Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-01
A Strange Tragedy IA Little Rock.

LITTLE Rock October 3l.-Several weeks
since an old man named Isadore Cszat, for
thirteen years stationary engineer in the ST.
Louis and Iron Mountain railroad machine
shops in Argents, opposite this city, was dis
charged for frequent neglect of duty. Since
then he has repeatedly said he intended
suiciding, and about 2 O'Clock this afternoon
he rose from the dinner table, at his resi-
dence on West Markham street, babe his
family goodbye, put the muzzle OF pistol
10 his temple, fired, and fell dead. An hour
later his sou, Demo Cszat, sbout twenty
seven years old but who was not home at the
time, crossed the river to Argents, deter
mined TO avenge his fathers death. He en-
tered one of the machine shop offices and
enquired for Master Mechanic Richardson,
who had discharged his father. Richardson
was absent, but G. F. Barnes, his clerk and
time-keeper were there. Cszat began cursing
him as the cause of his fathers discharge,
drew pistol and ordered Barnes 10 get on
his knees and beg his pardon. Barnes ex-
postulsted. Then Cazat exclaimed that he
would kill him anyhow. "One, two" and
while pronouncing the word "three," thrust
the pistol into Bsrnes's face and fired. As
his victim suddenly stopped in his effort to
dodge the bsll entered Barnes's forehead
over the right eye. Cazat fed and hid in
clump of willows near the rivers edge, where
he was arrested and brought over to the city
a Ii.
man, is still living, but is mortally wounded.
No doubt it was Cszst's intention TO kill
both Richardson and Barnes. The strange
feature of the affair came out in the testl-
mony OF Mrs. Cazat before the coroner. She
ST ated under oath that an agreement had
been made in her presence between her hus-
band and son that the former should COM
nit suicide and the latter kill Richardson.
She believed the compact the result OF frenzy,
hr,t - a. ffiI led
MAD Mothers Horrible Deed.
New YORK, October 31.-Mrs. Seguin,
aged thirty years, the wife Of DR.. Seguin,
noted specialist on diseases OF the brain,
killed her three young children this alter
noon and then killed herself at No. Al West
Twentieth street. There is no other cause
known for the horrible tragedy than the in
sanity of the mother. The children were
Edward D., aged six years; John
Vauduyn, aged five, and Jeanette,
four years They were all shot through
the head and Instantly killed. The
mothers death was as sudden as
theirs. A frightful feature of the trsgedy is
the m amer of the murders. Mrs. Seguin
took the children to an empty spare room at
| the top of the 6ve-story house, in the alb
sence OF her husband, and when the servants
were engsged in the basement, and locked
herself in with them. The servants be-
lieved they had gone out for walk. What
| happened IL the rnon will never be KNOWN
but when DIR. Amiden, Mrs. Seguin's
brother, called at O'Clock, and with
his suspicious aroused by the i,ro
| absence of the fann'i- rooJa .ss.rcb Of the
! 10y, maue aseafch OF the
/ house. The mother and children were
found dead, all shot through the head. The
children's banda we're tied behind ttheir
| backs with whipeord. They were blind
folded with handkerehiefs, and, from all APP
pearances, they must have been shot while
| playing at blindman's bui4 with their exc
cutioner. They had been dead for at
least an hour and half, and
| Pistols were found in the room, all of heavy
caliber and all had been used. Mrs. Seguis
had been respondent from physical causes
! for some time but she had shown no evidence
OF insanity. she. Was x--.->sII slim woman.
OF nervous teniperapent. Her dolnr-s;c lifs
was very happy, and there was no family
trouble DIR. Seguin returned home about
news was uttiery prostrated. Be is
in q state of mental distress and
under the care of physicians. DIR.
Seguin il a noted specialist IN cases of in
sanity. His father was equally so. His
wife was the daughter of q Massachusetts
farmer. The couple moved in The best 40
ciety. The family lived in a 6ye-story
brown-stone front English basement house
elegantly furnished. she room in which
the tragedy took place is on the fifth fln~-
scarcely ever used by 'L------=--.i and
three serys1. s<--.te family. The
d,-: --=-zss IN the house noticed
Z, --iInz the day that Mrs. Seguin wa,
moody, condition she had been in for sew
eraI weeks, and which her brother, DIR
Amfdeu, termed the "blues." About II
O'Clock he called upon her, and she said sh.
did not feel we'll and had written Il
DIR. Henry Draper, who had been invited {,
: dine with the family. This note she
, asked her brother to send. He tool
! il iokingly, and told her the,
: would :sr enjoy themselves. d.. Amidel
called ON his sister at o'clock, an,
was told abe had gone cut for a walk. H
! returned at 5 O'Clock, but Mrs. Seguin hz,
r not yet returned. TIE hall boy incidentally
mentioned that the door of the spare room