The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-09
BY TELEGRAPH.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
ANOTHER DOUBLE CRIME IN
ST. LOUIS.
A TEAMSTER KILLS HIS WIFE AND
THEN ENDS HIS OWN EXISTENCE.
The Green-Eyed Monster the Cause Of A
Most Horrible Tragedy
Five Children Made Orphans by an I'm.
natural but Common Crime.--Fun
Particulars of the Deed Of Darkness.

ST. LOUIS, February, s.-Following the
horrible example set by Johnny Parker,
Henry Drees, German teamster living at
No. 234O Mullsnphy street, murdered his
wife and then took his own life last night.
In the middle one OF the three rooms In
which the family lived a reporter found the
bloody corpses of husband andswife. His
body was stretched along beside heating
stove, with his hands resting on the foot.
board Of sewing machine. The woman
lay In the bed, the covering of which was
soaked with blood, The wall on the north
side was spattered with blood, as was also
the head of the couch.
The facts, briefly related, ara as follows
In the house, a two-story brick, At at 234O
Mullanphy street, lived a German family by
the name OF Drees, consisting Of husband,
wife, and five children. The husband and
father was 10y occupation q teamster, own.
ing two teams, with which he supported
the family. II was known by all the more
intimate friends that Henry Drees was Of
an exceedingly jealous disposition, and
there were often disputes and
many Quarrels between him and his wife.
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woman, SAYS that almost from the wedding
day did this jealousy show itself in the
murderer and suicide. II is also related
by this lady that on the most trivial cause
he would abuse and mistreat his wife,
going so far as to compel her, last summer,
10 leave him for short time and take up
her residence with her. During the night
when her children would call her to at
tend 10 their wants or get some water or
medicine, he would abruptly sail TO her
and ask her what she was doing or
where she was going, even though
he had heard the children call.
II she would leave the house to call on a
neighbor and he would hear Of II he would
cruelty abuse her, and has been known to
strike and abuse her. such WAS the con-
dition Of this mans mind toward his wife
that she was constantly in danger of bodily
harm, and too well have her fears been
founded. To his almost inexcusable zeal.
ousy he has added murder and suicide.
The eXact.time OF the crimes is unknown,
as the source Of information isfrom the lit
tie children OF the dead couple. One Of the
younger, h9y, says he got up rather early
this morning, "a is his usual custom, 10
build tire, but seeing that IL was TOO soon.
called 10 his father that he would
retire and get up a little later.
He saw his father and mother lying on the
bed as usual, and although he receiyedFno
answer thought nothing Of it. He got up
shortly and on going again to call his pa.
rents discovered the awful truth. There
lay bis father and mother with their throats
cut from ear TO ear. He Immediately gave
the alarm with his cries and shrieks, and
soon the entire neghborbood was on the
scene of blood. II is therefore impossible
TO state the exact time Of the com,
mission of the crime, but is supposed TO bt
in the early morning.
THE WEAPON,
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