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credit with him. I will tell you as Sc
cret however, that tn is was not the last
suit of Mr.. Ordway's In which I have
taken warm and personal interest.
KILLED BY HIS MOTHER.
How an Austrian Who Had Made Fortune
in California Was Welcomed Home.
The Neue Frele Presse of Vienna re-
lates the story of crime which occurred |
few days ago in village near the Aus
train capital. Some fifteen years since a !
young Austrian left home to seek his for
tune in America. He left large family |
Of young brothers and sisters to be reared |
BY his mother, an energetic woman, who
kept.a small country hotel. The young
man arrived in America almost penniless
He went Went and after fifteen years Of
work in tho mines he was worth $50, 900.
AS he did not know. how to read or write
he did not correspond with his family,
and the latter believed him dead. About
two months ago he determined to return
to his country and share his wealth with
his family. He came to New York and
converted his gold into drafts on the chief
banking houses in Vienna. Some six
weeks since he sailed from this city, en-
Toying. in anticipation, the surprise his
He reached Vienna without accident, had
his drafts cashed, and left at once for his
native village. As was nat
ural, after an absence of Is years, which
was spent in the mines of California, no
one recognized him. He finally made
himself known, and spread before his two
brothers the handsome roll of bills of
| which he was owner, and which he an
| nounced he would share with them and
| their mother. The latter had now re-
moved to village about a hundred mile
away, where she kept an inn. After a
couple Of days of revel with his brothers,
the traveller resolved to visit his mother
1ncognito. It was arranged that he
should not reveal his identity until his
brothers should join him.
The Austro-American made his ap-
pearance at his mothers hotel. When he
saw the old lady he could sc&cely for
bear discovering himself to her. But he
managed to conceal his relationship, OF
which, of course, the woman was in total
ignorance. The pair had various long
talks during the day. When night came
before resting, he called her to the room
that had been assigned to him; stating
that he had an important secret to com
municate to her. Then he told her thai
he had in his possession large sum O
money and begged her to take charge O
: it, as he deemed it lmprudent to keep il
his room, particularly as the latter coul(
not be locked. The woman hesitated
moment, saying she had no place in tn
house where the money would be per
, tectly safe; but she finally consented t
receive it. When the stranger counted
over 100000 forms in bank notes, sun
such as she had never dreamed of, sh'
again declined to assume the rosponsi
bility. &.
But as he insisted, she at last took tn
, money and disappeared. What passe<
within the brain Of that wretched woma,
. during that night is more readily mag
t med than described. Upon reaching he
t bedroom she hid the treasure under he
/ mattress. But the temptations to loo
at the enormous roll Of bills was too stron
? for her and she spread them out on a ts
. BILE. The sight of the money so excite
) her that she became mad, and jumpin
2 from her seat, she took razor from he
: bureau drawer and stealing up to til
I room where her son was fast asleep CT
y his throat from ear to ear, KILN
i him almost instantly. She then put th
d razor in her sons hand to make it loo
e as though he had committed suicid
: Next morning her sons arrived and il
d quired for the stranger. She sent the,
s up to his room, saying that he had NJ
vet come to breakfast.
They found him dead, and yells of dc
- spair filled the house. The mother ik
- all the other persons in the house, wei
- up stairs, fcigning to be utterly ignoral
: Of the cause of the distur bance. 81
=, then learned that the murdered man W
- her son. The effect that the startling i
telligence had upon her mind need n
r be told. ~.-
:. "My son?' she exclaimed. 'sKill N
- my children kill me! 1t was who mv
- dered him.
~, &c The woman is now in the Vienna Lun
- TIC Asylum and no hope is entertain
" of her recovery Her surviving sons, it
:, said, are respondent about the death
=. their brother. IL.