Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-11
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Whatever doubt may have existed as to
the guilt Of George jeffrey now under
indictment for murder in the first dogrec,
Jointly with his wife, at Riverhead, Long
Island, has been removed. Jeffrey has been
quite I'll several days, but the symptoms
were not dangerous. Thursday afternoon
he sent for the district attorney and made
a clean breast of his crime.
He says he killed his wilU's child by
holding it's body between his knees aud
twisted the child's head one way Ut Gil ho
thought he had broken his NECK, aud then
twisted the head the other way to make
sure ho had killed it. Ono physician failed
to discover the broken neck, but second
physician determined tho cause oi death
at q glance. Jeffrey contemplated killing
the child for a long time, and thought ho
could do so by continual cruoltlcs aud not
be held guilty of crime falling, he az
last broke its neck lie hated tho child
because he was not its father, AMI its eN
istence iutertered more or less with his
wife earning money Tor him. lie had DO
other motive for the crime. jeffrey and
his wife have been Ia Jail siucc August
Tue child, whose muTlor Is now con
fessed, had been subjected to the most
brutal treatment. Dolly Pollard vas ilS
mother. She was fourteen years old
when the child was born. Jsttrey married
her with full know ledge Of all the facts.
Neither had any affection Tor the child aud
jeffrey repeatedly objected to supporting
it. Dolly went to work To ObSIate that
objection. She would 20 away III the
morning, leaving it alOuo ON the iloor, and
not return until evening, cup oi water,
and either bread OF crackers were teit
beside IT, aud the child could eat OF
starve. 1t was under three years aud not
likely to feed itself. rhere wore no near
neighboIs.
Persons passing frequently heard the
child cry, but they we're barred 10y locked
doors and closed windows from minister
ing to its wants, ii 50 Inclined. Whom
Jeffrey and his wife quirrCled it was a
common thing for him to throw the child
at her, aud very often il received painful
injuries from this cause. GA Que occasion
its arm was broken. aud the bones were
allowed to knit irrcgularly, resulting ~ a
deformed hand. When Jeffrey came
nome aud found the child impeding the
| entrance to the house, he would kick 1t
out of the way. One of these kicks landed
the child in the Cisteru, and II would
| probably have bsen allowed to drown but
| for the presence of DOly's father.
Jeffreys threatened 20 kill his father in
law for interfering. Old Pollard renewed
the affray, armed with a shotgun, bu;
Jeffrey iudiciously kept out OF range.
| There was eat in tho house. This
| Jeffrey would hold by the hairs ot its
| head with one hand, and With the other
| hand hold the child by the hair OF is
| head to see which could endure the tor
ture the greater while. At other times he
would whirl the child through space by
holding fast of log or an arm, never
being particular IS TO what objects It's
| body came 10 contact with, nor caring
| about the consequences. In spite OF mln.
fold cTuelties the little one cluug tenac
iOusly to life.
Death Iutsrrupt'A Marriage.
A wedding and a death 10 the same
family, only two hours apart, was one OF
the events In Dayton, Ohio, ON Wednes
day. Mr. Edward Halchwslt and Miss
Emma Schwiud were TO have been mar
RED at 6 O'Clock yesterday morning ia
Emmanuel church, Roman Catholic. Just
one hour before the time for the wedding,
Miss Anna Hachwalt, sister of the bride
groom, fell dead while preparing for the
| wedding. Services for the dead were
substituted for the wedding mass and the
audience was dismissed, but two hours
later the marriage ceremony was
performed aud the married pair wen, iutO
mourning.
| seven OF n Family Poisoned
Near Kaufman, the county seat O
Kaufman county, Texas, has lived for
many years the Byrd family, teuauts on
DR.. Benefits farm. There are nine il
the family. On last Thursday night sever
of the family were seized with deadly
sickness. Physicians were called anC
antidotes for poisoning were administered
On Sunday the father and two of the littl,
daughters were dead Yesterday two
others were dead, aud two more at tbs
very door Of death. 1t is believed tina
the poison was put in tho family water
bucket last Thursday. A neighborinl
farmer is suspected. This farmer hat
trouble with the Byrd family aud sueC
one OF the boys, but lost bis case aud ha
since threatened 70 have revenge. Al
inquest and investigation will follow, auC
iu the meantime the suspected man is i
danger of being lynched.