New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-08
CRAZED BY RUM AND OPIUM
NUMBERING A FAMILY AT BREAKFAST
A REJECTED LOVER SHOOTS THE WOMAN WIN
REFUSED HIN. KILLS HER FATHER
AND SISTER AND THEs COM
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIBUNI'i


G. Iouts Dec 7.-Caspar +. ClisW, reIo''H'
- ,od ,ov.r committed number Oh nluu''
this morning and ended by sending pun =.
his bcad Tho crime occurred In inc u'n''e
,he house at No. 3.114 Ickory-s~ inv -.
occupled by John susOn, machinisi' anu h'' 'sa'!
He had six chiIdron-Maggie, age twenty '''
,uentv tvo. Agnes eighteen Michael, sixteen teresa
,o,rto.r and Iuy ten The girls Maggie, Mary and
o., ,rere drcssmskcrs. II $3.50 O'Clock wheh
,ho fauiIy SAT down to breakfast. The dnlnSfoom
. in the basement and in the rear Is aoor open
ing on a short stairway leading TO the !afu' INC
family had hardly taken their seats at the taoe "heh
Tho sound Of rapid footsteps coming down the stairs
w,s heard and a moment later August +. Clspy, a
mschinst, whom Mary had refused TO marry, burst
in tho door revolver IN hand. lie pushed the door
shut and then drew another revolver, saying
Now l have you ALL
He fired first at the father who sat at the head OK
the table The ban struck Mr.. Sus0n in the temple
and he fell to the floor dead The murderer hied
three more shots in quick succession, ana as the
boy Michael rose 10 grappe with him. hred al the
lad point blank The bullet struck the boy on the
right hand, and poughed furrow In his wrist. lie
closed with Clispy Tho boy held ths murterers left
hand. in which was a revolver, fully loaded. They
staggered out through the door and, SHAKING e Ooy
Of Clispy ran up the stairs to a rear porch 'hchao
picked up the weapon dropped by CIspy anu puiSuou
him. He tried to shoot Clispy, but found that all
tho cartridges in the weapon hal brtH ii'"o'O"
He threw the worthless weapon at the head OF TIC
aying murderer but missed the mark linen ClspS
suddenly stopped, placed the "capoH ITO '"i'" ."
his own head fired, and fell DEAD
When the lad returned to the dining room an a"lu
scene confronted him Lying the floor at tho
head of the table was his father The ghastly wound
in ne temple told the story Of death Next
TO the father tho girl Agnes was lying win Dioou
and brains oozlng from bullet hole In mo hi' Temp q
PHYSICIANS entertain no hope of her recovery. next
ia Agnes Mary lay with wOnld III Lc loIshedu
cha was unconscious, and an eNanlhd i1h sio"c"
nat tho bullet had not entered the SKILL enc re-:
wiied in a short time and Is believed TO be out OF
dangcr THE Two younger sisters and MIS-. siihOn
pnnSTcd tho fIsilade of lead The boys wound Is
nof considered dangerous. Tho shock was SO great
IN Mrs SlxOn that she Is now UNCONSCIOUS ana mo
pbysirians have serious doubts about hcr recovery
iJssnv was a man ~ twenty three. lie was employed
I'm The same machine shop with Mr.. suson, ana IL was
duo TO the efforts of Mr. Suson that ne oDta ned
traton The men became good friends ard Slson
Invited Clspy TO his home. There ne Hict Mary
s,,ss1 and instantly became infatuated, The gid
aid NOT encourage him. In fact sHe TOOK very ltue
interest i'm him. The father said nothing Tor some
tn the oninm habit and told his daughter TO have
nothing 10 do with him. she feluscu OhsPS ohoi
of marriage aud he said
q" will have you or havo blood 49,,
ON THANKSGIVING night she accompanied 1rlenI
"a , Mace 0f amusement aud the next day tnspy told
nor 1-he must marry him he would " have his
tights That was the last she saw of him unlI THIS
u0rninc Clspy lived with his mother ana was
man of violent temper and errsiic disposition