Connecticut western news., 1895-02-21
JERSEY TRAGEDIES.
TWO WIFE MURDERS COMMITTED IN
 ONE pAY.
sp~ariin~ Cut His wite's Throat, Told uls Aged Mother What lie Had Done and Then Fied-stm Was Jealous and shot His Wife Three Times.

ep~arlirw Cut Ills wife's Throat, Told ttia
 Aged Mother What lie Had Done and
 Then Fied-stm Wa. Jealous and shst
 His Wife Three Times.
 HoBoKEH, N. l., Feb. lo-A worthless and drunken husband, only flvc days out of the Snako Hin pcnitcntinry, in tit of causelcSs jealousy deliberately murdered lis wlfe, and today tho police aro scaroh- ing for him. Tho woman was respectable and hard working and supported h,r hus- bands aPrd mother ns well as hcrsclf while he was serving timo for cruelty ili treating her.
 Christopher Spoarllnp Is a German, t2 years old. He Is m engineer, but is rarely at work. He always prcfcrrd to spend his time in getting intoxicnted and beating bis wife Helena, who Is two yrars younger. The couple had no children, but lived with old Mrs. Spcnrling, who Is over a, at e24 Madison street, Hobukon. 4 few months ago Spearling was sent to the ponitontl- ary for wife beating.
 His wife has meanwhile been supporting herself and old Mrs SpoarlinR by taking in washing On last Wednesday Spoarling was released, and as usual he celebrated the event ny drinking heavily.
 About i0 o'clock Monday morning he came in and told his wifc to po into the bedroom md change her clothes as he wanted hor to go to tho staticf house with him. He declared that she had bcon un- faithful to him, and that he was going to gec n divorce. SpcarllnR followed his wife into the bedroom, and his mother, who re- maincd in the kitchen, hoard thom talking cxcitedly.
 "Ntothcr. Have Killed Herr
 Mrs, SpearlinR started Co go back into the Kitchen when her husband drcw a razor from his pocket, and sprinntng upon her from behind drVw tho razor across her throat. Tho blado cut n deep pash from car to car, nearly scverinR the head from tho body. Mrs SpoarllnR dropped to the floor with hardly n Rroan. Her husband calmly wiped his bloody hands on tho bed clothes and going out into the kitchen said quietly, Mother have killed her. !"
 Tho old lady rushed Into the bedroom and found her daughter in-lnw lying dead in pool of blood. She nn to the window and screamed frantioally for holp. Several nclghbon ran in, but before they arrived SpcarlinF had managed Co disappear, lcslv- ing the razor lying upon tho floor,
 A crowd soon surrounded tho house and among tho people was Henry Fang, who married sister of Mrs Sposrling. AS soon as he understood the brutality of the murder he procured pistol and started in search of his brother-in-law, declaring that | he would shoot tho follow an sight though he could find no trace of the murdcrr. The woman's body was removed by Cor oncr Nolk to an undcrtnkcr's shop. where | the Rhastly wound In her throat was sew cd mp and the body prepared for burial. Then it wns taken hack to the Madison street housc, where old Mrs. Sp,Nrllng, half crazed with grief, awaited it
 Detective Gallagher and Ronndsman Cross werc detailed hy the chief of police to find Spcarling, but they hnd no bcttcr luck thnn Fang in their Scaruh. All tho ferries and trains were watched of course, and the police say that they think Spear ling has not been able to Tct out of town and Is in hiding somewhere In Hobokcn | ar cric of tho nciuhl,orinu Niilneea