Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-18
THE MASCH NATRICIDt.
sOME:FURTaER PARTICULARS
TESTIMONY TAKEN By yTaICOKuSIE,s
INQUEST.
\ Verdict OF ISanity-The Pri-.nsr su H.. l..-
moved to the Insane Axyicm.

\ Verdict OF Iss,nity-The Prisoner so L.. ,..-
moved to the Insane Asyicm.
The Masch matIicide, the pr!nc!pa!
points OF which were fully presented in
yesterday INTELLIcESCER, continues ID
be the theme Of public commei;' Inua-
ries as to tie condition OF the unir,t;,-
nate prisoner, show that ;lir is
hopelessIy insane in her eel in
the county prison that her pnly
care is for the children. for waon s!i. IS
constantly inqhiriI5, and her ouly hope is
for death.
All the newspapers yesterday s,atcl
that the name Of the mother was Eliza
beth, and the daughter Mary Nascti This
was Il mistake. Tae name ot the lead
woman is Mary Mascn and the name Of
tine insane daughter in-law. who slew her,
Elizabeth Mascli, and the maiden naina nf
Elizabeth Masch W.; Kern, not KeII:'r, Is
stated yesterday.
The substance OF til: c,ronur's, plcii:.i-
nary investigation Was published in yes
terday's lNTELLiGENCEI. Thi niorlinw
tha orphans court room. Tho written
report Of Drs. Compton Anl WeIchans,
WHO made the autopsy, WAS icii to the
jury. Its nurpnlt was sivcn yesterday.
This morning the following additional
testimony was taken
the Physician,' Testimony.
DR.. Geo. Il. Weichans, sworn : Wa+
called 10 SEQ tho younger chill! ct Hrs
Masch, some time .iuril" the fall oi 1881 :;
met the mother my general impression
from her conduct and conversation wa:i
that her mind was not s,,lnh. She stated
to mo that she had been sick aud unable
TO attend properly to her family, and this
seemed to be rrey:rg :ipo;I her mind. This
depression seemed 20 He TO be Of ~ cI
ccssivo character, considering her sur
roundinss; she had 4 stout hearty yo.in5
woman as an assistant, and there was no
occasion for such dcSpOndercy. | might
add that her sending for me so repeatedly
was not necessary, as the child was not
seriously i'll. From my observa:n:, o. the
woman yesterday, a'a positive she was
insane on Friday morning.
Dr. COmptons Ev:ienr..
Dr. VIM. Compton. sworn J I;s.e :l.,i
t3:o interviews with tbs "o.naH sii:ce she
has been in jail-ouc Oh Friday aud one
this morning have 49, doubt in my llin,!
that she is insane she is 4 fit subject FOR
tho hospital she shpUl,i not b2 in prison
she is within Il MONTH Of her confinement !;
she has eaten nothing since she has been
in prison rs the keeper states
The Eusbans! Tc.ti!:as.
Augustus MasclI, sworn ! am t:.., las;
l., I..t 4
she first took sick last October size cnm
planned Of feeling i'll one dinner time, had
Il CHILL asked her if s,o,:l, -, Tor :.
doctor; she said H., she t:,nr.!.c she
would soon be better told IL" - 90 to
work iii the afternoon did So when
came home in the evening She wa, no bet
ter; went for DR.. Boyd the family r'ysi
clan. who called and attended to her for
two or three week.. During ti,at lime
the younges. child took sick ana DR.. Boyd
attended it as the child did net appear to
be getting better, she told HE to send for
DR.. WeIchans, who attended the child !;
she worried unnecessarily about tn. child:
DR.. Boyd told my wife she wcuil lose her
mimi iAsEe kept worrying she became
weaker; the sickness developed int r!aa
I:al fever: i employed nurse to
take care oi my wife, child ana
mother, WHO was also unable i, At
tend to herself; my wife complained
that Dr. Boyd did hot attend her right,
and told Iho to employ Dr.. Hess, who At
tended her from the bcginning Of Nuvem-
Der up to seven or eight weeks ago. One
night she got up suddenly, took the child
out OF the cradle and said i was dying
she cried and walked around the room
with it half az hour. crying. She iht II
grew worse in her mind Que night she set
fire to some clothes on the stairway, be-
came flighty, walked from one room to
another, stealthily watched people irom
tho door and window; staid at home
and did no work for five weeks lnrinI
this time; | had nurse. but she would
not stay with my wife alone DR.. Hess
said if she continued in this condition she
would have to be put in Z hospital. but he
would give her one weeks more trial !; the
next week the nurse went away my wife
seemed to he better and said she was able
to take care Of the family, and that
should 90 to work did 50, and from
that time on she got up every morning
got breakfast and did the other house
work, but she showed symptoms Of insanity;
complained that she could not go out with
out people seeing her; was unusually timih
and nervous; she got mp yesterday morn,
ing ut half-past five; got my breakfast
ready called me at a quarter-past six
got up; mother was up when | went
down stairs; we all sat down and ate
breakfast. after which went to work, she
bidding me goodbye as usual !: about
quarter past seven | was seHt for Z little
boy told me something was wrong went
to the hOuse the back door was locked
| looked in the window and saw my wife
standing behind the stove ] told her to
open the door she did 50 !; ! saw my
mother lying on the floor picked her up
and asked my wife what she meant by
doing such a deed as that. She answered
that she too wanted to be put out of the
way. My mother was not yet dead, but in
dying condition | picked her up and
held her in my arms ] spoke to her, but
she could not speak to me, though she ap
reared to be trying to speak. The oldest
child was down stairs screaming when
entered the room, and told me
mother had struck grandmother over the
head with boot jack !; the youngest
child came down stairs crying and my
wife picked it up and carried it Mp stairs
| followed her up and again asked her
Why she had killed mother, but her only
answer was that she wanted somebody
else to kill her she WI. always on good
terms with mother helped her down
stairs every morning. About Christmas,
one morning, mother did not come down
stairs l went up to help her down ; my
wife rushed ut her and pushed her away:
she came at her again and | pushed her
away then mother SEEMED tp be afraid