The Red Cloud chief., 1895-04-05
KILLS TWO
An Awful Deed Of an Ohio Mother
Razor the Weapon. ,

Columbus, Ohio, April 3.-Two chill
dren OF Mrs. II. II. -. Williams of Grove
City were found dead in bed In the PARK
hotel yesterday afternoon with their
throats cut from ear to ear. Their names
are Harry, 7 years old. and Maud, aged
IL. A third child, Annie, aged ~, was In
the room, but escaped unframed. The
murder was committed by the mother,
who had disappeared. Later she was
arrested. She showed no evidences OF
insanity and told the story of the horri-
BILE crime In "a calm voice. She said shc
had made up her mind last week to Kill
herself and her children and came TO
Columbus Saturday for that purpose.
She secured some opium and all three
took the drug Saturday night. 1t took
effect only on the little girl Maud. she
then determined to secure "a razor and
waited until the morning. She first cut
the boys wrist. expecting him to bleed
to death. He awakened. however, and
then she cut his throat. The body of
Maud was not touched by the razor.
Mrs. Williams said she then asked An
ME to let her cut her wrist, but the child
begged so p~iteously that she lost cour-
age n left the hotel, intending to
drown herself. She said II then occurred
to her hat Annie might be accused Of
the crime. and she changed her mind
and went TO the house of a friend, Mrs.
John G. Lester. In another part of the
town, where she was found in the even
ing.
DR.. Frank Warner was called to the
hotel about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
by the proprietor, G. G. Award. as
soon as the crime was discovered. The
doctor was escorted to the room where
the two victims of the murder lay. The
children were both in their night cloth
Ing. The little girl. Maud, had her
throat cut almost from ear to ear. Al
the foot of the bed lay a razor with
which the crime had been committed
The doctor aid the position OF the lit
tie girl indicated she had struggled
desperately for her life. She had EVIL
IDENTIFY been thrown down held In
that position face downward while she
had been slain. Harry's body did no
indicate much of a struggle.
MIR. Williams arrived In the afternoon
He said his wife left home Saturday anc
came to Columbus. but he did not know
why. He said they were not separated
lie refused to talk of the crime and alb
solutely prevented his daughter Anni'
from making any statement. The chile
was apparently willing to tell what sh'
knew of the affair until checked by he
father. Annie, before being stopped b!
her father. said her mother got up earl!
but did not cay the hotel till s|3
O'Clock. Before she went away she tol'
Annie not to go near the bed. Jus
what excuse she made the child 70
giving this instruction is not Know
now, but the little girl obeyed the In
structions and kept away from the bed
If II had not been for Annie's faithfu
obedience to her mothers injunction
the dead bodies of the little ones woul
have been discovered much sooner. a
II was the murder was not known III
the chambermaid came to make up tn
beds. Mrs. Williams is a woman q
about 30 or 40. A resident of GroV
City says he never knew any u
the Williams family, and never near
that Mrs. Williams was mentally wea
M. suffered from brain trouble.