The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-14
A MOTHERS DREADFUL DEED.
She Takes the Lives OF Her -Four Children
aud Kills Herself.

She Takes the Lives OF Her -Four Children
and Kills Herself.
The Sentinel of Sunday morning pub
the poisoning of four children by their
mother. The following special to the Com
mercial Of yesterday says:
Mary Syeboldt aged thirty-ive years. wife of
Casper SyebOld6 a baker, ard residing al 81 Fin
mel street, murdered her four children this morn
fug and then committed suicide.
The story OF the crime is one OF the r.est re-
maTkable ia she police annals Of Chicago, and
s SENSATIONS At O'Clock this zorniSg l~
Casper Syeooidt arrived home after
SSSssRs al LAR night at and James b mp s6o
by his wife. She was dressed in a new chemiSc,
trimmed with lace ane blue ribbon. puschssed e.
pecialty for the awf occasion. She acted strange
1y, and could scarcely stand. Come in, Casper,
come IA she said waving her hsrfe, "and see
our attle childrea. They are all dead; all our
four little childsea are dead-goRe to beeven.
Casper. See how pretty they are. Every one has
got nice flowers fer the angels"
Fer moment the husband WIS stunned and
thought his wttc crazy. He hurried TO the bed
room and there strange sign me his horrihed
eyes Lsid ont as for onnSl were TIE fous
ehllden. Matilda aged twelve, Arson aged
seven, ANA 'eged two years and six cnonths,
and the baby agnes. eyed less than four months
They were dressed in white, trimmed with blue
ribbons; hair nicely smOothed and tied with blue
ribbons, anC in tneir hands bouquets of fresh
flowers AT were stone dead except Matilda, ana
Mrs Syeholdt followed her husband into the
room, so full OF death and said: Yes, l sent
them al 20 heaven, because God wanted Them
CaSperSyebOldt was sIupifed. His lips moved,
bat no sound came H0 at last recovered suth-
ciently 60 realize the awful deed, and then has
tened asross the street and summoned Ne
Martini a grocer. That gentleman hastily
procured the services of DR.. Moe, but he could
do nothing for the dying girl Matilda. Attention
was then turned to Mrs SyebOlct, who was in
cOnvGSIons. She managed 10 tell the physician
that she gave the poison 10 her children first, laid
hon ,far and cd
taking the remnant Of large dose of strychDine.
She died in great egeny shortly after O'Clock,
and will be laid out beside her children.
+ It6s difficult TO find motive for crime
natural and terrible, but It is presumed tha. Go
nestle troubles caused the woman 10 lose her
mind. The husband is in such terrible state
that he can not answer questions intelligib1y.
Mrs. Seyboldt procured the poison az Merk-
merster's drug store No. POO Archer avenne yes
teDiay afternoon, aud as soon as her husband left
for his work last night she coolly began prepare
lions for the murder, dressing the children and
The home OF the Syeboldts is in the second
story OF a poor little frame house. and bears the
tEPreSs Of poverty among the. neighbors. The
SyebOidt family bears "a good reputation. and its
members have been considered honest, hard
working, respectable people If the husband and
wife had trouble sufficiently serious as TO cause
INSANITY, the people in the neighbOrhood have no
knowledge of IT. Mr.. syebOld's friends were sum-
Emoned aud took hisr in charge.
Matilda, the fourth aud eldest of the four muir
dered children, died at 10 O'Clock, completing the
list of mother and fourchildren dead within lew
hours and in the same room.
The place of the u u75er was thronged this morn
ing with curious and sym Dathizing friends. The
room occupied oy the distracted husband, Casper
SyeoOldt, and where his dead wife aud children
are lying, cOmpOses part of the second story of a
cheap, plain. two-stOry cottage tenement The
rooms are furnished eEiy with the furniture and
utensils barely necessary for housekeeping
The motives OF the woman in thiSsient blood
less destruction OF her chiluren and herself may
be partly Cleaned from the following notes aud
bits OF writing tound among the effects of the
family this morning Trey are by the Oldest child.
the writer is remarkable. That domestic unhap-
piness was no minor cause for the deed of the
mother, viii be inferred from the following as IL
can be, from the few data supplied by the hus-
band:
II wish to all my playmates better aAd
happier time than had. SO, goodbye to you ali
for you are all welcome TO the place where have
gone. Remember me"
Among the papers was one containing two
land" etc.
Another note is addressed to playmate:
MARY MURPHX-Please tell Lizzie Martin
[pr.Ooby the daughter of the landlord of the
house, 81 Finnell street, Minnie Often and Lizzie
Reymcrld that have forgotten their dispute, and
forgive them. guess they viii feel forty for il.
May they think of me as their friend.
''TELT SYEBOLDT."
Other notes read rs follows:
Dear papa. fUrgiye me. We have to leave you
Mamma thought it was the best we could do.
am now in the better land, where we all live in
freedom. Your daughter, MATILDA"
Dear papa. please bury us decent al Wunder's
cemetery. that we may all be buried together.
4Hdt al L IeQuecb you. MY knlIe ana
money is for your present, and is in the collar
box. Buy for Anton. Annie and self flowers
from the money which have saved. 1t is mine
The knife is yours"
For May Murphy: I will tell you he story of
our trouble. Ny mother was always sick YOU
know, and thought Of dying often. Thought how
If she was dead how we would be treated, and so
thought best for all of US to die at once and
bought something TO kill us-the baby first, Annie
second. Tony third, and after and then my
mother. We did rot suffer much, and now we
all out of trou BILE"
'ROsey Morris-Tske, the book that I've brought
home from school. l. is not mine II Is the His
tory of the United Plates Take 1t to Room s. to
George Caproni. It is on the lower shelf OF the
closet"
This is for Mary and NeA Murphy. My two
dear plGymates: wish you happier and better
home than l had. Goodbye. You are all wei
come"
Two or three OF the slips containing portions of
the above were written in German characters the
remainder in English.