Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-17

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kindly cared Tor until other arrangement
are made for them.
The Hatchet's Terrible Work.
After Mrs. Masch and the children la;
been removed from the house, Drs. Comp
ton and Welchans proceeded to make al
autopsy of the remains Of the elder Mrs
Masch. 1t was found that she had blet
very profusely. the rag carpet upol
which she had fallen under the blows of hel
daughter-in-law being actually saturated
with blood-perhaps gallon or more
There was q severe contus sion over the
right cheek bone, which was swollen and
discolored, the right eye was much black
ened, and there was another confusion on
the left side Of the nose There was a
small, curved incised scalp wound Oh tho
top Of the forehead, about three -fouIths
Of an inch in length On the top Of the
right side o; the head was straight,
clean cut. an inch long, passing through
the scalp bat not into the skull, and there
were three other cuts just over the right
temple, one Of them being one and
a-half inches l"ny and the other
about half IN Incl. The right temple wa
crushed in and there were two scalp
wounds on the right side of the head back
of the ear The doctors next removed
the scalp, and examined the skull, which
was found TO be terribly fractured and
splinteIcl. eight large and many small
pieces being pushed out from tho region
of the right temple. On cutting away the
skull, large clots Of blood were found be
tween the right lobe of the brain and the
membrane within which it is enclosed, tine
right lobe of the brain itself being in a
cong ge&ttl condition. Otherwise the brain
was healthy. The fracture of skull and
sufficient 20 cause death, but it is prof.
able that the poor woman bled to death
from the severance of large blood vessels,
but that is 4 matter for the corOners jury
to determine.
Tho MsscI Family.
Tie Masch family are highly spoken of by
their neisibors. The old lady, Elizabeth
Masch, and her son Augustus were born
in Switzerland, but came to this country
when Augustus was L little boy. For
several years past Mrs. Masch has
been :, sufferer from old peoples
palsy, "i palsy ;:gitaus as the doc
tors cali it, and has been com
paratively helpless, but was very kindly
cared for 10y her son and daughter-in law
with whom she made her home Angus
tus Masch, the son of the dead woman
and husband Of her slayer, is we'll known
in this city, having lived here nearly all
his life, learned his trade at OILERS
foundry and machine shops, and for five
years past has been employed at Best
boiler works lIo is about 30 years old, is
4 sober industrious reliable mechanic,
kind son, husband and father, and has
scores hf friends who deeply Sympathize
with him in the terrible aiflictiOD which
has overt:.lsen his family
Mary MasCL was Gorn in Dunai,esii.us e:n.
Baden, her maiden name being Keller.
She is about ) years Old, and has been
married about seven years" She is intel
ligent, good.lookiuy and always bore the
name OF being Il kind. hearted, gentle.
woman. devoted to her family. Last Oc
tobcr she was taken Sic. and suffered ter
ribly from ar:almal fever, dining
which insanity developed 10 :: rather
alarming extent. She WIS care
fully n,usci back to cunvalescsnce,
though once or twice she showed symptoms
of insanity-on one occasion setting fire to
a large pile of clothing in the second story
of her house but tor some time past she
has acted so nationally that no suspicion
was entertained that size would
wrons ony one This morning her
husband, after assisting his mother down
stains aud eating his breakfast, went as
usual tn his work, leaving his wife and
moth,, n;. the best of terms down stairs
and k;s little children in bed in room
aLoye--ail, As he ianceIi, comfortable and
happy What followed has been stated
abovG
Court of Common Pleas
BEFORE icD&E PATTERSON.
In il,. case of Evan Busler vs.. Nathaniel
Burt, the jury went out last evening and
remained in their room until 10 o'clock
before they agreed This morning they
rendered a verdict in favor of the defend
and ior $S7 66. ii. c. Brubaker and Ken
nedy for plaintiff; McMuleE and Rey
nolds for defendant.
BEFORE JUDGE LIVISGSTOS.
Emma Havcrstick and her husband John
J. Havrrstick, iOr tho use Of the said
Emma Eavelstick, vs.. John n. Brubaker,
administrator of David Brubaker, de-
ceased This was an action to recover 4
bond OF $4,000. David Brubaker Was a
resident of East Hempfeld township, and
Mrs. Haversticl was one of his daughters.
She claims that in August, 1874, six years
before her fathers death, he gave her this
bond which sho handed back to him to
keep for her, as she was not of age. She
has not seen it since and now sues to re.
cover. 1t was shown by the plaintiff ard
her sister that the bond was given her at
the same time that another for 81, 500 was
given to the latter, and witnesses tes-
tilted that deceased had said lie had given
these bonds to his daughters.
The defense was that after the death of
Mr. Brubaker an examination was made
of all his papers, but no bond of the kind
alleged to have been given was found. No
demand was ever made by the plaintiff
inr the bond until her sister had recovered
on one which she held. On trial.
Bids Openol.
This morning the bids for collecting