, 1879-06-22
Who Loved Not Wisely, and the Fond Wom-
ans Husband Knew It. 80
I. Exiting Chase, with Bullet in 1t, One Of tho
- Consequences.
Tho Hull Tragedy as Much Mystery
" as Ever.

= s,-cfo, Dixpotch to The Tribune
arprsEr1ELp, Mass, June 21-The worst
1oca1 tragedy since the burning OF the Holyoke
r,enrh Church, in 1875, and one OF the coolest
nd most deliberate murders on record, was
-A,netrs.cd this afternoon at South Holyoke BY
5ohu Kemmier, aged 48, and;a former Germanfa
Mills employe, in the killing, By shooting, OF
h,s three children, Annie, aged 6: Lutmiller. 4;
snd Amy, 1.-The third being relic OF tTiplets.
The Kemmlers live In an attic at No. S75 Park
.treet the Germania Corporation Block, In
-omnarstiye poverty, the father having been
ont Of work since February when us
deserted his family to go to Denver,
col. after appropriattng the family savings OF
sos0 from the Savings Bank at HolToko and
Northampton, and returning only recently. His
III. supported herself and children oJ working
IN the mills and at odd jobs Moreover, kemm-
lar vas ordered to vacate bis tenement on the
sround OF not working in the mill. which proba-
hiv Tinened his determination. While be sent his
wife nm the street about 2 p. m. to buy hat for
Amy. he called the children upstairs from the
street On promises Of candy, and locked the
doors He first designed to poison them,
for which purpose he had got enough
cyanfde Of potassium to kill bali a
dozen families. He tried feeding it. to
them in cruel, but was only able to get lew
snoonfuls down Annie's throat, on account OF
the taste, and, it being an overdose, the victim
threw it I'D. Seeing this wouldn't work well,
he tcok Lutmiller into the front bedroom, shut
the door, and, drawing 32-calibre Smith u
Wesson fye-shooter. shot her through the head,
inst hack OF the ears. Leaving her Telteringg IN
her rpre. be took Annie to the bedroom, shot
her in like manner, and left her on the floor
covered with blood and yomit- Kemm]er then
laid ANY on the bed in the rear bedroom, and
shot her also through the head behind the
ears. burning the pillow. The work In
each case was done clean, the revolver being
placed against the head, as large powdcr-burns
on each face clearly showed, and the bullets
going straight through both par1etal bones OF
each ehild's skull. The murderer then, locking
the doors, went to neighboring saloon, where
he gave the barkoeper the tenement key, and
said, be had killed his children. He then
strolled up town, remarking that be had taken
his last glass OF beer. When arrested in an
Nd town saloon, be gave up the revolver, and
coolly- acknowledged the crime He said he
didn't want his children to grow up
and run the risk OF becoming Prostl-
tutes., He: could NOT support his family,
md could not see them in want. AND thought
the The best way was to kill them, when they would
60 to Heaven and be happy forever. He bad
intended to shoot himself, but finally concluded
Il to be w1opg and would let the Law take its
course BE wanted to die anyhow. kemmle1
takes the affair very p6llosoph1cal1y. lnere Is
BON boTn At Wurtcmburg, in 1sJll and has been in
this country seventeen years. He could not
agree with his wife.