, 1881-08-10
Parents Murder Their Three Children
and Blfn Their House to Con.
.''ceaI tho Crime. =
six People die at Lancaster. N. H.,
Under circumstances Which
Indicate Poisoning.
Internal Machines Employed to Burn n
llousb 4snd Barn at sctt.
uatc, II. I.
A Boston Merchant oonhdeneed Out
Of Twenty Thousand Dollars
fnud q Vesso1.


1SI1UatAN PATENTS.
Sptetat u<sndteh to Iht Chicago 1ftbnnt.
CoNcort,, N. Y. Aug. tt-1tio Curoncr's Jury
In tho case Of tho three children Of Charles
MoOdy. who wer1 supposed to hnve Dceu
burned to death on the night of July at Iako
Village, returned yor.llat that in tbor optninn
the children Wora murdered and tho house
burned to CONCEAL tho criu,e. Moos1y and hs
vito woro aerestcd. and committed to JUL to
await tho action Of tho Grand Jury. Tho house
wns occupied by. three families. Including
nj! snved. Noxt morning tue bodies Of tho thrco
uhil.lren-+. q, md 10 years old-were found in
the ruins burned to a crisp.
WHOLESALE POISONING IN LAM
CAST Ele, N. II.
Sptetal D4snatth TO The Chteaoo Tribune.
CONCORD, N. H.. Aug. O.-Lnncastor Is greatly
excited over n wholesale poisoning atInir. In
july 1880, Miss llnttc B.igbee, II ycars Of ago,
died. Within 4 weok aftcrwarl tho mother,
ared 49, Nlso died. Fo1r days later tho death of
tho Irish scryat,t girl employed in tho family
occurred. Those persons woro NIL supposed to
tava died Of tllphthorIa. Thcn there remaIuetl
Ia tho fAu,Ely Or. Dugbce anu Miss Nolll0 Wobb.
tho latter aono 2 ycars old, who went TO tne
ungbeo house to. rot,der asslstance, and
iii wiio, daughtor, and servant. II August Or
cnrly. In September pr. llughce hinself dcd.
is death W. s'trStsa to to t eess @ s
three cuses Of diphthorn wcro a!so tr1lccl to tho
, satno ca!isc. T,ho Doctors ackness Tas Of
ticeulfnr typo. Ho WIS not feeling Wet ll tho
:vcnng aliid Miss Webb gAvo HIN a liquid
preparation. In tho night fe wna seized
with terrible vomiting. and from tl,at tine
until his death few days lntor he
wna not nbfe to keep anything fn ILLS stomach.
About lust Thanksgiving Mrs. T0wn1, who
wRs 10 years old, wha Helzcd with 8ttalen tVlncsl
tn tho night tttlp. Her d0Ath occurred 4 week
lat9r. Hor quick tak.nH-utf WINS considered tp
hitve resulted from tho same catisU which hnQ
made 50 great mortality In tho DuHbne family,
bllt In tho case Of blrs. Towno no dEphtherettcilf
membrane was FORMED In her thront. Last ja1l
nary Nfr. Towne passed nway, his dcnth being
alnllar 10 that 1t BIZ vito: Iii son. Francis
Towno. a surgconin the United Stntas arn1y. was
stationed tu Oregon. Lust spring ToWnc acnt on
nm order to havo his fathers bot.y exhumctt
and the stomach sent to 4 uhontst Tor Mnnlysia.
That organ was removed. and Prot. Wood. Ut
tho Harvard. Medical College. found thoren
quito a guantity of arsenic, With ttncturo Of
copper. ThosB will no1s be MI examination OF
the bodies OF Mrs. Tnwnc nnd Or. fluKhco, whose
intarnal organs will he Hent. to- Prof. Wood for
examination. Miss Wcbb, who has since became
tho wife Of Hurt Mnyo Il conductor Oh tho Mpii-
trenl K0au, In Womhn of xG,otl personal HprGAr-
nnoc, taolnbcr Of tho Methodist Church til IMt-
caster. and was formerly school, tcncher. From
somo presents, and from tho 'rowne. property
only s0nld furniture. Sno ttccnrcs hor inno-
! csnoo, but will probably soon be arrossel.