The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-13
THE HINSDALE FRATRICIDE.
FAMILY QUARREL THAT RESULTED
INA MLRDER IND 4 SUICIDE

FAMILY QUARREL THAT RESULTED
IN A MURDER AND Il SUICIDE
The K,l,,np OF Henry Halo by Hts brother
Frederick, Followed by the Suicide OF
tbe Fnther-Ue Preferred Death Rather
than TO he Tried ms mn AccomplIco In the
Murder or TO Testify Against His Son.
prrTsFIFLD May 12.-1ho murder OF
uanrv Hale by his brother Frederick. week
400. was followed to-day by the suicide OF his
fatbcr william j. Hnle. in the little town OF
rinsdale 1t was only nine days ago that Fred
orirk Hale was arrested for killing his brother
Harry By pounding him over the head with
uhille trce. the details Of which have already
been printed in THE Sun. Frederick was ar
rssted and taken to tho Pittsiled Jail He was
IN have Lad his trial this morning. The father,
an old man OF 70 years. was to have been the
nrncilal witness, and was expected to be in
the District Court this morning Rather than
face the ordeal he killed himself He feared
arrest as an accessory to the killing of his son.
He was in Iittsneld on Saturday. accompanied
BY his daughter Alice. and both OF them testified
Rt tho inquest. twas observed that he was ner-
yous and greatly depressed, and hc drove rap
idly homo a distance OF 10 miles. In the evening
he found that tho horse he had driven to Pitts
field was sick. and he sent his daughter Alice
two miles TO Ilnsdale village for medicine for
It. She returned within an hour with mix
ture OF choroform and laudanum MIR. Halo
lad quantity OF aconite in the house. which
he kept 10 give his horses whom they were sick.
Tho horse grew worse. and q veterinary sur
ceon from pittsileld was called, who prescribed
for it. but 1t died before morning.
WThere was considerable chloroform and lau
danum LETT in the bottle. and Mr.. Hale had a
1.FA II f~.N, 4
autopsy which was made by Medical Examiner
Paddock Of ritsheld. That Mr.. Hale had taken
u tremendous dose OF the chloroiorm and lau-
danum. al quantity OF the aconite. prOba-
Mr. Halls told his daughter Alice to 10 ready
to start for Iittsield for the trial OF his son
FREDERICK The alarm clock was set fl for 4
Darn Darn Thie' his i''U dauEhter Alice got break
prepared to start on his Journey When he
went into the house he sn9ke OF feeling ILL., His
% SI ana tE%d MS on n"s% e' Fr3
is to Then o5 he md S9T iba
daughter sent at once to the village Of Hins-
dale for physician. He grew rapidly worse.
greatest agony. and died at 10 o'clock. His
daughter heard him say;
prison and have rome put round my neck and
lie strung UP for killing my SON."
vss daughter ;h Af Me0 # hsnf only 2sss
tie fatal blow, with the, whiiletree tho
such -eyeie blow with a hoe handle that it
broke it into three or four pieces. state De
teciye pease says that he has the
that terrible quarrel ,roo,snO week ago 20
When be came out of the woodshed Alice met
him an4, ,implored him not to strike his
hI ratRer FTedericS hit him A Over the head
and so stunned him that he fell uuon
his hands and knees and A., while he was a III IL
hand. She says that Just as she had taken the
axe away from him and left him unarmed on
BACK 81 Pl the hSsd Which isl!ed Fin 70 ,tIe
have been the deathblow. as his skull has
fracture nearly three inches in length at that
place, When this blow was struck Henry said;
He was Unconscious from that time pntil he
fainted away. and when she recovered she saw
Henry on the lounge. groaning and appearing
Go seSr the rEc ood SeF HIM
IN ,r dazed ~, condition iS and sale, Ny boy
was told on Saturday that he might be arrest
ed as an accomplice. he was entirely broken
Hd by aR Is as R hs h
death Of suicide to enduring the disgrace co OF
trial as an accompIlce n the death OF MS son;
by the double tragedy that they can hardly be
considered in their right minds. Mrs. Hale
the last 80 years. The result, is that she
has for the last 10 years been almost
in state Of insanity. and tonight
she is n .gibberinR idiot and has to
be cared for by kind neighbors. The daughter.
Alice, is suffering from nervous prostration.
from which it Is not expected she will ever
fully recover. Frederick, who is in jail await:
ing his trial. Is the most wreched member OF
today that his father had committed suicide
he said: -
father and brother are dead through my own
crime. have nothing to live for"
The county Is at fever heat over this double
tragedy and the result OF the trial Of Frede-
rick. which is to be next Tuesday. is awaited
with intense interest.