The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-11
THE PREVAILING MANIA.
Another Young Lady shot by Her Rejected
LOver-IadIes Beware.


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BETHLEHEM, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE little village Of
Ferndale was the scene OF terrible tragedy last
night the murder OF Miss Lizzie Davis by bel
lover, John Haddock, and the latter subsequent
suicide. Haddock was organist OF the only
'hurch In the town, and his victim, comely
Welsh lass, was leader OF the choir Of the same
They were about the same age. Hsddock was
passonstely in love with his choir leaoer, and
when Israel Jones, former rival, reappeared in
the village, bis passion became insanity. On Sun
day last he threatened that If she spoke to Jones
he would kill her and then himself Miss Davis
informed her uncle, with whom she lived, tina,
she proposed rs soon as Jones again left the vii.
lage, TO discard both.
Having previously borrowed q revolver, Had
dock last evening visited the young lady. II ia
desperate struggle ensued Handbook secured
. butcher-knife, with blade about eight inches
long and worn down very narrow and tApering,
the edge not very sharp, and. after repeated at
tempts with the knife, as the cuts on the body
testified, he was compelled to resort to the pis.
tol. There IL . cut in the throat extending
almost from ear to ear, showing he must have
had his victim in such position az to enable him
TO attempt to out her throat The knife scarcely
penetrated the skin. There is q cut on the top
OF her head, another under the right ear, another
in that ear, an messed wound at the angle OF the
Jaw, two cuts on the chest, slight abrasion over
the left eye, and back Of the right hand. The
latter were, no doubt, received In guarding
against the maniac's assaults. Besides these
outs he fred at the girl three times, hitting her
but once, however. The bullet struck d vital
point, probably the lungs. The girl lived ten or
twelve minutes after being discovered, but WAS
unconscious. She had run up stairs in the hope
Of escaping her fate.
There are evidences Of the struggle on the
upper floor, again down stairs, and back into the
psrlor where the fatal bullet was finally fred,
and where, welteripg in her own blood, the girl
was subsequently discovered Ia dying oondi.
ton. The girl was not killed by the first ball
fired. She guarded her body even against The
pistol. Her dress sleeves and white cuffs are
burned and powder marked, and her left arm
showed burns, especially at the left elbow joint.
There are slso powder marks on the left fore
head and left temple.
satisfied that bis work was well done. Haddook
proceeded to his own home, sboat two hundred
tapped ct their bedroom window, and his mother
opened the door. He asked her to put chair
in front Of the door, and retire; that he was 60
ing "down and back" and would be in soon. In
q few moments he entered, and the mother re-
marked tnat he was "bsck soon." He replie d
that he had no desire to remain long, and passed
up stairs. BY this ruse he escaped being de-
teoted in his blood. begrimed and torn clothing.
He no sooner reached bis room than the family
were startled by the report OF a discharged fire.
arm, and the lifeless body Of John Haddock was
found in his room. The fourth charge Of the old
pepper box revolver had passed between the fifth
and sixth ribs into his heart, and death was in
stantaneous.
Mr. Davis first learned of the suicide when he
recalled the threat that Haddock had made, and
at once proceeded to his home. He found that the
front door would not open, because something
lay in front of it. Fearing the worst, he called
his neighbor, Mr.. Edwards. who went into the
house and found the dying girl upon the overcoat
Of her murderer. Near the body was found the
murderers neoktie, which he had lost in the
struggle.
The murderer left behind no word OF explana-
ton. On the paper COLLAR which he had worn he
had written in bold. lesible hand these words:
"Forgive me, mother"