The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-13
WIFE BUTCHERY.
A Woman's Fearful Fate-Assailed
by Her Husband with an Ak,
And Killed in Sight Of Her Child
The Siayer's Attempted
Suicide.

New Work Herald,
A murder of the most brutal and
revolving kind occurred yesterday
afternoon, ON the farm of ex Assembly
man Adrian Suydam. sparsely
settled district of the Eighteenth
ward. of Brooklyn. At the rear OF
Mr.. Suydam's stable, on WoodbiDe
street, between Central and Ever
green avenues, Is a one story frame
shanty, where John Oystermeyer anG
his second wife. Caroline, resided,
with their son John, nine wears Of
age. Mrs. Oystermeyer was a hard
working woman, of about 81 years
of age, and had been employed
occasionally by Mr.. Suydam for over
twenty years. Until some eight
months ago she resided at the corner
of Marion street and Howard avenue,
in the Twelfth precinct but think
ing to obtain more employment at
washing and cleaning she obtained
the consent of Mr.. Suydam to occupy
the little shanty above mentioned.
Her husband, a thin and weaZ .n
faced German, some three years
younger than his wife. did laboring
work occasionally. He was not fond
of work. however. and, being of
quarrelsome disposition. led his wife
most wretched existence. Being
addicted 70 drink also Mrs. Oyster
meyer's cuD of bitterness was con-
tinuaIly filled to Overlooking. Yes-
rerlav morning the poor woman,
whose back was bent with hard work,
accompanied by her son John, carried
home some clothes she had washed
for some family in the neighborhood.
Upon returning to her own unhappy
nome size provided scant meal. Her
husband was not present at the time,
hut while the mother and son were
eating at little table in the corner
Of the room he came IN. lie began
at once to quarrel with his wife and
called her vile names.
THE FATAL ATTACK.
Suddenly Selling long handled AK,
he pushed her from the kitchen into
their little bed room. and there
knocked her down. While she lay
upon the floor he dealt her several
violent blows upon the head. The
little son, Mortified at the scene he
had witnessed, ran out into the road,
wringing his hands and crying for
help. Oystermeyer's step-daughter.
Maggie Dieds, nineteen years of age, |
who is employed as a servant in Mr.. |
family, hearing her mothers
screams ran across the road into her |
fathers house. She soon crossed the
road again. shouting: Mother is
dead! Mother is dead!" Mr.. Suy-
dam and Mr.. Josiah Davis. a farmer,
by her cries. entered the
the residence of the Oystermeyers,
the door of which stood open. Seeing
Mrs. Oystermeyer lying on the bed
room floor with the blood pouring
from several horrible cuts about the
head, and her husband rushed wildly
about the kitchen, they hurried from
the place and quickly closed the door
behind them. Obtaining a stout
stick they secured it from the outside.
Mr.. Suydsm then glanced through |,
Inc window and saw Oystermeyer
moving about the apartment with a
we'll worn table knife in his hand.
Leaving Mr.. Davis to keep guard at
the door. he made all possible haste
to reach the Ninth sub-precinct
station house. Before arriving there,
however, he met Officers Collins and
Lunsman, of that precinct, and in
formed them of what had occurred.
Upon returning to the house the
,fficers found the door bolted on the
inside. Placing their shoulders
against it, they soon effected an en-
rance. Mrs. Oystermeyer still lay
silently beside the bed, with her face
lpturned, presenting horrible
spectacle. Her husband was in the
adjoining bedroom, sitting on the
ht.si.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
From a terrible cash in his fore
head the blood trickled to the floor,
dark red pool which ran in
iny streams i'm every direction. His
was smeared with blood, and
when brought into the kitchen he
exclaimed: Il make her todt, /
make her i~it." meaning that he
had killed her. This was found to
be too true. Mr.. Suydam, upon
entering the bedroom anl lifting the
snor womsn's hand saw thai she was
indeed dead. The body was lifted
lpon the wretched bed, and there it
ay with the miserable surroundings
which, IN life. ii had called ''home."
A mong the few meague pictures upon
he wall hung a neat motto entitled
He leadeth me-" Thinking. per-
,aps. that a spark Of life might still
'emain in the inanimate figure upon
he bed Mr.. Suydam summoned DR..
residing at the corner Of
Bushwick avenue and Woodbine |
street. The physicians examination
Of the body, however, only confirmed
the fact that life was extinct. Oyster
meyer. although badly injured, walked
to the station house. distance of
one half mile. To Capt. James |
Dunno and Sergeant Murphy Oyster
meyer said Il have stopped her
and l have stopped mine, too"
An ambulance was summoned, and