Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-04-20
CRIMINAL.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
dians.

| MURDER AND SUICIDE.
SoUIX FALLS, S. D., April 20
When Frank X. Hide, prominent
leader of the independent party, re-
turned to his home Saturday even
ing he found his young wife lying
on the floor of front room, stupefied
and breathing heavily. In the
cradle his 5-months-old baby was
lying, and on the bed lay his 2-year-
Old daughter, dead. After cursory
search the frantic husband and
father found a note written by his
wife declaring that she felt that in
sanity, which was hereditary in the
family, was creeping upon her; that
her children were destined TO the
same fate, and rather than live to
burden her husband with such an
affiiction, she bad decided to kill
herself and children. An empty
bottle which had contained NOR
phine lay near by. Mrs. Hyde had
always been Of a happy disposition,
and nothing had ever been said or
done to give the husband warning
that such a terrible calamity was
impending. The family occupied a
high social position and the city is
profoundly shocked. When Mr..
Hyde left the house Saturday morn
ing his wife kissed him and appeared
in the best of spirits. Physicians
were at once summoned, and al
though they are doing all they can
to save the wife and baby, il is feared
they will not succeed.
AWAITING HIS DEATH.
SING SING, April 90 Warden
Bris Saturday morning was remark
ably cheerful and communicative,
and was disposed to talk about the
two murderers, McElvain and Trez-
"a. He said: "I haven't the slight
est idea that there will be an execu.
tion here next week, and 1 have
thought it would be a long while
before any execution took place;
but one thing l want to say is that
am all ready. The dynamo room
Is fitted up, the chair is in position,
aud all that is necessary is the time.
But believe me, Trezza will get a
stay just as McElvain did, just as
all the rest haVe.n Nicola Trezza,
the man who killed Alexander
Salvano in Brooklyn, is now count
ing the hours and wondering
whether his counsel will come for
ward with a stay for him too, He
heard of what he calls McElvain's
good luck yesterday, and said that
he was glad that there is not one in
the big prison who believes the exc
cution will take place next week.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
NEW YORK, April 2O.-When the
steamship Elder swung out of her
pier in Hoboken Saturday afternoon
several of the crew were swabbing
up big pools of blood in the steerage.
A double tragedy had been enacted
there half an hour before. Philip
Ohnacker had killed Mrs. Gather
ine Barth, and then sent a bullet
crashing through his own weak
brain. Two children are left in
Germany to mourn the death Of the
woman. She has husband there,
too, but 1t is not likely he will shed
tears over her taking of, because she
left him aud her children to come
here with Ohnacker. The suicide
was y soldier stationed at the mines,
and yielding 10 the persistent plead
ing Of the woman, came with her to
this country, where they lived as
man and wife. They lived on q
farm near this city, and the woman,
tiring Of her lover, neglected him in
many ways, and finally announced
her intention of returning home.
ohnaeker tried to change her pur-
pose, aud followed her TO the dock
TO renew his pleadinGs. He had no
money TO purchase ticket TO ae-
eompany her.
WHOLESALE BUrCHERY.
Nav YoRg, April 0-In Ho-