The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-30
TWO WOMEN MURDERED.
OWE IN RHODE ISLAND, TEE OTHER
IN MAssI ON USEITs.

discovery sr ths Rsav OF = wo.su n the
North scituste Weoas-she nee Bees
shot sns Nsssrestsd wulisn -.
Carr Kills mis- sister n worcester.
Providence, Sept. 20.-The body Of q muir
dered woman was discovered In the North
scltuats woods. about ten miles from Olney-
Vile square. yesterday afternoon. Some time
about the middle Of the week the woman was
shot through the heart and heavy blows rained
upon her head. After death she was pounded
upon the heal and face. Then the murderer
drove along the old Hartford pike, and by the
side of a little path leading into the woods de-
posted the body of his victim, dragging II under
q clump Cf bushes. There the remains lay,
scarcely ten feet from the road, until yesterday,
when they were discovered.
II was shortly after . o'clock yesterday after
noon that Joseph Everett. n man about 40 years
old, entered the place from the main road. The
path runs half a mile into the woods and stops
at q farmhouse. Everett is constantly roaming
about the town. lie had been In the path only q
few moments when his eyes fell upon the dead
woman. The sight was too much for Everett.
lie at once informed his brother that he had
seen a dead woman in the woods. and the brother
in turn notified Coroner a. +. Wood, who Is
also the undertaken OF the town.
The murdered woman was about forty years
old. Her attire was neat, and she was carefully
clothed. Her dress was n black tricot with
three black pleats two inches wide upon the
skirt. About her neck was a black ribbon with
white stripes, suspended from which was q
locket in the form of an imitation watch. One
side Of the ornament was bent. The crystal had
been shattered by the bending. There was
nothing but pink cotton In the locket.
The mutilatlon of the face was hardly such as
TO cause death, though there were heavy cuts
on tho left cheek. The dark material OF which
the woman's dress WAS made hid the little
bullet wound Just below the heart, and there
was no blood there to indicate the existence OF
the place.
The Coroner, in looking about the cart path,
observed the marks of n carriage wheel. They
Indicated that a vehicle had been driven into
were said TO be those OF a buggy.
which would show that Il came from the city
rather than from any Of the farms in the vicin-
ity. The Coroner in turn at once notified the
medical examiner OF the district and secured
two men TO watch the body until the arrival Of
WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. .o.-At 10 o'clock
employed at The Wsshburn 4 Moen Manufac,
turing tompany's. works, shot and killed his
sister, Mrs. Ellen Lucier. - years old. wife Of
There had been trouble over the Will OF their
Carr became angry when he learned he was TO
receive such II sum. He had been drinking OF
t tise. he eh hs! p tSrest nT,sf his Il s sister ne' Sef"re. say
Carr walked mp Belmont street and stopped
opposite the house. The day being warm, Mrs.
lucier had left the kitchen door and all the
windows open. She was at work In the sitting
room. Her son William was In the kitchen. A
little daughter WAS playing In the yard. Carr
crossed over and ordered her to leave the yard.
lie appeared TO have been drinking, and the
child ran into the house.
Mrs. Lucier looked out OF the window and saw
her brother. lie WAS leaning against the fence.
Mrs. Lucier then turned to her son and said:
willie, you run out and make believe you
are going after an %Oftcer."
Willie did IA he was told and ran down the
street. Carr saw him running and walked n
little way up the street. Mrs. Lucier came out
to see where he had gone to. Carr saw her and
returned to the house with a quick step. There
was no one present. and II is not known whether
any conversation passed between Carr and his
sister.
lie drew a 32-calibre revolver from his pocket
and fired at his sister. He was standing only n
few feet away when he pulled the trigger, and
the bullet entered the woman's head on the
right side and passed through her skull. She
sank to the ground unconscious.
pocket and ran down Belmont street. The two
children found their mother lying on the ground,
bleeding, unconscious, and dying.
John W.. Sheridan. q special policeman and
janitor OF the Belmont street schoolhouse, with
the assistance of n few neiRhbors, carried the
woman into the house and the police were noti-
fled. Mrs. Lucier was taken to the Memorial
Hospital, where she soon died. The murderer
has not yet been arrested.
Carr Is D feet q inches tall and Of slim build.
He wore a dark Derby hat and light coat.
Another brother. James Carr, was arrested
soon after the crime WAS reported. but he Will
be released, as he has no part In the crime.