Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
A MOTHERS MAD DEED.
MRS. DIR. SEGUIN KILLS HER THREE
 INFANTS AND HERSELF.
Locked in an Upper Chamber. the Little
 Ones Play Blind Mans Buff with Death.

Locked in an Upper Chamber. the Little
 Ones Play Blind Mans Buff with Death.
 One of those singular tragedies which it seems impossible to reconcile with an all-ordering Providence occurred in New
 York on Tuesday. A woman in the early
 maturity of her life, gentle, lovely and
 cultured, the idol of 8 husband who was
 but few years her elder, blessed in her
 maternity, in her social position and in
 the refinem ent of her home, destroys first those who were dearest to her and
 then herself, leaving behind no shadow of & clew to rational motive for the
 deed. Her name was Mrs. Margaret
 Seguin, the wife of Dr. Edward c. Se- gr1in, whose residence is at No. Al West Twentieth street He is eminent in his
 profession and is widely known both in
 this country and in Europe. Thirty-fve years of age, she was the mother ot three children, all of tender age and | sweet and engaging in their innocence.
 Edward C., the eldest, was six years old
 John Van Duyn was five, and Jeanette,
 the youngest, was four. These were her | victims. The manner in which she &C.,
 complished her maniacal inspiration, for
 such it will probably be found to have
 been, is most remarkable.
 Mrs. Seguin was charming lady, of
 slight figure, dark hair and intellectual
 features. Her domestic life, as far as
 outward circumstances could make it,
 had been a most happy one. There was
 nothing in it that could justify lack of
 contentment, or repining. Yet, strange
 to say, her friends for long time had
 noted in her variable melancholy which l T1%- | able, but which, nevertheless, was deep
 seated in its source. One of those who l chiefly remarked it was Dr. Royal w.
 Amidon, her brother, who resides only 8
 block distant from her house, and who | has been in the constant habit of making | himself almost as familiar in 1t as in his
 own home.
 Dr. Amidon called about noon and stayed at luncheon with his sister. He
 returned about six o'clock in the evening,
 and noticed at once peculiar quletness
 about the house.
 "Have you no idea where the family
 is ?" he asked of servant. "Did your
 mistress return from her walk?"
 CT don't know. The children may be
 on the top floor. The spare room is
 locked and the key of the door is miss
 ing" Dr. Amidon, as if moved by present.
 ment, did not wait for another word, but
 ran up the stairs. The room referred to
 by the servant is the front one in the
 fourth story, large and square, and
 seldom used excepting when the family
 had guests. He tried the door and, find
 ing that 1t would not move, immediately
 burst 1t open with his foot.
 The sight which was revealed when
 it gave way was such as had been sug, gested by his misgivings, but far exceeded
 them in its horror. The mothers body lay in front of small closet near the centre of the room; the elder boy was near her, and within the closet were the two other children. Blood was oozine , from their wounds and all were apparentl, , dead. The hands of the children were |, tied with whipcord and their eyes were blindfolded They had been shot through the head Dr. Amidon at once dispatched , a message for the police.
 Captain Williams made close examin ation of the rooms. He said that tn lady was undoubtedly insane when sh fired the shots. She had evidently takel the little ones up stairs to kill them. Il ! order not to alarm them she probabl. ' had bound and blindfolded them unde
 the pretense of playing "blind man buff" game of which the children wer , very fond. She crossed their wrists be hind their backs and tied them tightl \ with white cord. White handkerchief . were bound over their eyes.
 , Everything shows that the killing c all three was contemplated from the first as the two youngest Duyn and tn g little golden-haired Jeannette-were pu | ,r, 4Ioo o1o 4bo%A iol,+ g an alarm when she shot Eddy, the eldest Eddy was shot in the side of the head
 the Captain said, with large target pisto , The bullet made considerable fractur of the skull, and glancing off, lodged 8 the ceiling The Captain exhibited . f1attened piece of lead which he said h a dug out of the plaster. The maniac WE = evidently in hurry to finish her frightfr U plan, for the youngest were killed in th e closet and there was not sign that the d had made a struggle or were aware of th n doom ill store for them even at the last mt e ment. The large pistol contained only on
 bull at, and the two youngest children wei ,,i ,i shot with medium sized Remington r volver. After killing her little ones u n mother shot herself in the head, evident st without turning away, as her body WI n found face downward with the head towa1 u the closet and the revolver on the fo y about foot from her right hand, whe. le 1t had fallen. There was little blood ( i'd the floor, and the Captain said that not r. ing appeared to be disturbed.
 IS The faces of the children when u er bandages were removed were happ Ia peaceful expressions. Little Jeannet
 was a particularly moving sight. HI "' head was drawn back in playful wa
 the lips parted smilingly, and the so
 eyes were half-open. The pose of h.
 body, with the little, white fingers locke
 in natural, childish manner, would inc v cate that she suspected her mothers pre- d ence and tried to avoid being caug D. when she was killed. Her dress w ,r hardly soiled, and her ringlets hu1 Is about her head profusely. Even Capta ,s Williams, used as he is to scenes of bloc e. shed, was almost affected to tears. I 70 said that when Policeman Sweeney a ,n rived at the house he lifted the younge 10 boy from the closet and placed him ( 69 the bed, suspecting that life might not m entirely fled. The large pistol, accor le ing to the captain, was found on the be o- and the two other weapons were on u ,e floor.
 " A policeman who was in the roo s. lack of any sign of struggle showed tn h. the woman must have acted with terrih ,e swiftness. The room was in the front h. the top floor. It was not usually occ of pied but was kept as a spare apartme " in case visitors wished to stop over nigl an A bed was placed in one corner and