The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-17
A YERITAsIs JULIET.
She Kills Herself In the Presence of tho
Body of Hor Murdered Lover.


Body of Hor Murdered Lover.
NORTH ADAMS, MASS, Jan. 18.-The
details Of 8 terrible tragedy, resulting in
the suicide Of q young woman Wills try
ing to protect her wounded lover from
shots OF her angered fHther and brothers,
are reported from Hancock, secluded
little French Canadian village fifteen
miles from here, close to the New York
State line.
The locality Is without Communication
by telegraph or railroad to this place.
Carrie Brockway, the eighteen.year-old
daughter OF Farmer BrockWay, loved q
young man named Washington Sweet.
The girls affection for Sweet was objected
to by the Brockw.y family, who regarded
Sweet "a an unfit companion for the
daughter, who, nevertheless met her lover
frequently and for the most part un-
known to her family.
Within day or two Brockway learned
that his daughter had boen meeting Sweet
secretly, Notwithstanding that he had
warned her repeatedly against him. He
reproved the girl sharply, and she replied
with great spirit that che loved Sweet and
would see him as often as she wished.
This aroused the fathers anger, and with
his son he started for Sweets house.
They were Ril armed. SEsos heard OF
their coming and proceeded to defend
himself against attack. Tais he did by
barricading tho doors and windoxa and
arming himself with shotgun Gnd re-
volysr.
When the Brockways knocked st Sweets
door, he replied to the summons with
shot which took effect on ono OF the boys.
Then began q rahling iusillade Of ahots
from both sides. The wounded aoa was
carried OF and Left behind wool house,
while the father and other son arsd shot
alter shot into the house. They directed
their aim at a window where Sweet was
stationed, Finally no more sho.S came
from the house, and tho attacking
party, surmiBiDg that Sweet was
killed, advanced 10 enter the door.
At this moment Carrie BroCkway, hav-
ing learned OF the attack and Its
purpose, appeared on the Beene. She
called out 10 Sweet not 10 shoot, but no
answer came from the house. Tho door
Was then broken open, and tho body Of
Sweet, with a bullet wound In his Bhoul-
der, was found outslretched on the floor.
At the sight Of her lover the grl acream-
ed hystericAlly, censuIed her father and
brother for numbering eTswestheGrt, and
then, in her despair, and before she could
be prevented, seized from the dinner table
carving knife, plunged 1t into her throat
and fell dyiugacEoss the body Of her lover,
dsluging him and heEseli In . pool Of her
own blood.
AmsEsd Of the unexpected climax Of
the tragedy, BrockEay dispatched his
son after doctor, but the girl wEs dead
In . few moments. The population Of the
village was thrown into the greatest ex.
citement on learning Of the awful tragedy,
and as they have divided on the quostion
Of the right and wrong Of the matter, q
good deal Of feeling Is manifested, which
threatens to lead TO trouble. Sweet Is
bsdly wounded. A bullot irom revolver
lodged in his back, making On ugly wound.
The wounded son 10 also In critical con-
diHol. BE received the contents Of SWeet'a
: shotgun In the hip.