The Republican journal., 1888-03-22
Maine Matters.

The killing of his wife. the shooting OF his
children and the suicide OF the murderer, Dar-
us NJ. Warren in Benton last week, is the worst
tragedy recorded in the criminal annals of the
State. Later developments show that Warren
was a brute of the worst kind, and had he not
shot himself he would probably have been
vnched. While the County Attorney was
making out the riittimus after the verdict of
the coroners jury, he having waived eNamna-
ton. Warren, i'll the kitchen in charge of Con-
stable Reed, said: Il would like to look on my
wife's face again" The constable accompanied
him to the bed room and Warren lifted the
sheet from of the face of the woman he had
murdered and STOPPING over kissed her. At
the supper table that evening, he was very
attentive to his children. helping them carefully
10 all on the table and urging them frequently
TO eat more. supper over, he took his child
rem into his lap and careSsed and fondled them
in the most atfectionate manner. Five minutes
after both were shot by these same hands.
Warren had always borne Very bad rePuta-
ton. He has been unfair in his dealings
and dishonest and untruthfu that he was
universally disliked He was called"Rag Var
rem more in regard TO his character than to his
business. He was brutal to dumb animals 1t
is related that not long ago. when driving one
of his old horses that ddnt 90 fast enough to
suit him. he deliberately plunged a jacknife be-
tween the animals ribs several times. He was
addicted to drinking. and it is said that of late
he had been in the habit of drinking a mixture
of Balm of Giead and rum. which he pretend
ed he was taking as medicine.
.,' ~, ~ ~, II - NOR nntart,innI Inv thosn who
-. liz, r, j. S.;J no h,S oIva,. hoen too
ugly to be insane. Even when he was a school
boy he was continually displaying the same
nature which his final crimes have shown.
While the autopsy and inquest were in progress
ne was as s'e a, a., ,',i ' 81 .he fnGor mi'" AMI
those matters pertaining to his trial. also with
his counsel in regard to his defense. All who
ono lie was aelrrmined to erase every ,ini,
~ Ii. arst crime 80 he SET The hou.e on fire.
H. u.,s lotarm;ue,l tn .enl bis cIil,lren's Inns
wv th'4ir ,.ll;n,, WHEAT thnv knew con
cornin, their mother. death. 50 he killed them
,uI lion himself Tins forever ronrcaIinr the
,,annnr of The tirst crime
I, IL .oid ,hat an the niobt that Mr.. Reed.
Mrs Warren. mother ran a,ro,, the river to
at.o bnr lifo thot W,rron ramo home cross and
~ n,,i ran,.rtoJ a. ha holt.I the door
.,--rfora viii l,a fnnr .n,ls ero 10 hi to-nirht
sure ana ,erh,ns tiye.' 4, he said thj, he
iaroi ~, NJ Pod sd intensrl, that She made
;, ,raten.a of loing 70 the door for something
mi ran far her Iifr
Tha Ea;rfnli Journal SAYS. Several mr.ou,
alneItressed surrrise f5af such a le,perate
character as Warren was known 10 he should
baX hepn allowed 10 have conc rnsearched af-
Ter being put under arrest. A careful examina-
ton Of the case leads Us to think thai no search
would have brought to light the revolver that
ana llt Sll0UtlG. II SStillN ttI ttll tlldl tilt
weapon must have been hidden right at the
head of the chamber stairs and it, presence
there was what made the desperate man 80
anxious 10 take his children there OF All other
places The officers suggested that he 20 to
The front rooms but he insisted ON going
where he did Notwithstanding il was difficult
of access.
The funeral of Warren and his victims TOOK
place Thursday Rev. ID. b. Holt officiating.
The procession passed through Fairfield al
Va ~, ~l,,yy
Three hcarse> were in the procession. such
,ight never was seen in Fairfield before and
The excitement was great
The Younger child Cora. about four years Of
age, was said to he cunning and playful gil.
Being her fathers fayorte il seems strange
that he should indulge his british nature to
such An extent as to murder her. The bullet
he fired took effect in the base OF her brain.
cracking the skull considerably. and pressing
some pieces against the brain substance itself.
Thursday afternoon DIR. Thayer trepanned the
skull and removed several pieces which were
pressing against the brain. He was unable TO
determine the location of the bullet. which is
probably firmly embedded in the brain.
