The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-22
INSANE MOTHERS
TERRIBLE CRIME
Massachusetts Woman MUIR
: ders Her Six Children.
DEED WAS COMMITTED
WITH AN AK AND CLUB
After Performing the Frighttul
Act She Attempted Suicide.

Cold Brook. Mass. March 21-Mrs.
Lizzie Naramore, while in a fit of in
sanity today, killed her six children at
her home, a farm house 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 ak and a club. She laid the
blood drenched bodies on the beds, two
on one bed and the other four on a
bed in another room, and then at
tempted to take her own life by cutting
her throat with a razor.
4 When discovered she was in the bed
on which the bodies of four children
were lying. Although she cut a deep
cash in her throat and suffered the loss
of much blood, it is believed she will
recover.
Frank Naramore the husband and
father, left his home at the usual hour
TINS morning to go to work at a. saw
mill, and at that time his wife did not
attract his attention by acting
strangely
It is supposed the crime was COM
mitted shortly after noon. An employee
of a grocery store who visited the Mar
amore house about 2:45 o'clock for the
P0A POoC VI OCiiNSIlnS SIONGIlGS THAT Ddu
been previously ordered by Mrs. Nara
more, was unable to get in the house
by the door, and he looked in a window
and noticed blood on the floor, while
Mrs NaramOre was lying on a bed. He
was surprised also at the absence of
the children whom he was accustomed
TO see playing in or about the house.
He returned TO the village and told of
what he had seen.
Found MJrtilated Bodies.
A party was made UP and a visit
Was made to the NdTamore house. md
the mutilated bodies of the six children
in TWO beds were found. Mrs. Nara
more was alive, but was very weak
from loss of blood Mrs Naramore
at late hour tonight the attending
physicians were confident that she
would revive.
During the evening a number of
nejghbors of the family saw and talked
With Mrs. NaramOre, and TO them she,
She said that she took the lives in four
different rooms, and as fast as she
killed one child the body was placed in
q bed The children were three boys
and three girls Ethel 10 years of age,
was the oldest, the ages of Walter,
Charlie, Chester, Bessie and Lena rang
ing from 6 years to 10 months, Lena
being the baby.
Mrs. Naramore told her most inti-
mate friends tonight that she first
killed Ethel, and then followed with
the five others. each time taking the
eldest. Five were killed by being struck
on the head with the back of an ak,
and little Lena was killed with a club.
She says she fully expected the cash IN
her throat would cause her death, and
that when her husband returned at
night he would find all of the bodies in
the two beds. She appeared rational
this evening, and displayed signs of
sorrow for the deed she had committed,
although she is unable to give any rea-
son for killing the children
Each of the children 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 S5ith
sticks of wood
At about o'clock Mrs. Naramore be-
came worse and it is believed she viii
not live throughout the night. Her hus-
band has been in the hotel. but he has not
made any request to see her since his ar
rival.