The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-07-07
IN. Y. Tribune.1
The Newark Tragedy,

Martin shot his wife and chill,
Wednesday night, is an outlying
street in the upper part of the city
Martin, when taken in custody b,
police officers, made no resistance, an(
readily gave up a seven-barrelle(
Smith & Wesson pistol which was il
his possession. One of the officer
asked him what he had done. He an
swered: ''Oh, | am going to be hang
ed. | have shot my wife!" Wher
asked why he did it, he said: 81 don
know what | did. | fired two shots
my wife made me mad" He wa.
taken to the Second Precinct Polio,
Station. To the sergeant he said that
his age was fifty years and his occupa
ton that of a machinist, but thai
he had never worked at hi:
trade in Newark. While standing al
the desk neighbor came in and said
"'Bob, never thought you would dc
such a thing" Martin responded
''Is the old girl dead?" He was in.
formed that she was, and then said
II know [ fired a shot, but l did not
know what | had DONE"
Meanwhile Captain Berger had en-.
tered the house in Nassau-st. and
found the dead body of the wife lying
on the floor of the hall on the first
floor. Blood was oozing from wound
in the breast, near the right shoulder
The captain next found that Martin
had shot his youngest child, baby
eighteen months old. The child had
two wounds in the abdomen, from
which the entrails protruded. The
child died five hours afterward. An
other babe, son eleven years of age.
and a son of Martins by a former
wife, age eighteen, were in the house
at the time of the shooting.
Charles Martin, one of the sons,
made the following statement yester-
day: Father came home drunk last
night and sat down on chair in the
dining-room. He asked where Ed
(the eldest sony was, and some one
said, Gone to the fire." Father said
He will get fire when he gets home
for being out when he was sick the
other day Mother said: You were
sick yourself the other day. and father
picked up chair and went for her.
She ran up stairs. He then went for
me and | ran upstairs and shut my
self in a room. Father came upstairs
and went into the bedroom where the
baby was and shut himself in. Mother
came and knocked at the door and
got the baby and started to go down
stairs. AS she was going down |
heard three shots. When [ came out
of my room mother was lying near
the foot of the stairs in the hall, and
father was near her. He said: "I'll be
hanged for this; | had better get out
of this The hall was full of smoke.
| went out and called the neighbors,
and after that father went out of the
house."
Captain Berger found one bullet in
the upper hall and one in the lower
hall, showing that Martin had fired at
his wife all the wav down the stairs.
It is believed that Martin did not in
tend to shoot the infant and that the
balls which killed it were intended for
the mother. Edward Martin, the son,
stated that he was in house. across
the street when he heard his name
called. He started to go over, and as
he did so heard three shots in quick
succession. He ran across into the
yard and around to the front hall.
When he got there his mother was
sinking down and he took the baby
from her arms. She said nothing.
He gave the baby to Mrs. Watts, a
neighbor. He found his brother
Charles in the alley cIying, and took
him to neighbor's.
Robert Martin was arraigned before
police justice Mills yesterday morn
ing. The Justice said: ''You are
charged with killing your wife and
child" The prisoner hung his head
and responded: II believe So" When
he was locked up again he wrung his
hands and exclass ssmed: Lord God, this
is fearful" He asked Captain Berger
for whisky, which was refused him.
A post-mortem examination was made
Yesterday afternoon, and it was found
that Mrs. Martin had been shot twice,
once in the right side near the shoul-
der, the ball passing through the
heart. The other bullet, which it is
supposed first went through the baby s
body, penetrated the mothers left
arm. An inquest was ordered and
will be held to-day by Coroner Dill.
Mrs. Jackson, the mother OF the
murdered woman, who lives in New
York, appeared at the house yester-
day and was overcome by the shock
Martin is native of England, but
came to this country many years ago
He worked as machinist in Cuba fol
some time. His marriage to the mur
dered woman took place twelve year'
ago, after which he again went t.
Cuba, where it is said he made anC
lost considerable money. Since living
in Newark he has supported his fam
lily ON his savings, without working
Until recently he was not intemper
ate. He stated to Captain Berge
that on Wednesday he walked t.
Eagle Rock from Orange; returning
to Newark, he stopped at a BARRON
and had some drinks, and on his re
) turn home his wife began to scol'
! him for drinking so much, and he go
angry at her.
, Last evening Martin was taken t
= jail. He was in highly neryop
state, rejected food, and begged 70