FAIRFIELD. MAECH %. Little Edic Warren
died this morning. The funeral will take place
"Wednesday forenoon. The property Will pro-
badly 90 to the Warren brothers.
TOR puIso<II,i HER HUSBAND.
The court room At Pennington was closely
nocled Friday hy an audience composed largely
If ln}ias the oc,,sion heinz the trial of the ease
of tho St,t,. " thhir u Iieyey. on an indirt-
,,i.nt ,.harr;n,, the resnondeut with admin;ster-
in, stryrhnine 10 her husband. Charlie. l.. Uow-
~ If phIlins with intent tokill. The, detail,
~ ,ha ,ti,;r ar, tho.r. ON fine morning of
W.rnh 1st Mr. Hwy left hi. home with a ioad
Of h,v for Packard Mil. in No. 6 Plantation.
Jist.nt six mile IIc took hi, dinner with
hi,n Whit o.tin,, il at noon he noticed :, biz
tor t,,ta il, tho Li>Iuit and only ate n nortiop
ioa,in,t .hont balf . hisr,i1 in III, nail soon
afterwards he was taken Violently III and a
',h>..ie;an was r,IIed and said Inc man had been
nnoisonnd with strychninc. After treatment
The man recovered The re1naiuder of the bis
init was ,,iven to . doc and the animal died half
-" ha"r ftor aatin,, II This lei to susnirinns
Of attemnteJ noisoning and the neiohhors took
amt tho .tomarh of The doc and sent If To Pro-
fessor frank l. BARTLETT of Portland, for an
aIv.i. In court Prof. Rartlett testified that
be fo,nd g, third of Grain OF stry,hniuc in
The nortiop of The stomach he aualyIeJ and the
,rhofo stomoch uroh.hlv contained one .srain
The persecution wa. ably conducted by Conn
~ attorney Fremont +. Timhrrlake. of Phil
H.; ff,ao;; y,;tn..es t.stifyiu,, The n.in
mn;,ts hrou,ht ont were that Uewcy.. lunch
w. nrenoreI Iv his wife lie took if from her
h.n,I ,,,t II an bis sIed with Ills hay and if aid
,ot ca out of hi. uo..rs,ion till he Ale il. 4
Lott1o cont.inin,, .trychninc was also found at
IInwo,. hnnsa MN ha saiI ho hal houoht IN
IN foxes VIII Thnre was al.oeyiJen,n lend
inc To show that the RESPONDENT attemuted TO re-
,novo tho strvrhuine from the nrnnlisrs before
saarcb coulJ 'La n,ad.. th,t mon hnino ipforu
oil of no .irLneSx of Ior husi,nd she cyhihitrd
sims Of conf,,,ion and stated that She had frIt
n6rrons oil day nxnnctin'r .omcthinr was COM
tn bannen On The way TO the neighbor.s
housn fwbaro ber husband hal hecn taken She
asteJ her r.rort if her husband ate his dinner
Lefore ha was token sick ard ON REACHING the
house she did NOT enter his SEX room for fifteen
minutes Mrs Uewry also said that if her b,lS-
hand died She shoulJ- 90 west and speut the re-
,maindnr Of har Jays anJ :. n,rtv h,J tolJ her
tbat IL hor hnsha,,I 'Iiaa shc shouIJ he nrn.
,iIod far Other Whence Of tho Government
sbnnoI that tha resnnnient triaJ to throw sn..
I,irion On another narty hy SAVING She ronld net
fee who nosoneJ her husband unless II At mar
~ MA !, A SAWYER of pbi,,ns and II /
Wbitcomh If PENNINGTON. condncted lie de-
f.n.n m. farn,nr ,''.Iin :, taurLin., niea in his
nnan;rr only Two Witnesses w,.r, ,yaminrd
thr rnsnon,eni ana hersl,urhtar The trsti.
monv ~ ,nnther Ianrhtrr nine wears obi was
excluded by the Court on account of her age.
The substance of their testimony was entire
igorance of the whole thing: that pleasant rela-
tions had always existed between the husband
and wife and a denial of the truth of much of
the testimony introduced by the Governments
The closing arguments were made SATURDAY.
II. L. Whitcoinb of Pennington, argued for
the defence and in an able manner presented
the case. bringing tears TO the ewes of many in
the audei,r,. He claimed that the government
had failed to connect the respondent with the
poisoning: that the pleasantest relations had
existed between her and her husband and con-