, 1880-07-23
A Young Boy Subjected to Brutal
Treatment at Bridgeport,
pa.
Chained, Cruelly Beaten, alld
Almost Starved to Death.
Horrible Atrocity Committed by
Circus Men at Soner-
set, Pa.
A. Bank Clerk in Detroit slugged.
and tho Bank Robbed.
About $1,000 Taken from tho Counter by
the Thief.

TWO MURDERS AND A SUICIDE.
Lyons, N. r., July 19.-'rhIs village, tho
county-seat OF Wayne County, was the seeliu
of frelghtful domestic tragedy yesterday
afternoon. About Q o'clock Solomon II.
Easterly, a farmer, about I5 years old, resttt-
Ink two miles cast OF the village, murdered
Ills wife and inothar-in-law and then commit
ted suicide. Easterly and Ills wife lad lived
inhnrnlonious!y, tho prcxcnce Of the wlfc's
mother In the house mt tending to render
their relations more agreeable. Easterly's
family consisted OF his wife and two
sSFer a Ssys oSy 10 yshrs yaso f Eav and It, fr Il.
natno was Mrs .Natl,al, Gcer, and IIer ave
about GO years. Easterly nnl his son IT,
tgrms home s,,9 fso cllto donE Esprtng sestesay
entering the house, the husband had a quar-
rel witt, Ills wife and muther-ln-lnw, wIIicl.
resulted n !,is ordering the latter to leave the
honse Shs tn rafuscd to comply WITH % ths
ard. fired two shots ut lier. THIS did not ltl-
tfmtdate her, and she said to her daughter,
Don't pc frightened, Mary; It is nothing
but powder" lie agaiil ordered her to leave
Eastcrly then went out Ard soon returned
with an ax,. with Which lte struck Mrs. Gccr
on the llcal, cutting long gnsh that pene-
trated the brain. Il Is Thought she foil on
LIE 1lUVi3 ato A. uOU1 VI b4OOi MA 4uuAN OA tuG
carpet In ono corner OF tho room. but her
hMiy was found In rnekingclufr. Tho
wound extended from tic left temple dtago-
na!iy across the forehead: Mrs Easterly WIS
q plralyzetf spectator Of her mothers nlur-
der, md when the husband had effected tint
lie attacked her with the sanle instrument
that bad given her mother thy deatll-blow.
l1e struck her twice on tho head, but the
wounds were not enough to disable her, and
sllu ran out III tie yard, followed by tho MUIR
ueror. lie again struck her with the ak, this
time on the top OF the head, intlietli,g .
wound the width OF the nx-bla.lc tint
split tho skull to the, brain. .Sle fell
iiIsensible, but did not die until carried
into the liouse. After the double murder
Easterly exclaimed to his his hired man,
my God, Charles, why didn't you stop mo
Pin going for doctor" lie then jumped In
| his buggy and drove toward Lyons ut q
furious speed. lie l,ltched his Nurse IN the
| vicinity Of the depot, and rnn through tho
| fields as II mad. It WINS not then kuown
| that ha had been HI actor III tile tragcdy
| above related, and little attention was paitl
| to his movements a few hours after, Wllcn
| the facts became known, search Wna made,
| mud his body was found by. C0nstables
Alburglt aud llcl In tic Clyde River, with a
| stone tied to tha neck. lie lad drowned
himself In two feet of water. His clothes
| wore TN the bank Of the stream.
| Ensterly was worth 1000, and Was a
temperate man. IIo had frequently quar-
relied with Ills wife, and i,utl only recently
returned from Florltla,. They lived peace
nbly together after Ills return until last Fri
day, When Ills m0tller-fsl-law came to Ills
house md the trouble began AalcW.