Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-07
DOMESTIC TRAGEDIES.
MURDERED WITH A HATCHET.

UUMEOllC 1kAUEDlES.
MURDERED WITH HATCHET.
A Massachusetts Farmer Telling How L.
| Killed His wite-Other Startling
| Events-LOsses by Flood and Flrc.
| West Berlin, little village in Worces
ter county, Mass. is in whirl of excite
ment over the murder of Mrs. Mary An,
Livingston by her husband, James L
Livingston. The crime is one of the mos
brutal ever known. The scene of th,
tragedy Is two story house, about half
mile from the railroad station, on the roat
to Clinton. Mr.. Livingston is farmer
sixty.tive years of age, and his wife wa.
ffty-six years of age. At about two
o'clock Tuesday morning George Ralph, ;
neighbor of Mr.. Livingston, living about
fifty rods distant, was awakened by Mr.
Livingston, who said there was trouble a,
his house and wanted Mr. Ralph to gc
there. Mr.. Ralph went and found that
murder had been committed. He immed
lately notified Lewis N. Carter, chairman
of the selectmen. Mr.. Carter called Office,
}. l.. Bruce, who went to the scene of the
tragedy. They first entered the kitchen
where the murder was committed, anG
found everything in confusion. The room
is about 10 by II feet. In it are range
sink, table and several chairs. Upon the
floor, walls and doors were clots of blood
| From there tho officer led the way into
small bed room off tho kitchen, where
the body was found lying on bed, entire.
ly covered by a quilt. 1t was dressed
| The head and face were crushed in and
hacked beyond recognition. There were
great holes in the head, one in particular,
over tho eye, being large enough to insert
an egg. The clothing was saturated with
blood. Mr.. Livingston stood by, looking
stolidly upon the body of his victim and
betraying no emotion. The sight was
horrible in the extreme. When questioned
by Officer Bruce in regard to the affair,
Livingston said that he and his wife were
in Clinton and they arrived home about
nine O'Clock, both under the influence of
liquor.
"We got into quarreI,'' he continued
and she struck me with hatchet.
There was scuffle. l got the hatchet
away from her, and there, you see what
followed"
Subsequent questioning showed that the
murder was committed with q common.
blunt-edged shingling hatchet. Livingston
said that after she was dead he carried
the body into the bedroom. He said that
he had attempted to wash the blood from
the kitchen floor.
g did that" he added $50 that INV
i've little children would not know Of the
deed.''
Terrible HraGic Tales
August Diefenthal, an emigrant, re-
Gently fell dead OF heart disease in New
York and was buried in pauper's grave.
His brother in Germany wrote to LAWYERS
that the deceased had money with him.
The body was exhumed yesterday. 1t had
on three shirts, and q pocket in the back
Of the inner one contained $o,O01.
Robert j. Smith shot and instantly
killed his wife at the Noyes house. Lowell,
Mass, and then shot himself in the head,
intlicting q wound which will be fatal.
The cause of his crime was jealousy.
A party of Hungarian syp&ies, with
trained bears, are campcd ut Kingston,
n. J. It is reported shat baby whic;
died since they have h3cn there was given
TO the bears for food.
Two boys, aged respectively and 10
years, We're drowned on Monday by break
ing through tho ice at North Attic borough.
Massachusetts,
The bodies Of james Burege. aged il
years, and David L. Townsend, at Farm.
inSdale, New jersey, have been found in
q mari pit.
Charles Waite, sheriff Of Sherman
cruiity, Nebraska, shot and killed Mr..
Hyan, his boarding house keeper, and the
killed himself, or MoI:day night. Jealousy
was the cause.
E:i.,oaI Accidents
The engine and two rs OF I: gravel
train st work ;ipon tho Sonth Boston
HITS 1t Boston, ran into tao docks the
other night, and William Burke. The ell
sineer Was drowned.
n collision occurred bGtwean an exprsss
train and freight train at Aver, Mass,
owing to the displacement of a switch.
Siias LoVcjoy, engineer of the EXPIRES;
tram, and Mr.. Butler, passenger, were
severely injured. Another passenger was
slightly injured.
Seven cars of Il freight train on the
Nandalia road were detached near Null
berry Grove, Illinois, by broken rail.
n few MON onts later tho socoll section of
the train ran into the rear of the first sec
ton and nineteen cars were wrecked. A
fireman and u brakeman were severely
injured.
Ti'c Ice GCrses and Fields,
The Susquehanna river at Wi!kesbayre
was Is fec5 above low wate; mark last
evening, and rising. All the lo;y grounds
were Hooded, and communication with the
west side was cut Of.
At Pittsburgh the rivers were recceding
and withia their banks. The ice gorge in
Y lorshios heny Wen: out on Monday night
without dong aay damage.
On account of the floods tho railroads ri,
Toledo, Ohio. refuse to receive freight and |
business, beyond the local demand, is at a
standstil!.
The Wabash river, at Lafayette, Ind.
IS higher than ever before known, and the |
damage is great. There is a rumor that |
SIX persons nave been drowned at Keller's |
station, near Wabash, Ind.
Very heavy rains fell yesterday at Gin
'innati and other points in the Ohio valley.
and dangerous floods We're threatened last
night.
Perobscot bay, on the coast of Maine.
vas frozen over on Monday night for the
irst time since 1915. The ice extends as
ar as the island which separates the cast
rom the west bay.
A High Tariff PauperIzes American Labor
ialtiin orc Sun.
A correspondent Of the Sun, possessed
It memory for facts and the faculties of