New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-19
WIFE nD g yGHTER KILLED
THE DOUBLE MURDER IN BRooKvILLE.
AN AGED AND BLIND PARALYTIC BRUTALLf DhAih'
THE MURDERER AT LARGE.

n+a5 vesterdav oyer the murder of Mrs. Lydla "i"S
bee and her daughter Annie at Brook'ilo on
Saturday evening by some person at p'oS'a sn Lur.
known Brookville is q hamlet OF aUouV ~ ,+
dred inhabitants situated on the roau 60, the
Valley TO Jericho and is about four mics III
80 ~ a,a thn some distance from the village
of Oy+er Raw Its surroundings arc .no ~
;.,rosoro ON the north side of the lsiahu on0 %
tLo Iooear+ost bomesteads in the place is 'n"C "a
Corret Maybee a cOmmodious lalhi DIt;
of which were built in the time ol 'no No t1th.
Tbe dwelling is of wood, two stoil0s - e
titcben extension. Or late years
.rn dyoIlinp was remodelled by Garret May pee
tno ""e aIaonoded his father in its possession
go +,ycntv wears ago. 1t stands back from
49, Rrookvlle road about fifty feet lawn
dotted with spruce and pine trees, slopes iloih 'AC
bouse TO the road and is surrounded Dy INC l"iii u
obont thirty acres. There are eleven Iooln' III
the bouse. A parlor extends from front 10 rear
with wide hall on the first floor, with 1roht anu
hack entrance dividing the parlor from tne diilihg
and sitting-room The kitchen is a small wing on
the dininq-roOm on the south side of the mousse y
acbt of stairs facing the front door, leads to the
socopd story where are five bedrooms. Two at
tics complete the building. The house is suppileu
with water from a reservoir on Dill hc"I W.
About seventy-fve feet from the house 10 tne
northward standsa small carriage house SURROUNDED
by picket fence, and at further distance OF aoouV
one hundred and fifty feet stands the onh
With tbe horse and COW stables, where the crime
was committed. The barn is divided into TWO parts
Inv q gang from the main door, the cattle stalls
being ON the left of this entrance. There is small
door M the corner of the building which opens into
these stalls in the rear. Next TO this small door
are two closed stalls Beyond an open stan III
which had heen stored a mass of leaves to be uSco
as bedding for the animals.
The nearest dwelling to that of Mr. May bees Is
IL, TIa tt
road where resides Miss Phebe Weeks, school
teaher in the village The parsonage occupied Dy
the Rev. J. j. Smock, is about one-cighth of mile
north and the houses of McSsrs Baxter, Iappan,
McOueen and Fitting are in the immediate vicinity
Mr. Maybee, whose age is seventy-three was LOT
many years engaged in the lumber business III
BROOKLYN. He retired some years ago. Fifteen
wears ago he had paralytc stroke, when dcprNcu
linn of the use of his lower limbs, and some fourteen
months ago he became totally blind. His VIE
Ivdia. who was few years his senior, and his
daughter Annie. (unmaried) age thTty-elght'
lived with him. An elder daughter, Mrs Simonson'
lives with her husband some distance from her
father Owing TO business TeverSes MI May bee'
who at one time was wealthy, lost the greater part
of his fortune. And for some time past MI lappah'
one of his nciChbors, has done what work has
been done on the farm
A FATAL VISIT TO THE BARN.
For long time past it has been the habit OF MIS-
Maybee TO 90 to the barn morning and evening lor
the purpose ef milking, going IN the afternoon
about half-past L. As was her custom she went to
the barn on Saturday afternoon at half-past /, to
milk and was seen throwing out some OF the stable
beddiug after she reached there She was gone so
long from the house that her husband became
ouerulous as he usually did if she was away from
him for any length of time. lie complained to his
daughter who became alarmed at last and about
o'clock went to the barn herself, taking with her
lighted lantern. She was gone from the mouse
nearly half an hour, when Mr. Maybcc heard loot
stems in the kitchen. The footsteps wero strange
to him and he asked "whO is there" The answer
was me" given in a low assumed voice. Imme-
diatelv afterward some person passed through the
room where Mr Maybec was sitting, and gong out
into the hall went up stairs, remaining few min
utes He then returned to the Tolnm and demanded
tbe old mans watch. Mr. MayGec then lrst became
aware that it was man and 4 stranger that ne
had heard only few moments before gong up
stairs In reply to the demand Tor ms watch, MI
Maybee said that he could not get 1t. " linen VIII
kill YOU" said the stranger and taking one ol MI
Mavbee's canes from his hand struck him over the
left temple four crashing blows that knocked INN
.cnselcss Mr. Maybee atthe time was sitting in his
easy chair near the window. He thinks that he
must have remained unconscious for over hiteen
minutes, When he came TO himself, he raised the
window and shouted murder"
His feeble cry was heard by Mrs. Weeks. She is
positive that it was then few minutes past G AS
oucklv as possible she called William Lamberson,
Edward Tappan and Others They went dTectiy
across to Maybee's and found him sitting by
the window He asked them TO come IN as he
was badly hurt Conscious that some calamity
had happened he begged them to GO TO the barn and
see where his wife and daughter were. Instead OF
going into the house or to the barn the party went
TO w H. Remseu and told him, and he at once, with
n Mr. Smith who at his house, returned with
them Upon reaching Maybees, Smith and 1appan
went into the house. After some little hesitation
they lighted a lamp in the sittng-room, ana 10
their horror found Mr. Maybee sitting in his chair
covered with blood that had flowed from the
wounds upOn his head. The injured man again
bepced them TO go to the barn and see what had
become of his wife and daughter, and being REM
forced by a number of others, the party, excepting
Smith, went to the barn.
FINDING TIE MURDERED WOMEN.
The lantern that Miss Maybee took from the house
vas found burning on the barn hoOr, ana 'he
empty milk pail stood on the feed bin. Search was
then made for the two women. The hand of Miss
Maybee was first discovered sticking mp from under
the bedding of leaves in the open stoli. Under
pile of leaves in the stall at the northwest corner
of the stable and within two feet of her daughter
lay the body of Mrs. Maybee Both were dead, but
the body of Miss Maybee was still warm.
Word was at once sent to Coroner Valentine
Baylis at Oyster Bay. who reached the scene OF the
murder about $50 o'clock and Immediately i'm
panelled jury as follows: John L. Bo-
gert, Edward Mehan, Andrew j. Remsen'
Henry Rushmore, Edward Somers, Morris
smonsOn and Nicholas Van Colt. The
jury after viewing the bodies were discharged uh'
til this morning when the inquest will be held.
DISCLOSURES or THE AUTOPSY
Yesterday morning Drs. Whitney Frye, Bogert