The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-04
Mrs. Sesiih Matched,

Horrible as is the crime of Mrs. DR..
Seguin, of New York, who murdered
her four children and then killed her.
self, it does not stand alone. Only the
other day an account was telegraphed
of a mar in Breslau, Germany, who
hung his five children and then took
his own life. The London correspond
emit of the Philadelphia Times records i
BRINE recently committed In Waitham-
strow that quite vies with these in atroc-
ity.
.nnam Gou1dstone, twenty-six years
lived with his family at No. s. Courtney
Place, St. JAMES. Street, WaitRamstroW:
His family, consisted of his wife,. Wild
had r~1Sscehtlts siFea birth Is i pair 81
twins, and three boys, Charles, aged
two years and a half, and Frederick,
aged sixteen months. He was known,
previous to the crime which he COM
mitted without any. known proyoeation,
as d peaceful Quiet and Industrious
man. So far as. is known, too; His ,rela;
tons with. his wife were happy, and he
appeared TO think mitch Of the boys.
He did not manifest so much interest
in the twins.
On the day of his crime he came
home a little after five o'clock in the
afternoon. The hour was earlier than
customary and excited the curiosity Of
his Wife. "How is it that you are home
30 early?" she said as he stood by her
bedside. 81 left the place." he an
swered, ''while the manager had gone
to dinner and L came home" He then
took his little boy Frederick off the bed
and wentwith him out into the kitchen.
There he was seen later by his wifs's
nurse, sitting on tie fire guard and The
three children playing on the floor.
She also went into a wash house adj
joining the kitchen. In the wash house
there was a cistern situated some dis
lance above the floor. Noticing a chair
under the G. ,tern, she asked who placed
it there. 'l)addy did," replied little
| Charles. Later she went to Mrs.
Gouldstone's room, and while engaged
in making up the bed, Mr.. Gouldstonc
came and the nurse went out.
"Good God! he is numbering my chill
dren," vas the cry that soon afterward
| greeted the nurses ears. "Open the
door!' she screamed, rushing back to
| Mrs. Gouldstone's room and trying to
| get in. Finally he opened the door and
and the nurse said: ''Oh, you wicked
man, what have you done?n 81 HAYS
killed my children" he remarked coolly
to his wife. 81 am a happy man now.
Your other three children are in the cis-
term Gouldstone had knocked his
babes in the head with a hammer and
left them bleeding by the side of their
mother. ''He says he has killed the
other three children" said Mrs. Could
stone to the nurse; Ego and see, will
you?s" An investigation revealed the
terrible fact that Gouldstone had
drowned his three boys in the cistern.
He made no attempt to escape, and was
soon placed under arrest. While in the
room with his wife after his arrest he
| kissed her and said: "All the children
are dead now. l shall be hanged and
you will be single. You wished them
and me dead, and now they are"
The coroner's jury investigated the
case and elected the facts already re-
counted. A verdict of s'wilful muir
der" was rendered, and the question of
the motive OF the prisoner was left to
another court. 1t is the opinion that
GouldStone was crazy when he CON-
mitted the crime, an explanation which
applies to all crimes, but what reason
he gave himself for it is unknown. His
remarks to his wife after the murder
would indicate that he had not lived
with her as peacefully as represented.
We should not be surprised to learn
that they had quarreled /; that during
one of the quarrels she had wished her,
self single and the children away; that
he, in a mad fit of jealousy because she
had given utterance in a moment OF
anger to such unnatural thoughts, had
undertaken to execute her wishes. Un.
der the spell of anger and jealousy, a
human being is capable of any crime.