The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-21
FORTY YEARS ais JUNIOR.
The Crime Of q Farmer Who Mar.
ried . YOUNG Wife.

Nv FORK Sun.
Mrs. Lizzie Van Tassel, whose homo
is in the Little Ulster county hamlet
OF New Salem. Was thirty-eiyht years
ofsge 90 Wednesday. and il vas ar.
ranged that her birthday should Be
celebrated By . social gathering Of
her neighbors. But instead Of the
pleasant party anticipated the Vac
Tssssl dwelIink Was filled BY mourners.
John Van Tassel. the husband Of
Lizzie Van Tassel. tor the past half
century has lived in or near New Ss-
lem. Twenty four years ago John
Van Tassel, then being . widower and
the father Of adult children, marrled
Lizzie. the only child Of Matthew
Freer, afsrmer possessed o. much prop.
erty. Though two score years her
husbands junior. Mrs. Van rasel a.
ways avowed great affection for him.
and until within tie past year Van
Tsssel seemed to reciprocats il. The
Young wife quickly developed into .
cOmely woman. She found opportunity
to improve her mind, end % . con-
versaiioualiss ranked far above her
neighbour No social gathering in the
towns Of Kingston and Esopus Vas
ever deemed complete without her.
Ma Aaron Stokes. whose home 10
next to that Of the Van Tassls, SAYS !:
Lizzie loved . gay life che wss ever
ready to laugh and to joke /; she al.
ways wore Q emile, and none Of our
parties could Be held without her. OF
al the parties held in this vicinity for
the past two dozen years abe has been
the BELLE
John Van Tasel vas never known
to urge any objection to the partici-
patton Of bic wife in these parties. No
man ever Whispered sught to the wifs's
discredit. Once. however. about .
year aso. Van Tssssl displayed . Gus
picioo Of jealousy, after his wife had
returned from Q 'sociahls' on Trsvars
bill. He said:
'Lizsis. I don't believe you love ne
like you ought to. You care moro
tor other peopls's company. You have
been OF dancing Ill night. while I have
sat here ct home With our children.
But lie al right ; I doo't blame you.
I'm twice - I'D - you are. and Of
eourss you can't love me like you do
. younger man. Its oil right. LIME.
During the next several months il IL
not known thst Van Tsssel ever said
anything to bic wife which would fur.
Their sustain the theory Of jealous feel
ings.
In September John Van Taasel Was
Frustrated With malarial fever, and for
. long time death Wa considered Ger.
tain. He recovered. however. and
Immediately began ~ accuse his wife.
and to threaten her life and that Of .
man who 10 veil known to the neigh.
boshood. He also threatened to take
his own life. These threats were made
to half dozen pessons.
On Wedn.sday morning be asked
uso WIZ W ~ WIN usm W tu0 UoIUs
and che did %. An hour later Mrs.
Van Tassens mother having IN erraud
to the barn NV John Van Tasssl FALL
ing backward upon Q pile Of straw, q
butcher-knife to bio throat, and the
blood sporting over the floor. She
vss alarmed. In the upper story Of
the barn lay L'zsis Van rasssl uncon-
seioos, and . cut o. her hsa6. An axe
lay beside her bespattsrsd With blood.
The man's throat Ne cut widely and
deeply. the vindpips bsing nearly
severed. He died almost immediate!y
sfter heing removed 70 the house. Mrs
Van Tassel still lies unconscious. The
doctor aye che cannot possibly re-
cover. Her skull = fractured. and che
su6en concussiou Of the brain.
Dr.. josiah Hasbsook mid late lest
evening that the cooditioo Of Mn.
Van Taael i much Improved.
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thaa dissssssiag eeseA b - - d. BalIt
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