Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-20
Saturday, September 20, 1890.
SOLEMN FUNERAL SERVICES.
Murderer Helm and His Victims
Buried Yesterday-Two Thousand
9eonle I'm Attendance.

Murderer Helm and His Victims
Buried Yesterday-Two Thousand
People In Attendance.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H, Sept. 19.-Solemn
funeral services over the remains of Muir
derer Helm and his children were held at
their late home this afternoon. The ser
/ vices were private, but two or three rela-
tives being present. The house was
darkened, the shades being drawn
and from an open side door came
the perfume of beautiful flowers
sent by school children who were
friends of the little ones The brief ser
vice was very touching, and the remarks
of the clergyman brought tears to every
eye. Rev. o. S. Bakatel officiated. The
funeral of Helm took place first, and after
a short prayer the body was removed to
hearse and, followed by one carriage, was
taken to Harmony Grove cemetery, where
a single grave had been prepared to receive
the remains of the father and his three
children. At 3 o'clock the relatives, to-
gether with four young companions of
Carrie, again assembled in the room of
death to hear the services over the
daughters. Rev. Mr.. Bakatel, after
reading from the scriptures, feelingly
alluded to the particularly sad cir
cumstances of the young girls death,
and after prayer had been offered the
bodies of Carrie, Bertha and Maud We're
placed in separate hearses, and the solemn
procession started ON its way to the GENE
terry. Fully 1000 people had gathered to
witness the mournful sight, and they
maintained the utmost silence as the flu
neral cortege slowly passed.
Young Carrie Helm had lover, lad
named Albert Wallace, who lives at the
south end and had been keeping company
with the girl to whom he was devotedly
attached. A few minutes before the
tragedy he had called on her and asked
her to go to walk with him, which she
put the children to bed. When he heard
the shots he rushed back and caught Carrie
in his arms just as she breathed her last.
He attended the funeral to-day, and the
scene as he looked upon the dead body of
his loved one was most pathetic. He took
Carries death very hard and his parents
fear that in q moment of distraction he
may end his own life.
Notwithstanding the burial of Helm and
his three daughters, interest in the terri
BILE tragedy deepens every hour and the
SeASS bcSoiiiSs cOInplcAtSu MS Ine
facts are brought to light. Hrs. Helm ar
rived in the city tonight on the Portland
train, having with her babe apparently
eight or nine months old and went at once
to her mothers home ON Hill street. She
is greatly Frustrated by the terrible crime.
Found Six Dead Bodies.
EVANSVILLE, Ark, Sept. 19.-Two Gyp-
sy families, numbering nine persons,
camped at the fork of the creek, a mile
north of here, Tuesday. During the night
it is supposed cloud burst, for to-day the
bodies of six of them, women and chill
dren, who had been drowned, We're re-
covered. The men saved themselves and
one child by clnging to the trees.
Electricity's Next Victim.
GLEN's FALLS, N. Y, Sept. 19.-Cal
Wood was found guilty of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be executed
by electricity at Dannemora prison during
the week of November 3.