Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-01
Sickening Tragedy Enacted in the FASH
ionable Quarter Of New York.
THREE CHILDREN SLAUGHTERED.
And Their MurderOus Mother Blows
Her Own Brains Out.
INSANITY THE SUPPOSED CAUSE.
A Series Of Arkansas HOrrOrs-Nur.
ders in Various Parts.
Il Maniac Mother.

New YORK, Oct. 31.-Mrs. Samue. Sc
gum, aged thirty-six, wife of DR.. Edward
c. Seguin, the noted specialist on diseases
of the brain, killed her three children this
afternoon, and then killed herself at No.
Al West Twentieth street. There is no
other cause known for.the horrible tragedy
than the insanity of the mother. The
children we're Edward, aged six years;
John Vanduyn, 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 tragedy
is the manner of the murder. Mrs. Sc
gum took the children to an empty spare
| room at the top of the five story house in
| the absence Of her husband, and when the
servants were engaged in the basement,
locked herself in with them. The servants
believed they had gone out for walk
What happened in the room will never be
known, but when DR.. Amidon, Mrs. Sc:
gums brother, called at O'Clock, and with
his suspicious aroused by the long absence
of the family, made search of the
| house, the mother and children
iwere found dead, all shot
through the head. The children's hands
were tied behind their backs with whip
cord; they were blindfolded with handker-
chiefs, and from all appearances they
must have been shot while playing at
blind mans buff with their executioner.
They were dead for at least an hour and a
half, and were quite cold when discovered.
Three pistols were found in the room, all
heavy calibre, and had been used. Mrs.
Seguin has been respondent from physical
causes for some time, but she had not
shown the existence of insanity. She was
a small, slim woman, of ner-
vous temperament. Her domestic
life was very happy, and there was no
family trouble. DR.. Seguin returned home
about 8, and upon hearing the dreadful
news was utterly Frustrated, He is in
state of mental distress and under care of
a physician. DR.. Seguin isa noted speci-
alist in cases of insanity. His wife was
the daughter of Massachusetts farmer.
The couple moved in the best society. The
family lives in full story
brown stone front English base
ment house elegantly furnished.
The room in which the tragedy took
place is on the fifth floor, and is scarcely
ever used by the family. Three servants
in the house noticed that during the day
Miss Seguin was moody, condition which
she had been in for several weeks, and
which her brother, DR.. Amidon, termed the
''blues.'' About IL he called upon her,
and she said she did not feel well, and had
written DR.. Henry Draper, who had
been invited to dine with the
family, to defer his visit This
note she asked her brother to send.
He took it jokingly and told her they would
all enjoy themselves. DR.. Amidon called
on his sister at 3, and was told she had
had gone for walk. He returned at 5, but
Mrs. Seguin had not yet returned. The halt
boy incidentally mentioned that the door
| of the spare room was locked and the KEY
gone. A sudden suspicion seized the doc
tor that Mrs. Seguin had gone to Central
park and drowned herself and children.
He could not explain why he thought this.
He Immediately went up stairs and burst
the door of the room open. A horrible
of the floor lay the dead body of the eldest
boy, Edward, in pool of blood. Partly
in the closet lay Mrs. seguin, grasping in
her right hand big pearl-handled revolt
yer. Inside the closet lay the boy John,
and the girl Jeanette. There could be
no doubt the mother had taken the children
into the room on pretense of playing
blind mans buff. She had led the two
youngest into the closet and locked them
in while she murdered the
Oldest boy. The pistol with
which he was shot was
a large practice weapon with a barrel
eleven inches long. It lay beside him, and
| the bullet lay on the floor. It had passed
through his head. The maniac mother
then proceeded to the closet, and with
heavy 32-calibre revolver, with which she
| afterwards blew out her own brains, shot
the other two children. DR.. Anlidon cut
the strings that bound the childrens hands
and laid them on bed. The police and
coroner were notified at once. Nothing
was found in the room to explain the mo-
tive for the terrible crime. THE
maniac had held the weapon
close to her victims heads, for
the handkerchiefs on their faces had been
burned. The face of the little girl wore
look of innocent surprise that cut more
deeply than any other feature of the dread
full deed. On the table lay box of car
tridges and third pistol.
DR.. Seguin, when he returned was taken
to his Office and physicians summoned.
He acted as though his faculties were gone.
He caught sight of the picture of the
| children on the wall and broke into hor
rible wailing cry that wrung the hearts of
the listeners. Physicians fear he will lose
his reason. None of the servants heard
any noise. Sudden insanity is the only
motive known for the deed. Mrs. Seguin
was neatly dressed. The children were
lovely little things, and all the family she
had.
ARKANSAS HORRORS.
LITTLE Rock, Oct 31.-Several weeks