National Republican., 1883-01-05
A MERcrLEss rIEND.


Further Particulars OF the Slaughter Of
-Four Members OF the Cooke Family.
Further particulars of tho shockingmurder
Of four persons of the family of Mr.. r. w.
Cooke, of Little Ridoau, Prescott county,
province Of Quebec, depict the scene in the
most glarug colors. Tho murderer Fred
Mnnn, is an English immigrant, claiming to
bo from London, who has been employed on
the farm about three months. lie met Mr..
Cooke in tho barnyard early ON Tuesday
morning, attacking him with an axe. After
desperate encounter Mann killed Cooke and
buried his body under the straw and manure
in the yard. lFe then attacked Mrs Cooke
ana daughter in tho wood shed and
throttled both of them to DEATH Not salts
fed with this carnival of murder, the flend
then entered the house, and attacking George
Cooke, the fourth son, by staving i'm his skull
he killed him in bed with the same ak used
in killing the father. Mann then turned his
attention to the young mans brother Will
lam, whom he struck down with the AK and
left for dead, with q broken thigh and other
injuries. BY this time other members of the
family hurried to the relief of William, whose
shrieks had aroused them. Miss Fannie
Cooke flew at the murderer of her parents
and brother and sister, only to receive a Sc
we're wound in her own breast. She is ex-
pectcd to recover, but it is difficult to say
whether William will or not.
THE ESCAPE OF TWO GIRLS.
Tho struggle with Willie and the two girls
against the murderer appears to have been the
most desperate of the whole awful encounter.
Willie, though struck down and disabled at
the first blow, gTappled with the murderer,
and the noise Of the struggle brought his two
sisters Maggie and Fannie, to his aid Maggie
dashed at Mann, and though the first blow of
the axe struck her on the breast, she suc-
ceeded in sei1ing it, while Fannie pulled him
away from Willie. He glared moment at
the girl, who had possession of the axe, and
then seizing a coal-oil lamp, threw il at her,
striking her on the head and wounding her
slightly. Turning, he retreated by the back
part of the house. while tho girls ran toward
the tront steps to escape from him, and alarm
the neighbOrhOod Mann had, meantime,
armed himself with poker, with which he
again attacked them. They defended them
selves rs best they were able, and retreated to
front room, closing the door upon their as
sailant, and locking it. Both were bleeding
from their wounds and exhausted from the
nature of their encounter.
FLIGHT OF THE MURDERER. y
Hearing a sleigh passing on the road, Mag
gle ran to tho front door, and in response TO
her cries stalwart farmer jumped from his
sleigh and made his way toward the distressed
females at tho sight of this reinforcement,
Mann fled from the back of tho house and
took to the Ottawa river, making his way
north, The scene presented in the rooms
showed clearly the horrors that had taken
place therein. Floors, walls, and doors were
bespattered with blood. Mr.. Cookies body
was almost unacceptable, the head having
been battered almost to jelly. Willie, the
young lad whose heroic struggle pro ably
saved the lives of his sisters, is so badly in
jured that his life is despaired Of
CAPTURE OF THE MIsCREANT.
Frederick Mann, who murdered the Cooke
family at Little Rideau, Ont, was arrested
about twelve miles east of Lashute yesterday.
He will be taken to L'Original, Ont, for
trial. He was born in England, and is only
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