The sun., 1889-12-08
A REJECTED LOVERS CRIME.
WITH a REToL TKR IN EAoB BIND HE
TRIES TO MURDER a FAMILY.

No Kills q Father, wouuds Three 0tRers,
and then Shoots HirnselE-The Girl vvhe
Discarded Hin IL Only Slightly Injured.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 7.-Caspar F. Calispy, a
rejected suitor. crazed by q com mbination OF
rum and opium, committed a series Of horrible
murders this morning and finished the bloody
work by letting out his own life The slaugh-
ter occurred In the dining room OF the house
3.194 Hickory street The house was occupied
By John Anson. q machinist. his wife and chill
dren. Maggie. aged "a; ksry. az; Agnes, Is;
Michael. I6: Teresa. IA and Lily. 10. The
girls, Maggie. Mary, and ARnes were dress
makers. and were handsome women.
It was ESQ O'Clock whom tho family sat down
to breakfast. The dining room 10 In the base
ment, and in the rear is door opening on
short pair OF stairs that lead to the back yard.
The family had scarcely taken their seats
at the table when the sound OF rapid footsteps
coming down the back stairs was heard. A
moment later August +. Calispy, machinist
whom Mary had refused to marry. burst in
the door revolver in hand. He pushed the door
shut and then drew another revolver, saying:
Now have you ALL"
Ho fired 1rst ut tho father. who sat ut the
head OF the table. The ball struck him In tho
temple and he fell TO the floor dead. The muir
derer fired three moro shots in quick success
sion. and. as the boy Michael rose to grspplo
with him, fred at the lad point blank. Tho
bullet struck tho boy on the riGht hand and
ploughed q furrow on his wrist He closed
with Cslispy. who by this time had fred
all the bullets in ono revolver. The boy
hold the murdorers left hand, In which was
revolver fully loaded. They staggered out
through the door. and, shaking the boy OF,
SHspy ran up the stairs to fear nSr9h
CSiispy, but iscovsred that ali the cartridSes
the worthless weapon at the head Of the flying
murderer but missed the mark. Then Callspy
10 his head, flred three shots and siI over dead.
When the lad returned to the dying room an
awfu sS him Lying on the
The ahastIy wound in tho templs told the story
Of death. Next to the father Agnes was lying.
hole in the left temple. She was breathing,
but the physiclaps entertain no hope
With St wound in the forehead sS; She was % nncon.
sclops; but an examination showed that
the bullet had not entered the skull. She re-
Of danger. The two younger sisters and Mrs;
Anson escaped the fufiade. The boys wound
had such a prostratlng effect upon Mrs. Aneon
that she is now u4copscions and the physi7
cS SSuSs 1ho f
deadly work. was 29 years old. He was EN-
ployed in the same machine shop as Mr.. Anson.
friends. and AnsQn invited Galispy 70 his
and ' instantly beca an Infatuated; The siri
did not enconraGs bin, IN TACT took very little
h Then he Ssd S
dsnshter to have INC Nothing to d do With Sm % She
:'p said: wilma vii have you SSeS or have S biood anu n'
On ThanksgivinR evening she ACCOMPANIED
O friend TO place OF amusement, and the next
he would have his rights" That was the last
lent temper and erratic disposition. Mary An:
son. the girl with whom Calispy was Infatuated
Calispy, has been calling on me for two
vears. but never cared anything for him.
until my % fnther heard he was n in the 6 habit % Of
eating morphine. Father told him did not
care to have him come to zee me any more. but
Day he came to the house. and alter sitting
around for q long while he said:
Mary, I'm going 10 kill you
" 1 laughed at him, and we all did, and
hought nothing moro about II.
house. and my brother Michael felt I a revolver ~
hs sbsr ss RerK shfe t0a
rg ever came OF 1t. oh. my God! this Is horri-
Here the wounded girl burst into tears. over
,ome by recollection OF the tragedy. After
ew Gonvulsiye sobs she continued:
vent to Music Hall on last WedneSda az night
With another young gentleman. told him be-
,ause l wanted TO. Then he begged mo piti-
ully to marry him. but refused. i his morn
ng while at breakfast / saw Calispy come In
he room with revolver in each hand. Father
ell at the fl rst fire. then felt stinging senea-
ion In the head and that Is oil remember"
The grief OF Anson's daughters was heart
ending and it was with difficulty that they
ould be persuaded to leave the room where
heir father died Kind neghbors endeavored
o console them, but OF no avail. Lilly went |
nto the room where her mother was and rro-
ured q sheet, which she tenderly spread over
A. neiGhbor was requested to break the news
0 Mary, the slightly wounded girl. which was
lone ms quietly as possible; but the poor girl
~ npenred to have exhausted every tear. and, |
With sobs and moans. rocked to and fro In her
hair.