The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-17
A SCHOOL ROOM TRAGEDY,
A YOUNG OHIO sCHOOLMAsTER i.iLLs
TWO OF HIS PUPILS.
The Country School House in Guernsey Conn.
ty-A Collegiate Graduate as Teacher
Dispute Over Grammar-The Teach.
or Attack cd The Assailants Killed.


From ire Cincinnati enquirer,
CAMBRIDGE, o., Dec. 14.-On Monday, about
II A. M. schoolmaster killed two Of his
scholars In country school house about mile
outside the corporate limits OF Cumberland
The little hamlet is in the extreme southwest
erly corner OF Guernsey county and within a
stones throw Of the Noble county line. The
community consists Of well-to-do tradesmen.
who draw their sustenance from as rich q
farming country as can be found In Ohio.
The actors In the terrible drama belonged TO
the best families In the settlement; all were
under % years old. and neither could be con-
sidered bad boys. The teacher Is William O.
Frazier. He Is but 81 years old. He comes from
excellent stock. His mother was Miss San
key. and Is the sister Of James Sankey. prom
inent merchant OF the neighboring town Of
Cambridge. Ohio. The boys father was killed
In 1868 In ono Of the battles before Nashville
under Gen. Thomas. His widowed mother still
resides at Concord with another child. She
owns farm however. which she rents out. ad-
joining the town Of Concord. Young Frazier.
who was member OF thessophomore class OF
Muskingum College. has always borne an ex-
cellent reputation. and was never known to
have personal difficulty with any one. He
would be remarked anywhere. as his face indi-
Gates more than average character and ability.
He Is Of medium size. will weigh probably l4O
pounds. IL quite muscular. but with no super
fuous flesh. His hair is black and inclined to
curl his eyes. which are large and dark hazel.
have look Of softness and his complexion Is
rudy. He is a nephew Of Judge w. H. Fra
zier. now occupying the Common Pleas bench
in Cambridge. and resembles the Judge In
The victims Of Frazier's deadly knife were
John Hays and Charles Luce. The former was
H.vs son m, Of "a. wealthy farmer named Hugh
town OF Cumberland. John was past IS. tall ALL
Sb5swp and and wsishsd probaby
termed bad boy. but he had " enous a Of the
devil in him to be- fun 81 fun at the same time
upon s on re mis- pTowess and
necessary. Charles, Luce. his companion in
misfortune. was OF the same calihre. with the
Vicious His father Matthias luce f. I IKE ne tSs
elder Hays. farmer in easy circumstances
resides near Hays pnd Quite close to, the town
OF Cumberland. Charley was a little over 10
at y S hn sn
ing any 9ngh and tumble fun that came along.
Ing. just after the recess hour. The teacher
informed his scholars that they would be re-
&c Wien q THIS
the matter had been discussed before this. very
mSsh ,Ss HAYS and and
their heads. He had given instructions also
In the evenings. but the grammar lessons
should he prepared for the morning recitation.
ms ia sm e ouh his tsn sss
and had substituted books on geography.
three: the boys still adhering to their deter
ma not to p ftS;r with giving
to do as they pleased about the grammar. The
teacher insisted that they should study the
9rdered them Ht out on the floor
cannot lie CLEANED, rs every scholar present on
that day has different version OF the affair.
his seat and STRUCK the teacher in the face
staggering him back against the blackboard
ward his assailant. and was again struck in the
AT f bS no ayS 9ok nar, the
had % yns one his Back
bench. the blows being rained upon his head
by both boys. ono of them called upon a third
took no part in it.
All is CONFUSION in the statements as to when
it is that he managed to get it from the sheath
that hung to, one OF the front buttons Of his
yet he lived from II O'Clock that Monday morn
ing until O'Clock the following Wednesday
one Of them In the right arm. Immediately be- |
10y the delioid muscle the second penetrating
u.
fatal one in the chest between the fourth and |
fifth ribs, on the left side penetrating the lungs |
to the n h bS was horrible 1
weapon coming out under the arm through |
which air was emitted from the lungs. Hays |
sufficient to cause death. The first penetrated |
the chest between the nth and sixth ribs, cut
ting clean through both lobes of the heart the |
SECOND cut into the stomach. |
When the cutting had been done. one Of the |
larger S schio lars some say !, was Charley Hays.
batants separated. John Hays ran 10 the door |
laying Come out here and we'll settle your |
fell upon an ash pile close to the door ana in |
less than i've minutes was dead.
As may be imiIaasncd the school was in an up;
the news Of the terriblee battle was soon spread
nr T, Luce . with o three ghasty sasLes in
lying boy home. The three picked him up.
yards Frazier saw that, they were carrying a
corpse, and said he would go no further with
It. but Luce insisted that he should continue.
covered With Sood As Fraa nySi left the
would rath err be IN Johns place than Where
h @fn Of iS ev Mr. Kamor "qd
ask him what he should do. Mr. Kumier ad-
'iised him to surrender himself to the authori-
Marshal Fulton. WHO took him r!t tS to 1h Rs
office OF Squire Joseph Purkey and thence
% the " calaboose." after he had been allowed
20 cleanse his face nj the Globe Hotel.
Meantime the injuries sustained by Luce
were fast sappins his life blood and within a
ew minutes from tho time he aided in carry
ng Hays's body into Millers house he was
himself compelled to go to bed III the same
iousc. from which he never moved until taken
o his own stricken home. dead.a
The teacher's injuries were at first regarded
~ very slight. but an examination made by
Drs. Wall and lioag after his removal to tho
,anihril gc jail by Squire putkoy assisted by
'lalshas Fulton and liami ton, disclosed the
mashed. and that the back part Of his right
aw was badly injured. besides having minor
bruises on different parts OF his face. Marks |
II violence were also seen on his throat. made |
apparently by the grin Of n clutched hand.
DIR. c. Draper and his son. DR.. @. Draper Jr.. |
we're called upon To attend Luce. They saw in |
moment that there was little hope. The pa
lent was fully conscious up to the final mo-
nent and almost with his dying breath said:
| AIN not mad at the teacher; like him yet"
Ills body was taken to the residence of his |
ather Inst Wednesday at noon, and the funeral
'ct for Thursday afternoon mt l O'Clock.
Frazier. during the trying ordeal Of arrest
md Incarceration. acted calmly and nationally.
6ut his grief was great. He said to Squire
PurkeY. My lifo Is. clouded forever" His
was teiegraphed for. and on Tuesday !
night she arrived in, Cambridge. and Vas al
owed t. Visit him.l his e;iiii. being soon after
oihe" , Judge Frazier Of Caldwell, Ohio, an