Daily Republican., 1888-08-06
KILLED by His SON.

/ HAMMoNToN, N. j., Aug. GA bru
tal murder was committed here on
Saturday evening, when William j..
Elder fell Victim to the hatred Of bis
son Robert. and died with three bullets
10 his body. A woman was the pri.
mary cause OF the tragedy.
William j. Elder was for eighteen
years employed As driver on the lines
OF the Union Railway 10 Philadelphia.
He was on the FAlEmoupt branch and
on the Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets
Road, aud resided near Twenty third
and Brown streets. He was a hard
drinkar, and in consequence his wife
left him ave years ago, He then went
70 Hammonton and took up his resi-.
dence in little house upon an emf.
nence Just across the road from his
aged fathers house, About q mile and D
half west OF HAmmonton village
There he lived with his two boys, Rob
eTt, aged &c. and Matthew, Igsd IL
years, but he Continued 10 drink, and
the home surroundings were By NO
means conducive to harmony,
Last winter there Apeared In HAM
monton . young woman with q rather
pretty face and glib tongue, who went
90 board at the houss OF Mrs. tt tomRs.
She said she WAS Or. Marion ], Frank
lin, the nieoe of . PhiiAdelphiA news.
paper publisher. She told 30 many pal.
pAble fAlsehoOds and behaved in suoh q
manner that MIA. Thomas put her out
Of the house.
EARLY In the spring she began . visit.
Ing tour, and among the plsoss she Wis.
tied was the home OF William Elder.
She stayed two and three days at q timo
and 1t was noticed that her calls were
disiasteful TO young Robert.
At last Afsee . three days visit from
the woman, Robert had . violent quar-.
rel with his father about her, which 70
suited in his taking up life for himself
Ia Que room OF q vacated house about
200 yards down the road, In the csntra
of 3 weed-Erown and desolAte traot.
He bought stove and . few other
neoessAriss of hou IeEe eeping and started
In, returning each night from his work
at Wooduut's farm, half . mile further
down the road, and preparing his own
meals.
About two weeks Ago little Matthew
came TO young Robert and said his
father had given him . terrible bsating
for some trihiue thing he had forgotten
10 attend TO. The blood Of young Rob-
ert was aroused In an instant. and he
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another quarrel, and Robert took little
Matthew from the place and put him In
care OF Farmer Charles Combs, who
lives half q mile westward, whore he
hiss been ever since.
On Saturday afternoon Robert dis.
cardsd his working clothes. He rode
up to his fathers house ut about 8
O'Clock with Herbert Thayer, q boy Of
10 years, who was Alho at work on tho
Woodruff farm, and who was driving
into Hamnonton to carry his employer
back home. Robert entered his fathers
house and soou emerged with little
Matthew clothes in q bundle, which
he carried across to his grandfather,
who is 90 years old. He then Welked
toward the buggy occupied BY young
Ehsger, when his father came from the
lawn in font OF the house.
Father and son then exchanged hot
Words, but All that was heard was
well, then, that settles It," from the
tAther's lips Suddenly Robert pulled
a pistol from his pocket End flred three
shots in quick succession At his fsthsr'B
breast. The msn fell on his face in the
road with sosrcely q groRn, and the par
Ticide ran off In tue direction OF the
house he called home.