The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-01-23
A JEALOUS SUITOR,S CRIME.
Stnbbing his Sweetheart to DeRth-Then
HurryinE to hrs own Home and Shooting
Himself through the Head.

StuDOlnR MS 5WeetneOft TO DeaJn-Inen
HurryinR to hrs own Home nnd Shooting
Himself through the Head.
A recent telegraphic dispatch from
Catasauqua, Pa, says: For some months
past it has been an understood thing in
the little hamlet of Fernadale, three
quarters of mile from here, that John
Haddock and Lizzie Davis kept company
together. John worked in the rolling
mill and got wages enough to support a
wife. Lizzie kept house for her uncle
and had a reputation as a cook. But
Mrs. Haddock, Johns mother, for some
reason did not like her. Miss Davis at
length determined to break off with John
and rather encouraged the attentions of
another lover, Israel Jones. John told
her on Sunday that if she would not
have him he would kill her and then
himself, and she answered that ne might
do as he pleased about the last. She
told her uncle, however, that she did
not intend to iilt him, and seemed to
consider his threats as jocose. Last
night the Davis had company to tea and
Haddock came in later. The party were
playing the game of authors and the new
arrival was asked to join, but he refused.
The game ended, the company broke up.
Mr.. Davis going home with a lady visitor
and leaving John and Lizzie alone to-
gether. He had not gone far when he
heard the cry of murder proceeding from
! Haddock's house. Remembering Had
dock 8 threats, which Lizzie had repeated
tc him, he hurried to his own house,
forboding something wrong. The front
door would not open, and neighbOr
helped him to push it open. Entering
they discovered that it was the body of
Lizzie Davis, III which life was barely
lingering, that had barred the door.
Traces showing how the poor girl had
fought for life were plentiful. Handsful
of her beautiful hair were scattered on
the floor, which was streaked with blood,
and there was great pool of blood where
she had been lying. Her torn garments
were clotted with blood, which was still
yelling from wound in the breast. HeI
face, neck and hands were slashed with
knife, as though the murderer had first
attempted to cut his victims throat.
The girl was not dead before the shout
Of murder which had aroused the village
was accounted for. After killing his be.
trothed, Haddock had gone to his fathers
house, 300 yards distant, mounted to the
second story, and shot himself at the
head of the stairs. He had placed the
pistol close to his body, and was a deaG
man when his mother, seeing what was
done, raised the cry which disclosed the
louble tragedy. The wound made by
the passage of the bullet was as large as
trade dollar. A paper collar was fount
near the body on which the murderel
and suicide had written the words, in &
firm hand, Forgive me, mother" Th'
= pistol with which the shooting had beer
done was an old fashioned revolver o.
the pepper box pattern, carrying in it,
five chambers a tremendous bullet. Had
dock had borrowed it of Patrick Reilly
! a fellow workman at the rolling mills, al
r hour before his bloody crime was com
r mitted, on pretence of shooting a doy
which annoyed him on his return from
work.
! At the coroner's inquest Reilly testi
fed that Haddock, on receiving tn
weapon, which had four chambers loadet
: danced for Joy. On hearing the pisto
+ shots Reilly suspected the cause, an,
, hurrying to Haddock's house, identifies
his property as it lay beside the bleedin
! ! body of the dead borrower. Reilly, VIII
}. was an intimate friend of Haddock, sal
; that the latter had never confided to hiI
Q that there was any difficulty betwee
himself and his betrothed, which he OF
; dinarily would be likely to do.
. Haddock was not known to drink, an
{ his mother says he was the most obedi
!, ent of her eight children. He had nc
eaten heartily for the past week, but ha
!, not even intimated that anything wa
9 wrong with him. He was twenty-on
o years of age, Miss Davis was nineteen
She was brunette, and must have bee
Il of unusually attractive appearance. TIL
bullet fired by Haddock penetrated To
- heart. The knife with which he assaile
her is of the kind used by butchers, an
" has blade eight inches long.
e Full Of Interest," long note ovel