Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-10
A MOTHERS CRIME.
Crazed by Jealousy, She Attempts to Muir
der Her Four Children.

Cr;lzed by Jealousy, She Attempts to Mur
| der Her Four Children.
A murder most shocking and unnatura
tho attempt of a mother to destroy tht
lives of hcr four children and herself-oc
CURED about daylight in the tenement
house, No. 5 Warrenton Place, off War
rcnton street, Boston. Tho murderess was
Mrs. Mary Konig, who lived OH the third
iloor of the house. Her husband, Michac
| KOnig, some time since left her, it is said
on account of her jealous suspicious O
him, she charging him with being too in
innate with other women in tho house. The
| result was that after several quarrels III
| went to board out. Ie, however, sent hcl
money for tho support of the family.
AS reported, the estrangemcnt between
Mrs. KOnig and her husband was made
| the subject of unfavcrablo criticism by
other women in the house, and Mrs. Konig
after expressing herself very emphatically,
intinlatcd that she and her little ones
would not long remain in tho world
With a view to carrying out her implied
threat she arose at three o'clock Tuesday
morning and proceeded to the room occu
pied by her eldest son, Emil, and his
brother.
Emil, who was awakened by the first thrust
of tho common thrco-bladed case knife
which she was using, Immediately jumped
from the bed. Graphing with his mother,
desperate struggle ensued for the pos.
session of the knife. The youth finally
succeeded in securing it, but not, how,
ever, until after the mother in her mad
frenzy had inflicted several severe wounds
upon his and her own person. Having SO
cured the knife he pushed his mother into
her own room. Thinking nothing more
of the matter he retired and was soon
asleep.
Two hours later he was again aroused
by cries of I" Help ~ Murder ~ "Mother
is killing me ~ proceeding from the room
occupied by his mother and the rest of the
children. Rushing into the room he found
bis mother slashing tho throat OF his sister
Mary. The girl was helpless, crying
piteously, and the mother was about tc
inflict the fatal thrust when Emil caught
her arm. Another struggle ensued for the
possession of the weapOn-a common bread
knife-the walls attesting its intensity by
their blood stained appearance when
viewed by the police soon afterwarJ.
disarmed, and the police, having been
notified, were soon upon the scene, when
it was discovered that the full extent Ol
/
her own life and the lives of her children.
August, aged five, was found dead
Alfred, aged twelve months, was severely
cut about tho arms, legs and face; Mary
aged thirteen, had her throat and her face
horribly mutilated. Emil, aged seventeen
was also severely stabbed. The murderess
was considerably mutilated about the legs,
one of the incisions made by the knife
being very severe.
In an interview with reporters she
stated that she was willing to talk, and
gave as 4 reason for her rash act her hus.
bands infdelity and cruel treatment Of
her. 81 have waited long and patiently,
said she, expecting that by my own
and my friends influence could win him
back, but on Saturday last not only his
! actions but his words convinced me that
that woman had weaned him away from
his family. Since then considered what
was best to be done, and concluded to
end my own and my children's troubles
by death. I fully intended and thought
I had kill them all and hoped that my own
cut would also prove fatal"