The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-24
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whlie wreath lay leatio tho oldest sld
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man hahof, Ani wofkl fuf Iamea II Campi.eh
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o. M, and he usually loft homo nj twn Az tho
arert1on and Rui hack ntuut nve N tho
morning When h. knooktd ~, tAo ,l,or nj
the customary hour yesterday \ wna opeued
w hih wife, who had en q now chrtnlso
irlmmod with lace ann hlvc rebbvn. Hhu threw
hrr arms around bis neas aud said Leak
what have done. am sorry Tor II. but il ia
100 late now, Forgive int Tho ohildrcnnrc
nll dead, mud am going 10 die, too. seyholi,
completely horrinei, stiEvurcd lnto the bed.
room, where he saw iho corpses Of tho three
little oncs-1tsey, Annie and Agnes iIls
wifo agnin arkod him 10 forgive her. lie said
hc would not, that, II thoro was a God in
Heaven, He wouldn't, bccase she was 80
wicked ~ 10 polaon the children. gaybnld
noticed that tho oldest daughter wis ptlll
alive, and, ~ his wife lay down on tho bed aud
began TO gronn, he ran out for physician,
Seeing IA grOcofyskocper named Louis Martin,
who was standing In front Of his store On tho
opposite side Of the street, be shouted To him,
FOR Gods sake, " te tho house she has
polsonc,l tho whole fsHay." Martin hurried
overland going 10 thc bedroom found Mra
seyboid conscious, but IN great agony sho
said she thoughtthc poison would pu, her b
sleep isit u gave her the crnmps, and sho was
suffering ~ thst she nsked him to got M nx
and hsll hcr. She and tho oldest glrl ana boy
wera In ono bed, and Martin took the girl out
and put her into the other bod. She wns IN
great pain and couldn't speak. Ina few mo-
ncufs DIR. Moo arrived. A glance nt the bodies
tod him that sirychnino had been admins.
fercd, and mn examination OF the mother aud
Firl satisfied him that they could not live.
Presently Drs Moore and Lackncr came IN,
and they, too, sud death wns inevitable. Tho
girl expired fret, nnd tho mother brcathod
until after eight o'clock.
Tho confession of Mrs Soy bold explained the
cause OF death, but tho motive which prompted
hor 10 murder the children and commit suicide
h not clearly understood. she had been sick
since the birth Of hcr last child, and, "a Is not
at all uncommon. her mind may have boon nf.
fsciri by her illness. Her husband IL n steady
man, seldom drinking heavily, and their do
nsstio life was not marked by many quarrcls
They had had disputes, and, according b ons
ncighbor, no had slapped her fnce. wcdncs
dny hrs, scybold was washing. and dinner
wasn't ready whcnsrybold wanted t. This pro
voked him, and ho "jawcd' her some, and sh,
threw discloth ut him. Neither spoke TO th,
othor afterwards until yesterday morning. II,
left homo at two o'clock Friday afternoon
His wife started out an hour or 80 later AM
vcnt % drug store 10 procure some strych
nine. Having gotten tho drug she went home
and, Judging from some notes written BY tn,
oldest daughter, must have taken th
child into her confidence. How sho nd
ministored tho poison. eau only b.
oopjeoturcd. sho may have put 4
into food or water. The thrco youngest child
ron, OF course. soon died. Tho eldest, how
over, spent some time I'm writing b. her papl
and playmates, and exhibited surprising resig
nation. Her name was Matilda and her az,
twelve. shs attended the Moscley School anc
stood very high In her class. The longest note
which Il addressed 10 Mary Murphy. It'll,
playmate who lives on tho first floor OF No. 81
fInnell street, wns rs follows:
will tell you tho story OF our trouble. Ny
mother wns always sick, you know and
Thought OF dying often, and thought, n shs
was dead, how. we would bo treated, and se
thought u best for all Of Us 10 die at once, and
nrst Anna second 1'oney third, I after, and
fhcn my mother We do not suffer much and
now wo arc ali out OF trouble. No pain nor
,s,, 9s must oas ys ocsL Al nememeer M, me g The
take back that book I've brought homo from
school II is not mine. IL u the history of thu
United States Take II Room 5 TO George Gu.
prunL tits on the lower shelf Of tho closct."
Two other notes read as follows,
-Thls ls for Mary and Nellie Murphy, my
dear plsymaies Ivish you bettcr and far
happier time than have had. Good-by."
"MAnY Munrur, Please tell Lizzie Murphy.
Minnie orion and Lizzie Reynolds that have
forgotten their dispute and forgive them.
guc.s ihey Will feel sQrry. for It. May thor
mink Of mo ~ their friend;
Tha following werc for hcr father
-DEAR PAPAi Forgive US. We viii have %
part from you: Mamma said II was the best
that could bo done. We sre going into q bot
ter land, where We viii All live In peace to.
sether. Farewell. Thy daughter,
sDtAn Papa my ron.y Hover and An.
ma one also from this money. lsome IN box ]
! 4 what have saved Tho knife In tho boz
"DEAR PAPA; Please let Us be buried decent.
~ IN Wundcrs buryinggruund, - that wo
shall all be together. That Il oil we wish Of
you" fI Ha
seyboid didntsce these notes until they wero
found By Lieutenant Shay and Tribune ~
porter while searching for poison Three
were in English and three I'm German. When
he heard them read the toars came, and no
was beside himself, shoutinEi "ob, Mary.
Mary. why did you do itT' when asked by
the reporter for IN explanation Of his wifes
action be said he couIant give any 1hey bad
been married little over twelve years. and
lived happily as q gpneral thing. having q
-fuss only once In a uhilc. There Wa al.
ways enough 10 cat In the house. IIis wife.
however. whose parents wrrc well on. wanted
10 b. rich. and he was not able 10 make moro
than n seanty living. She had been sick, too,
for several months.
seybold IL a Basarisn. and his wife was a
Swiss. She was thirty-hse years Old and he Il
forty-thrcc. Tho regulations Of both were
very good In the naixhborhood. and everybody
who knew Mrs. seybold vas astounded when
They learned Of what she had done. aud ~
trihuted her conduct 10 insanity. for they had
noticed that she acted strangely at timcs
though m ono imagined thon that her mind
vas affected.
Coroner Maizan held an inquest on the avs
bodies In the afternoon. and the jury took ths
charitable view Of tho tragedy.
Chicago Ia talking Of extending Z
call 70 Moody and Sankey. The min
isters are almost unanimous for their 70
turn. although some doubts arc sx.
pressed about the permanency Of theil
work. and one divine thinks that the In