Telegram-herald., 1889-07-14
AWFUL BUTCHERY.
a k'renxled Mans Terrible Does
a. Somervllls. Mass.
4 WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN SHOT.
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Sas enacted "a SSnseTsiile shortly after
midnight fFiasy Ihs sletisas are Ais
taehSf1Es Saith. aged a. years bel sea
Thomas. sssd . years, s0d 1Ae IseEPstTat<lr
of Tie terrible deed. AsS s>sits kosonoesg.
n hile tse other children of AEs hl0ttA
Ws1e lnlured one NJ whom viii die ThS
murderer haA been hyiag witt Srs saith
Tor about year 90 hes hus aaa1. bat Il IL
the general belief thai thss were not mar
sied The cause CT the tragedy lie aot
knosr~ although ~ is stated that hossn-
berg has compislaed about the ~ss hs has
been treated in rnoRey matters By the
woman IL IL supposed that recent
quarrel over their financial sffSirs was the
chief cause Of the tragedy. The scene OF
The shooting was al the oorneI II Dane
street sRa Dane court SolneTyil4e TIE
ground floor La used ss provision and
grocery store; the business having hssE
carried On BY Mrs Smith since the eisap.
pearanoe VI her husband Charles smith.
who Is supposed 10 have committed suicide
10y jumping froln tie fortlsad steamer
about yea ago,
Near neighoors were aroused 1t about /
O'Clock by naanber Of pistol shots. and the
poiies were rrsa pity notified The police
entered the front door aid encountered
the dead body OF Thomas srnitA.
who received bic wound probably up-
stairs and succeeded IN resching the
lower i1ndiug before falling. A ballet bad
entered his forehead lie Was tie eldest
of the children. Of which there weIe tive
Mrs Smith was found Ia bed The
indications were that abe was shot While
asleep Tho ball eptered the right tenn
pie. All the children occupied rooms Ia The
attic the second floor being used fof gen
eral domestic purposes. ana one ROBIN by
Mrs Smith and Rosenberg. Thomas slept
alone Willie, aged u, aud Augustus. aged
q slept together In sroom by themselves
The former was shot through the
body The wound In all probability
will prove fatal Augustus was shot ia the
mouth, the physicians think his recovery
possible They boy, Charles. aged years
was slightly wounded lie was In bed with
his little sister Mabel, year younger rye
shots for five persons four OF them fatal
shows great deliberation on the part OF the
murderer
Rosenberg met his death IN most pecul-
far and unintentionai manner. while
attempting 10 escape from the scene Of his
fiendsh work In trying 20 scale a fence
at the end of lane through which he
ran the doctor thinks he fell on . pile
Of railroad sleepers lying beside the
Fitchburg tracks, and struck his head or
spike, which fractured his skull and in-
stantly killed him Or. DuIrell SAYS there
is no DO ubt that he was crazy. The house
where tho murders occurred has been all
day surrounded by crowd Of curious peo-
pie.
Rosenberg WIS the husband Of Charles
Smiths sister. who died a few years ago
He had several children OF his own living
in Bow stl court. Somerviiie. He went
10 live wit Nrs Smith shortly after the
mysterious Sisappearsnce of la husband
The couple were never married. 30 far ae
any one knows lie was about a. years VI