleep, with one blow OF !. Lny u, 7 :
he killed her. He then took IHs
which he dragged to the grave I
prepared, and there inferred !" WI !
The trial of this strange Pst
progressing in the town OF SaiJn SaIJn1
government of Kharkow. oelus,n l.a
the Russian people been so in'Slr u T. !
q criminal trial, but the sIgns u Y
,i,,o ,-ooro old ctandinO III Ull6 I