The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-16

One OF those blood-curdllng trabcuiSs
which have given 10 Seftuate ana fos-
ter a most unenviable reputation was
assigned for judicial inquiry touay'
The prisoner before the bar was sam
uel II. owen. who. on June q OF TINS
year. killed his housekeeper saole
Nathevson. a divorced woman.
Tragedy grew out of one of those do
mestic arrangements which are iiNtuies
of western and northern Rhode lslanu
AN alliance not founded upon anec-
ton but as a matter OF temporary oo
yenience. and effected without the as
sIe4aaaa of either domino or justice oI
the peace-alliances which engehuer
iealous passions and too often incHe 10
murder. ,,.,o.,.sor
The murder of Sadie Mathewson,
sometimes called Fiske. occurred on
sonnuei n owens farm at Foster Cen
ter. and but two people witnessed ,ne
terrible butcherv. These were Aiper'
A owen a Younger brother of the as
sassin and Rose Blair. AlberVs mouse
Keeper" and these were placed dhoet
bonds Immediately the murder WAS ie
ported to the law officers.
CAME HOME QUARRELING.
on the afternoon OF June q Samuel
y owen, i'm COMPANY with his house
kepner. drove tn Sterling. Conn, rev
miles distant. 10 do some InaIketins.
before returning they purchased drlIlks
and fortified themselves Tor uepauS =
~ buvinc two Quarts OF rum. On tne
,nad they pauSed 10 imbibe and py the
time they reached Foster center again
were duarreIIng and taunting each oVh-
er. ,, baa,
ovens companion and had left him 10
marry Georga Pierce OF Sterling, ana
sadie improved the occasion on TN :
drive TO throw il into owen race tno
he hadn't been able TO keep MS iorlnel
friend owen retorted calling Saul
hard names and when the pair drove uI
+n Owens gateway Albert owen heard
sadie call Samuel hard name. sam
uel as he alighted retorted win an
enithet of the vilest character ana GO
ing to a wood pile picked up an axe
4 BRUTAL KILLING.
Tho woman was full of grit. Neither
.be axe nor Owens threats i'm the leas
cowed her. for as he swung the sharp
edged implement over her she eNclalii
ed: .,,t,,
blIt a low murderer"
Then ensued the following brief dia
logue:
'Do you want this?"
Yes | do
you do: do you?'
And without further parleying owe
-tAa-axe, striking sadie on IN
rteht side of her head S;jlie feUi pt
was not vanquished Still conscious an
stiu defiant. she reproached owen. wn
20 silence her. struck her other ploW
-audthen going 10 the house, procurea
large knife, ussd in butchering hogs'an
this he rep-atedly jabbed into h'
breast side and abdomen. by Nls TIN
he had become infuriated. Albert owe
and Rose Blair who had watched u
deed and were afraid 20 interfere no
saw samuel run TO the house ana r
Hurning pour kerosene oil upon u
nrostrate victim and set fire 10 n
clothes. The monster danced in drunk,
rlee and exclaimed; "Come and see u
living torture; come TO the hre!
DOUBLE KILLING THREATENE
Whom the last hckering flame had @
,,sred and all that was left Of Sad
Mathewson was n blackened. charr
and blistered corpse. owen said 10 J
brother and 10 Miss Blair: i've XII
ber. now I'm going 90 kill that oth
a4ri (meaning Sadie's sister, and \
hneband-then I'll kill myself
owen Jumped 20 the seat OF his ca
-.,o vhipped up his horse and do'
in mad haste TO sterling 10 carry a,
bts threat 60 murder Pierce ana
yrife pierce was at home and WI
Curen alighted. saw that the latter
r,ned with 4 knife. IL was the sa
a. with which he had stabbed sad
Jpierco was not slow in guessing Il
Oven meant business. and acting ur
the aggressive disarmed the . murpet ,,I
~. .his too. was token from him. .
~ ~ chances having been male even
Get frbt. pierce proceeded to &
Swen sound drubbing. When Oy
had been thoroughly beaten ana
cried "enoughi =. d,,oye home rea
, ,,bich ne locked the doors
crawled under a bed.
,vNCIIrNG PROPOSED.