The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-30
A TRIPLE
MURDER
AND SUICIDE IN WORCESTER.
What Occasioned The Horrible Deed is Still
ShrOudpd in Mystery.
Corhett Says He Can Whip Sullivan in -Four
RoundS---lc Wants tbe Rcan-eatcr 10
put Up or Shut lp

WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. Dc y hor-
ribe triple murder and suicide was dis
covered at noon today in the upper fiat
of "A tenement building Henry Narnum
and his little adopted daughter, Flor
ence, were found dead His wife vas
nearly dead when discovered and died on
the way to the hospital, and Mrs Wright,
the mother Of Mrs. Varnum, now lies at
the hospital in a critical condition, I'M
able to talk of or indicate in any way the
story of the awful event. Henry Narnum
came to this city from Horon, VT, in
September, and sought employment as
machinist. which he found in the shop
of l.. l.. Pollard. He then hired tene
r,ent house on Tainter street and sent
for bis family. which consisted of his
wife, an adopted daughter, and his wifcs
mother, Mrs. Wright.
The family lived quictly,and to all ap,
pcarances. happily. Rev. Mr.. Phillips
had occasion today to make calh on
Cnristy street. near Tainter. and IN pass
ing the house be thought he would iin'
out if anything was the matter having
noticed that none of Narnums family
attended church Sundays. He rang the
Varnum bell. but received no answer.
and called up the lower tenement, and
| later the occupant of the middle dwell,
ing, Mrs Hall. She said she had heard
nothing from the Narnums. and that
she felt nervous about them. she also
said that the door upstairs was open.
Mr.. Phillips went upstaiis and entered
the apartments through the parlor. The
rooms were very cold, and the furniture
undisturbed lie rushed through the
parlor to the back parlor and then into
the kitchen. He then pushed open the
door of bedroom leading oil from the
kitchen and a terrible sight met bis eyes
Living on the bed covered with blood
we're Mr.. Varnum and his wife. fhe
man was quite dead but the woman was
breathing heavily. In a corner of the
room laid the child, turned over on heI
face, dead Mr.. Phillips waited nc
J longer but rushed down to the office oi
Knowles Loom works where he tele-
phoned for the police. When the police
arrived, the mother. Mrs. Wright, was
, discovered in an adjoining room. Sh'
was conscious, but unable to speal
, though she understood what was said t.
her and made several lnelectual AT
D tempts to articulate. The bodies of th'
I man and child were removed by the un
I dertaker and the two women were car
red to the hospital The younger woma'
: died as the ambulance stopped at tn
! hospital door
9 Mrs. Wright is still living. She
d about 50 years old. The weapon wi,
d which the awful deed was committe
was an iron door hanger weighing twent
pounds. Narnum was killed by sta
with his own knife. lie was cut to II
II heart There was no other marks on n
body.
Medical Examiner Kcefe. who exam
" ined the bodies says that the deed vi
a done early Sunday morning.
e The bodies Of the man and child whe
found were stiff aud the water in tt
20 kitchen was frozen. There was 10 zig
u Of violence about the house outside
., the bedrooms.
), Mrs Hall, who lives in the tencne'
- -, below, says that she heard a slight sour
I, from the child at about , o'clock Su
~ day morning sand Il moment later II
~ sound of footsteps. The noises ceas,
5Ps immediately and She thought nothing
al them.