The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-19
SAD FATE OF A RUSSIAN
EXILE.
A YOUNG WOMAN Ours HER THROAT
FROM EAR TO EAR.
WHILE STANDING OVER THE CRIB OF
HER BABY.

Coroner Jennings was aroused froI
his plumbers to attend the inquest {
Mrs. Rebecca GoIdsberg, who va
found dead at her home on Clsyto
street, one door from Hull. By
O'Clock jury had been summoned
Ye reporter was promptly on hand
The house in which the horribl
tragedy occurred belonged to MI
Simon Marks. and was q small strue
ture, set back but a few feet from
the street. 1t was plainly furnished
but everything was scrupulously nes
aud clean. We first entered q WOOL
room or kind of kitchen. Adjoining thi
vas the bedroom, 10 which the fearful
tragedy occurred. Passing into thi'
roc M we saw stretched upon boarC
n the floor a human form, oyel
which had been thrown a sheet. Or
every hand was the sight of blood
blood!l bloodl!! A great puddle mad
settled on the earth, while the bee
clothing and even the crib in which
played q young child was sprinkled
with the red fluid. There was in the
room a plain table, very cheap piBe
bedstead, and the baby's cradle. YCu
saw on every hand the index Of pow
erty, but a most Clearly care The
next room vas the psrlor. In this
was 8 few spit bottomed chairs, q
table covered with a cloth, and some
mantle ornan Q its. We noticed the
familiar chest of the emigrant, but
the most costly article in the house
vas new trunk, evidently bought in
America.
The jury was sworn, with Rev. E.
f. Anderson az foreman, and DR.. j
M. Carlton physician in attendance.
The first duty was to examine the
body. The sheet that covered the
remins was removed, when a horrible
sight met the gaze. ROBBED in single
garment. and bstked in blood from
head to foot, was young woman "a
years old. Her head was thrown
back, exposing a terrible cash that
half severed the head from the body.
You saw even in death the remains
of beauty, that was marred, however,
By the red stains of blood. From the
face to her feet was astream of blood
that gt1ed the garment to the flesh.
Il was a sight that will haunt the
witnesses to the grave. DR.. Carlton
ordered pan Of water, with which
he removed the clo'ted gore from the
wound that he might examine its
nature. Many of the jury had to 10
tire. so sickening was the eight
but DR.. O., with the eye of
an expert carefully traced the wound,
examining its nature, and also the
position of the corps. The knives
with which the horrible deed was
committed were also produced. There
was large butcher knife, very dull,
and evidently discarded as useless by
the suicide, and small pocket knife,
the point of the blade broken of, but
in the opinion of the doctor sufficient
TO produce the wound, by three or
four gashes. It seems that these were
the only knives in the possession of
the family, and being stricIly ortho-
1Ox Jews, one YES used for the pur-
pose of cutting meats and the other
Tor butter, fruit and vegetables. It is
against their religion to use the same |
knife for both purposes. The woman
vas enceinte at the time of the deed,
although she had an infant but seven |
months old.
But the ssGdest sight vas the little |
Daby, that crowed in the crib, uncon-
,ious of the fact the source OF its |
being was cold in death. The prattler |
Was propped up on its crib content
eddy sucking it's thumb, AMI ever and
anon gave vent to an exclamation of |
at the delay of it's morn
ing's meal. The child was completely |
baptized In IFS mothers blood, the
garment upon its body being stifsned |
with the horrible fluid. Some one
had placed a guilt beneath it, so as
to protect the child from TIE blood or
the covering In the crib; but even
with this p:ecaution the sight CT tae
little infant, with its garmuu,s
starched with it's mothers life-hIo9d
was enough TO sioken the stcutest
heart.
A number of witnesses we're exam
ined, and from them we CLEAN the
following testimony: Michael Colds
berg ard bis wife came to this copn-
try about eight months ago, txies
from Russian cruelty. Thy bad
known better times at home, me
family Of the vile being quite
wealthy, Go'dsherg was a ta:.3r ny
trade, aud found employment with |
the -Messrs Cohen, who testified that
be was a quiet, hard working man, |
and so far as they knew perfectly so0er.
He often worked until IL O'Clock
ii night. The couple had iiged
together, and the neigh
bors testified that be was ve9y kIad
to bis wife-in fact. be often did the
and washing for the family,
when his vile was sick, Mrs. d.
seemed perfectly content in America.
and expressed no desire to return TO
Europe. But about two weeks ago
she complsined OF having q pain in
her head, and acted somewhat
strangely.
One night lately her husband cam
10 from his WORK quite late, and the
wife tod him he must not leave har