New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-01
nprA11s OF THE TRAGEDY.

"DETAILS OF THE TRAdbDi. 80
The tragedy from the circumstances uuu oa - -
:, took place and the deberateness WIN n
:. oorr;ed ont probably has had few paralieis III
was az. - tb;s ctv The home of Dr. Seguin is
'ro e,'o-storv brown stone house and stands al
- in the centre of the block, between flltn anu
S;xtb.aves. The English basement is useu as tno
osce of DIR. Seguin the first moor con'%ni'
,ho narlor and dining-room, TWO JUNO
floors are taken up WIN GU 80, 80,
while on the top floor are number OIL si,i'ii 49,
ord one large front room, which was seiuOHi 80
nv the family and was kept as gueS'-chaulDe. i1.
M family consisted of DR.. Seguin, MIS- NaiSaro
sar,,;n and their three little children, Edward ~,
Iobn Van Duyn and Jeanette oiisn'
little girl of four eyears, anu 'no
snec,al pet Of her father. Inc ~ wv
boys were five and six years old respectively VIZ
two chambermaids and the cook these coIlpii''U
the entire household. .. VAC
terday, by member OF the eegulh iailins' .,' ~
while the relations of Mr.. and Mrs. seguih were %
,ba most affectionate kind, the lady had peen
srbect for some time to fits of melanchOna' IL
rt,eved Dr Serun that these unaccOuntabls stages
of denression should attack his wife, ana WIN
view 10 cheer up her spirits he invited seect parties
of their friends to dine with them. 1es'eru"y
Dr Draper. an intimate friend Of the SeguinS' was
expected to dine with them,
nr sepuin went out to call on his patients as
usual Yesterday morning and left his VIE at hoo'
Ua observed nothing unusual in her conduct. Al
II o'clock Mrs Seguin stopped at the
office of her brother, Dr. K. w. Amldoh'
At No. 90 West Twenty-frst-st', lew
doors from her home DR.. Amldon was eA-
pected also to be one OF the olnnei
narty at Dr. Seguins. Mrs. Seguin seemed 10 her
brother to be in unusually low spirits. She COM
nlsined of feeling ill., and requested Dr. Amidon to
write note to Dr. Draper and beg him to defer MS
promised visit owing TO her indisposition Dr. Ami
don smoke kindly to his sister and told her not 10
send n note to DR., Draper; he assured her
that her feelings of sickness would pass off before
the hour for dinner He seemed to persuade her TO
his way of thinking for without further taiK sue
said 'Good-by," went out Of the office and returned
to her home.
At3 o'clock Dr. Amidon went to the house of his
brother-n-law in order to find out II his sister
was feeling any better. The chamber
maid met him at the door, and IN
reply to his inquiry for Mrs. Seguin said that she
WAS NOT in the house; she had the girl thought.
walked ont with the children little while before.
DIR. Amidon went away saying that he would be
hack in an hour. At the appointed time he re-
turned. The chambermad, who let him In, said
that her mistress had not returned from her walk.
On account of the damp, foggy and diSa-
greeable weather, DR.. Amidon thought
II strange that Mrs Seguin, If she were ILL., should
be out so long He questioned the chambermaid
more closely as to the probability OF her being In
the house Suddenly. if she had thought oil some
thing unusual. the girl said:
THE door of the spare room is locked, and when
tried to get in there short time ago could not
The key is turned on the inside. / did not hear
anything INSIDE, however"
That the snare room should be locked on the in
side was indeed strange, and DR.. Amidon did not
hesitate at the foot of the stairs moment. He
said afterward that his heart was filled with fore
boding as he ran up the flights of steps. Itwas
rather dark and the doctor impatiently ratified the
knob of the door. 1t was, as the girl said. locked
and the KEY was turned inside The doctor burst in
the door with a kick of his boot 1t was then
400 o'clock and the light In the room rendered
objects almost indstinguishabe. But scanty as was
the light the sight that met the gaze OF the doctor
almost froze the blood in his veins The girl who
followed him took a single glance into the room, and
then ran into one of the small rooms screaming with
fright.
policeman who afterward saw the same scene
said that it the most awful sight he had ever
witnessed during his whole experience the police
force The room a large one, carpetless and
table and a small bed IN the room. In one corner
was small closet Two feet to the left of the
closet door, as one enters the room, and within five
feet of where the doctor stood, the
body of Mrs Seguin lay, face down
ward with her arms and head bent under her. He
right hand clutched the barrel of pistol. In the
centre Of the big room was the body of one o.
her boys, Edward ID. He lay, like his mother. fact
downward. but his hands were tied behind hin
with twine. and his eyes were blindfoldet
with handkerchief. After the first sen
ntion of horror had passed away, the
doctor examined the body of his sister 1t was cold
and had been dead apparently about two hours Hel
brown hair was matted with blood which flowed
from bullet-hoe in the left side of her head just
over the temple. DR.. Amidon removed the Reming-
ton pistol with its blackened muzzle from the dead
woman's grasp and laid it on the bed He then
examined the corpse of the little boy His head lay in
pool of blood, while his brains oozing from
the track of the pistol ball. which had ploughed q
furrow along the side of his head.
The hOrrifed physician looked next for the bodies
Of the other children in the deepening gloom of the
room. Inside the closet, lying sido by side, both
with their eyes blindfolded and their hands
tied with tape behind their backs. lay the
bodies of little Jeanette and John Van
Duyn. terrible bullet wound in the head of each
One showed the deadly accuracy of the insane
mothers shots.
The other servants had gathered in the room by
THIS time, and DR.. Amidon sent of them fol
Dr Osgood Mason. whose Office is at No. GA West
Iwenteth-st DIR. Anidon himself went TO summon
policeman. In few minutes he returned
with Officer Sweeny, whom he had found on
MS beat on sixth-ave. Sweeny Lit kerosene lamp
looked at the scene aud then ran to the Thirtiett
Street Police Station and told what he had seen
seigeant Westervelt and Detective Schmittbergel
returned with the officer When they reached the
room where tho traoedy had been enacted they