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

TO bring her back TO life 1t was too late, however
The shot in the head had been unerriDgly 1atal
Further than this the dead occupants IN the room
were left undisturbed to await the arriva oi
Coroner Brady, who had been summon1u
by the police to take charge OF 'ne
case. The appearance of the room sno"e
that no struggle had occurred when the uo'V"
scene was taking place. Mrs. Seguin's counVen"neo
had peaceful and almost smiling look quo W." W.,
a dark cashmere dress, which was spo''eu WI,
blood. The three children were pre''nS
dressed; their clothing was oedaoOi'u otner
spattered with blood The crazy .noa mo'no.
Lna ~ +ha onnion of the witnesses
with the sbre1vd cunning of insane person. ni.o
her children play at blind-man's-buii tnaU sly
might the more easily kill them. The pahuas1 o
tbe head of Jeanette was burned by the naSn =,
tbe nowder. The body of John Van Duyn nau
fallen forward after he shot and MS heau 10Y
ON the sill of the closet door, There were
nooIs Of blood on the walls OF the cioseV
as If he or the little girl had roheu ''oi
two or three times after they had taIen' III 'n0
room were found lying upon tho table TWO Pis'oi,
in addition to the one which was fouhu III INC u
woman's hand. One was target pistol VIII pa.
rel eleven inches long. 1t had only one chamber,
and the smut on 1t showed that 1t had
been used by Mrs. Seguin. A double
barrelled nickel-plated Derrlnger was founu
to be loaded in both barrels. The other
three shots fred by Mrs Seguin were from hVe-
cbambered 32-caibre Remington with which sno
killed herself.
The most painful of the immediate duties that
followed from the triple murder and suicide was to
convey the news to Dr. Seguin, who had been
tins suddenly bereft of an entire family
During the whole of the afternoon
the doctor had been absent attending
to his professional dutles and 1t was wlthh
few minutes of o'clock before he returned to his
home. The news was sbrOken to him by DR.. Am1don
DIR. Seguin sank into a chair, and for the greater
part of the evening he remained sitting In the chr
in his Office with his eyes fixed and staring ana
seemjnplv unable to believe or comprehend what
had taken place.
AT o'clock Coroner Brady arrived. lie viewed
the bodies and gave permit for them to be placed
in charge of an undertaken who arrived about .
o'clock.
Captain Williams was promptly on hand, with
Sergeant Westervelt and three policemen, ana hau
the house closely guarded. He made minute e1-
animation of the room, and said of its condition;
Mrs Seguin lay upon her face, which was partly
turned to one side while her feet were
near the closet. She was grasplng the
fve.cbambered Remington revolver in her hand
three chambers of which had been DISCHARGED. Near
the older boy lay the long snge-barrelled target
pistol with which the boy had evidently Deen slot
The other children were In the closet. Appear
ances indicated that the mother had stood the lit
tie girl on a stool when she fred at her Ihe boy
Law on the sill of the closet. his head prorudlng
from the door, On the bed was the two-ehambered
Derringer and 6 box of cartridges Never IN my
experience have l before witnessed such terflpie
thing" ~, IL
A small crowd of persons collected on the side
walk in front of the building last night alone gave
evidence that anything unusual had happened IN
the neighborho0d. The locality is quiet and fash"
ionabe and is filled with the offices and residences
of physicians.
Coroner Brady will hold an inquest to-day.