Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-18
INSANE WITH JEALOUSY.
A New Hampshire Man Kills His Three
Daughters and His Wife's Lover.

A terrible tragedy took place last night at
Portsmouth. NH. mob of several hundred
people surrounded the tenement house No. 6
Middle street, where the bodies Of three dead
persons partially attest the extent of the crime
Fred II. J. Helm. aged forty-fve, q cooper, has
family Of three daughters, the eldest Carrie,
aged fifteen years, keeping house for him. Sew
eral months ago his wife left him and ii is re-
ported that she had been unfaithful to her
marriage VOW and that the girl Carrie had be-
come hayward. Helms troubles preyed upon
his mind until ne resolved to end them, and to
not only remove the partial cause of his mis-
fortune, but also move from temptation the
three female members Of his household. Two
Of them and the murderer himself lie dead in
his home, while at the Cottage Hospital the
third daughter lies dying with bullet in her
neck, and at his home on State street Charles
W. Taylor, a well-known hardware merchant,
whose name has been connected with that Of
the Helm woman, lies under the hands of the
surgeons with two bullet holes in his back
Before the discovery of Helms dead body in a
closet at his house officers and citizens were
securing the city i'll search of him. Had he
fallen Into the hands OF the mob there is not
the slightest doubt that he would have been
lynched.
Charles W. Taylor, aged thirty-tlve. stove
dealer on Market street while entering his res
idence, corner of State and Union streets, at
1870 last night. was rushed upon by the murderer
who fired two shots in rapid succession 1T Tay-
Tor. both of which took effect in the small of
his back. Taylor is still alive but is very low.
He stated that he does not know what prompted
Hem TO shoot him. The doctors are unable TO
state whether lie will recover not.
Shortly before o'clock people living in the
vicinity of Helms house were alarmed by hear
ing five pistol shots fired III rapid success
sion. Daniel Casey and Arthur Walker saw
Maud, the thlrteen-ycar-old daughter of Helm.
come running out of the house and fall ON the
pavement. She cried: Father has shot me. ,"
\ physician arrived and ordered the girl taken
TO the hospital where she now lies in a critical
condition. The first shot fired entered the
RICH side Of her face at short range. As she
started to run out of the house her father fired
two moro shots at her. one taking effect under
the shoulder, passing through her stomach, the
other passing through her hip. The lower
part Of Helms house WAS the SCENE of the muir
dercrs most horrible work. The kitchen
covered with blood from one end to the other
and everything was in great disorder Just out
side che back door OF the house lay the two
bodies. Carrie, the oldest girl, lay with her
face covered with blood. the deadly bullet hav-
ing entered the left side of the face. passing
upward toward the brain, death having resulted
Instantly. Across her PROSTATE form lay Ber-
tina, the youngest daughter. When found by
Officer Quinn and DR.. Clark she was uncon-
scious. bu. she expired i'll C few minutes the
bUllc: that caused her death having entered
her head just behind the left ear Sheriff COT
fin arrived at Helms house at S15 and after
placing guard about the house detailed men
to search the city for the criminal. While this
search was going On City Marshal Johan and
force of marshals arrived at the house and it
was decided to closely examine the chambers,
lest he should be in hiding there. As they en-
tered the front chamber they were Mortified to
see the dead body of Helm stretched on the
floor. with a bullet through his temple from a
44-caliber revolver which lay at his side. The
crowd that had gathered about the house were
wrought TO the highest pitch and had the muir
question have taken the law into their own
hands