The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-22
KILLED HER
SIX CHILDREN
AWFUL DEED OF INSANE
MOTHER.
Attempted SELF MURDER
Slaughtered Babes and Wounded
Parent Found Lying on
Same Bed.

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Lizzie Naramore, while in fit Of in
sanity, this afternoon killed her six
children at her home, half a mile
from this village and then tried to
take her own life.
The children ranged from 10 years
/ to babe of 10 months and their lives
were taken by the mother with an axe
and club. She laid the blood stained
bodies on the beds, two on one bed
and the other four on another bed in
another room, and attempted to take
her own life by cutting her throat
with razor.
When discovered she was in the
bed on which the bodies of four chill
dren were lying. Although she cut a
severe cash in her throat and suffered
the loss of much blood, it is believed
she will recover.
father, left his home at the usual hour
this morning to go to work at a saw
mill and at that time his wife did not
attract his attention by acting strange
ly. 1t is supposed the crime was COM
mitted shortly after noon, the dis
covery being made by George
Thrasher, an employe of a grocery
store, who visited the Naramore house
at about 2:45 for the purpose of de-
livering groceries that had previously
been ordered by Mrs. Naramore. He
was unable to get in the house by the
door and looked in window and
noticed blood on the floor, while Mrs.
Naramore was lying Oh bed. He was
! surprised at the absence of the chill
dren, whom he was accustomed to see
playing about the house.
He returned to- the village and told
of what he had seen. A party was
made up and hasty visit made to
the Naramore house. An entrance was
effected without delay and the mutt
lated bodies of the six, children in two.
beds were found. Mrs. Naramore was
alive but very weak. She was re-
moved to the village hotel and at a
late hour tonight the attending physi-
clans were confident that she would
recover.
During the evening number of
neighbors of the family saw and
talked with Mrs. Naramore and to
whom she told that she killed her six
children. At the time the party of
villagers found Mrs. Naramore she
was asked how she did the deed and
she said she took the lives in different
rooms and as soon as she killed one
child the body was placed in va bed.
The children were three boys and
three girls, Ethel, 10 years of age, the
oldest; while the ages of Walter,
Charlie, Bessie and Lena ranged from
years to 10 months, Lena being
baby.
Mrs. Natamore iold her most inti-
mate friends tonight that she first
killed Ethel and then followed with
the five others, taking the next eldest
in turn and ending with the baby.
Five were killed by being struck on
the head with the back of All axe,
while the little one was killed with a
club. She says she fully expected the
cash in her throat would cause her
death and that when her husband re-
turned at night he would find all Of
the bodies in the BEDS
She appeared rational this evening,
but displayed signs of sorrow for the
deed she had committed, although she
is unable to give any reason for kill
ing the children.
When Mr.. Naramore reached the
house he was prostrated with grief by
loss of his home. Each of the chill
dren had evidently received several
blows, as their heads were terribly
bruised and blood was scattered in all
directions about the rooms.
Mrs. Naramore had evidently made
preparations for the deed, as the doors
were all locked and barred with sticks
of wood.
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