The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-25
THE MINIATURES HUTcHERY.
par,,eu,ars OF Helena Ceprek's Revolving
c,,me-YIer Attempt as suicide.

hr,es telegram from Milwaukee In yes
.orSay mornings Dispatch announced Tue
'SnsIing butehery Of three children by
.hD;r mother. A special gives the ioi'ow-
a., narticulars Helena Cepires, the mur.
snross vas hall nude when arrested, ana
sos,,cd 10 he partially frozen. The news
=, Tho horrible murder had spread through
az, ,hat mart Of The city and attracted
,,re,t crowd 10 the scene. The officers IN
ssbsrce ~ the pafrol.sleigh covered The wo'
man with a huihlo-robe and returned To the
@entral station. They also carried with
,Lo,n two bIooted hutcher-knlyos, draw
sSb,vc covered with blood, and blood.
stained poker. The woman was mad-inad
Win religion--and she spoke OF the hide
Gus slaughter rs sacrifice.
AscgNE OF HORROR.
The home from which the wretched
creature was taken was miserably squalid.
The floor was bare Of carpet and covered
nv hsli-froZen water. A bed contained a
pool Of blood. and on il lay the corpses OF
three little girls, mu'ilatcd and bmchered
in manner incXpresSibly shocking. The
eldest girl, Resale, aged five wears, faX-
cn-haired, pretty child, lay, with face dis
,orted. in agony. There were seven gashes
lilly gasbcd. the cntTailS protrudmg. But
This hatchery seemed little compared
With that Of the next youngest, Hele-
ma agcd three years. This little victim
had both legs cut of at the hips. and in
manner that showed they had been torn
and sawed. 4 great piece, too, was torn
ont Of the trunk. The baby, five months
old and not vet named, lay al the top of
the bed. and had a more calm and peaceful
look. bnt when the coyerlct was turned
hack il was shown that the infants arms
and legs had been cut of so close TO the
body that only rcd circle showed where
the little limbs had been. Under door
Knob was bloOd-stain where the woman
had tried to hang herself with string after
committing the awful deed.
SHE had ACTED STRANGELY.
A ncichbor named Mr.. Kralik tells the
following story:
Mrs. Cepir,k acted queerly this morn
inc, and refused 10 feed the children. !
took them home and fed them. ] then took
the two oldest back, and told her TO keep
them warm. In little while she came TO
nv house and asked 10 have the baby, say
ing She wanted her just an hour, and would
then bring Der back. We thought she acted
and talked oddly. but gave her the child,
and told Ter to take good care OF it.
THE MuRDEREss ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
at was not long before my wife went
oyer-I think about lalf-past 10 o'clock
and found the children all killed and the
mother al out dead, hanging 10y string 10
tbe doorknob. Nv wife screamed and
nearly tainted. heard her and ran over
4 only 10 be- horritied beyond measure.
4 cut the woman down and we brought her
back TO life. When my wife asked her
what made her kill her children she took
up Catholic Bible and said: 'This done
! II. | read in the book that | should Kill
them. Now kill me, won't youY She had
5 tried hard TO Kill herself"
RELIGIOUS FRENZY.
Your correspondent talked with the
woman at the police station this evening
Through Bohemian interpreter. She bore
feyery appearance OF 4 raying maniac,
speaking in 4 disconnected, disiointed way.
What clothing she bad on was almost en-
fircly saturated with the blood OF her chill
drcn. When asked why She had Killed her
little ones she replied that she was told in
holy book which she had been reading
that She must do this thing. All her talk
indicated that she was thoroughly deranged
on religious subjects. The husband and
wife attend the Catholic church on the cor
ner Of Fourth and Cherry streets.