Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-28

CREMATING HERSELF AND CHILD-Two LITTLE
BOYS SAVED BY THEIR SISTER.

CREMATING HERSELF AND CHILD-TWO LITTLE
BOYS SAVED BY THEIR SISTER.
A telegram from Hancock, N. ", October 26,
says: The remains ofMrs. Andrew Jubeck and
her infant having been found in the ruins of q
house which WAS burned down a few days ago
I'm Kortwright, this county, a coroners investi-
CATION was held on Thursday. The fire had
been discovered by J. G. Hanford, the owner of
the house, about 612 O'Clock in the morning.
Andrew Jubeck worked for Hanford, and was
;it work when the fire was discovered. Hanford
was the first one to arrive at the burning house,
which was soon consumed. He found Martha,
Jubeck = 12-year-Od daughter, and her two lit
tic 5rJthers huddled together under u tree near
the house. Martha told this story before the
corouers jury:
"The day before the fire my mother took my
baby brother George and went up on the hill.
] went with her. When we got there mother
laid George on the ground and made a big pile
o. dry brush. Sine then took some matches
from her pocket and told me that she intended
to burn herself and baby on the brush pile and
in wanted tn go with them to heaven she would
put some more brush to the pile, and that
could get on and burn too. 1 snatched the
matches oct of mothers hand and took George
up from the ground i'm my arms. and wouldn't
let mother have him. cOaxed her. and by and
by she went back home with me. On the morn
a singular manner. l slept with my two little
brothers in room near my mothers room. I
She was crying, too. called her and asked her
what the matter was. There was a great deal
of smoke In the room. Mother did not answer
me. jumped out OF bed and ran to her door.
II was locked, but 1t never was before. could
hear her soothing baby and crying. Smoke
was pouring out and filling the house. knew
the house was on fire somewhere, and I ran
back and woke up my little brothers and led
them out of the house. The smoke grew thicker
and thicker, and I heard fire cracking in
mothers room. When I got my brothers
to the outside door l found that
a barrel Of -four had been rolled against it SO
it could not to be opened. We were choking
with smoke. and the fire got louder. don't
know how ever moved the barrel of flour,
but got it far enough away to let us get out of
the door. ran around the house to q window
i'm my mothers room and looked in. The baby
was screaming, but 1 could not see him.
thick that could not see her face, but could
see her legs and part of her body. They were
burning. There was stove wood piled around
mother like a birds nest, and it was all in a
blaze. 1t was so awful that must have gone
crazy, for / don't remember anything more.
We all lived happily together always"
The little girls father testified that he had
noticed that his wife had acted strangely for q
year past. After little Martha's testimony.
others went TO the hill where she said her
mother had made the brush pile to burn her.
Self and baby, and found it just as the witness
had described. The jury returned verdict
that Mrs. Jubeck and her child met their death
by the mothers wilful firing OF the house while
insane. 1t is supposed that she had rolled the
barrel Of flour against the door to prevent the
escape of her other children.