The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-03
Attempted Murder and Suicide
Manchester.

The village of Manchester Centre
was terribly excited last Thursday
by the attempt of one Charles
Seymour to murder his family and
one Harding, a boarder, and then
cutting his own throat. The Rutland
Herald of Saturday gives the follow
ing account of the tragedy:
Among the first to reach the scene
were Lawyers Martin and Archibald.
Mr.. Martin at once proceeded into the
honse where he found Seymour cutting
his throat with his jack-knife. He at
once forced the knife from Seymour, led
him out of the house and placed him in a
chair Seymour soon indicated that he
would like to lie on the ground upon
which Mr.. Martin helped him from the
chair. While Mr.. Martin was in the
ther, Mrs. Seymour, over a bank in front
of the house. The child was Immediately
carried to the nearest house, where it now
remains. Doctors were at once sent for
but did not arrive until about II 80, or
half an hour after the atlray.
Mrs. Seymour, a jeweler by the name
of Harding, who boarded at the house,
and Seymour, We're all carried into the
house, and cared for. 1t was found that
Mrs. Seymour and Harding had their
skulls fractured in two or three places.
The child had only a slight cut above the
right ear, and Seymour had cut himself
about the head, and also in three places
on the neck and one in his abdomen. The
instrument he used was seven pound
sadiron. 1t was found that the three
shots were three giant firecrackers which
Seymour had caused to explode and for
what purpose no one can tell. The rea-
son he gives is that he thought it would
do him some good.
There are different causes to which the
crime is attributed. 1t is known as fact |
that Seymour has been queer at times and |
it is attributed to insanity. At the same
time he confesses that there was some
jealousy in his mind. Some think that a
-Cherboneau-whO assaulted Hard |
ing about two weeks ago because of jeal-
ously, had made Seymour jealous of his
wife. And by some 1t is attributed to
Spiritualism, as Seymour was strong
Spiritualist, and it is said studied too
much upon the subject"
of Monday gives the
... e statements of Sey-
.. ife:
was sitting by the WIN
t.... of the bed in the sitting
len Harding coming to
the kitchen and the sit
IA in. Seymour at this
time was pacing the two rooms. Mrs.
Seymour paid no attention until she heard
a rustic. Upon looking around she saw
Seymour pounding Harding upon the
head Harding was at that time upon
the floor and Seymour over him. Mrs
Seymour hastened to the spot, ,ahtending
to take the sadiron from Seymour, but
when he turned upon her she tried to get
out of the door into the kitchen, but just
as she reached the steps he hit her upon
the back of the head, how many times
she knows not. The little boy, George,
who at this time sat upon the edge of the
bank, ran to help his mother. Seymour
turned upon the boy, struck him blow,
knocking him over the bank where his
mother had reeled. Harding at this time
had regained his feet and was about the
ward. 1t seems that he went out to his
workshop in the rear of the house, for
there is blood upon the floor and upon the
casing. Seymour's family numbers
five. The children are all boys aged
five, seven and nine. Very
fortunately the two older boys were
at the time of the atiray.
The child has now recovered so as to be
able to play about the yard. Mrs. Sey-
mour and Seymour are better, and it is
thought will recover. Harding is now
very comfortable, but is thought he will
not recover.