The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-31


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A HazrdT was eaaeted in tbs flfy
eafi, Yesterday morning, surprising IN
horror aujlhlag ofa similar kind that
has taken pace fof years.
u 0ccufud 10 the family of Alexander
hdmuud, swsde, aged sl,put thifif.als
yeafsl bls vile, Augusta, aged thirty.
thrue years, nad their four chIIdfan,
william, aged nine Years. Emma, aged
i've years. Cora, three years, and Aa.
gusta, four months, Edmund married
The woman In this city In 1874. hsf
maiden name being Augustt Nelson.
She was also native et sweden,
apd In complexion aud physique pos.
sesscd all The characteristics oi her
race. She Is medium sized, With grace
iul figure, blue eyes, light complexion.
and head VI perfect blonde hair She
has brother IN Allen County, Has, an.
other In Champaign, H., aud another 10
Indiana. The remainder Of her relatives
are across tbs sen. Mr.. Edmund did not
know her relatives, and when the theory
OF hereditary insanity was put forward
yesterday he could not answer
The family occupied three rooms,
front room, bedroom next In rear aud
the Kitchen last, The husband aud wiio
and two Youngest children slept In bed
In the northeast corner OF the middle
room or more appropriately the bed.
room. The little girl Emma, five years
old, slept alone in single bed Ia tile
front room aud the boy Willie slept on
the floor at the foot Of the bed occupied
by his parents.
now TmR BuTcHRRy WAS DONE.
About four O'Clock the mother awoke
In an insane dellrium. All testimony
goes TO show that tho manlac was there
aud the mother and maternal instincts
had departed. She crept stealthIly out
of bed and stepped over the body of her
sleeping son, picked up the small writing.
desk which was lying on the floor. This
she carried back In the Kitchen and taking
n large butcher knife from the kitchen
table, she inserted It's point between
the lid OF the desk aud the body
proper aud bearing down forced
II open alter the same stsle that
a burglar uses 'jlmmy" on door. She
seized the glIttering razor that had been
locked In the desk and then tlp-tocing
back Into the bedroom she bent over the
body Of her sleeping husband and drew
the weapon across the soft throat Of her
four.nonths old baby. From the position
In which the child lay carly yesterday
morning II was evident that the little
one never moved or made the
least struggle. Il was lying on ~
right side with It's face against
the wall, and on the left side Of the
throat and neck was the deep Incislon
that terminated its short life. Walking
around 10 the foot Of the bed the insane
mother next buried the blade In tho
throat Of Cora, 4 pretty llttic blonde,
aged three years. The child died almost
instantly. Ignoring her son on the floor,
she walked 10 tho front room, and feeling
for the throat Of her nye-ycar.old Emma,
cut at the vital part.
SHE AwoKE AND scHEAnrp.
The child had been AWAKENED by the
mother and screamed when the steel
was applied 10 her throat. The irenzlcd
mother ran back TO her bod aud lay
down With her dead children. The
father heard tho scream, but II took
him few seconds 10 regain con-
sciousncss. Meanwhile Emma had crypt
out Of her bed aud, drenciIed In 4
stream 0f blood that flowed from her
throat, she started to walk Into the
bedroom occupied BY her parents. There
was . lamp burning low 10 the room,
and the father sprznR out Of bed just -
his little daughter was coming through
the doorway.
"whars tho matter, darlingf" asked
tho father picking up the little girl.
"SiamIns, mamma y was Ill the child
could say.
uonmBfK pfscovEEr.
Turning around he was horriiied 10 die.
cover his wife lying In the bed In the act
Of cutting her throat with razor. She
had already inflicted ono cash and for the
second time had slAshsd 1T her throat
with The weapon. Her husband ran 70
tho bedside aud seixinR the hand which
held the weapon be forced Il from hes
grasp. She did not struggle 70 keep u,
but rclInquishsd Il - soon - her hns'
band caught her hand.
"My God, what do you meanf- what
have you been doIngf" be ssked.
"'fls best that We should die, !" capped
the womaB, phiIe with cvery breath 4
hot stream Of blood spoufed from hrT
neck. The husband next made The ter
ribIc discovery that three Of bis rhildFru
wvrs dead or dying, and. nlmost deinrni-
ed, he ran 70 The door and shouted ioF
assistance.
O01crr O'connor stood only . few feet
from the door. and with bis assistance {
nslrhbor named N. A. Albeftson wnz
aroused and sent for medical sid.
Mr.. Albertson aroused Dr. PIrile, and
about half On hour after the siauGtfer tba
doctor arrived. The woman, me1n'
while, had been losIng blood vtsadiiy, and
though siili conscious, uns vefy Neak-
The physicisn made ~ exauinoxtou,
and found that she hzd barely m1oo1d
the carotid artery and juGnllf qeIr,
bot hsd ssssrrd ! nnmbef q omoIIol
veins and arteries, which vii, II -
probability, result u hsF - -
two youngest chIldrsn we1e 60 80
nn sxaminatton of Emnlas ~ - -
the mother stlnckcd, showed 49, -
razor he'd nos eess dssp'snoe1A - -
| little girl viii live.
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