Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-11
TRAGEDY AT BOSTON.
Faan Kills Vile. Fatally Wounds Mother-in
Law and Son and Kills Himself.

Boston, Jan. 10.-SeVante Anderson,
Swede. shot and killed his wife and
probably fatally wounded his mother
and five year-old boy at their home,
No. J Sheridan street, jamaica Plain
about ESQ o'clock Thursday morning.
He then killed himself.
Anderson's act is attributed to men
tai alteration, as the result Of business
| troubles. The man was about So years
Of age. His wife was 81 and his mother
G3. The senior Mrs. Anderson and the
| boy are al a hospital Both are on the
dangerous list with bullets in vital
parts Of their bodies and little hope
| for the recovery of either is given.
Anderson had been 4 resident Of this
| city for number Of years and has
! been considered sober ana industri-
Gus citizen. Up to two months ago he
/ vas employed as a sole leather sorter
! by W. r. Mosier & CO.. a South street
leather concern. He has established q
| comfortab ble. cosey home at Jamaica
| Plain. and in order to increase the fam
, lily income. two dodgers We're taken.
! Just before $50 o'clock Hattie Rey-
nolds, one of the dodgers, was startled
| by the sound of several shots and
| piercing screams accompanied the re-
| ports The trouble was on the floor
| below, and in her fright the woman
rushed up stairs to the door of the
| room occupied by VIM. \. Mosier, the
| other lodgcr. NoZier responded To the
! alarm and together the dodgers went to
the first floor. ON opening n door they
saw the apparently lifeless body of
the elder Mrs. Anderson lying on the
floor. There was Il wound i'll the breast
| from which the blood was flowing.
| Noar her lay the threc-ycar-old boy.
| bearing wound in the abdomen. Be
yUnl the folding doors which opened
| between the apartment first entered
| ana the adjoining one, on 2 bed, was
| the body oi Mrs. Anderson. the young
| a., ana by her side lay the body Of her
! husband.
AT frst glance no sign Of life appear
Cd, ana the alarm WAS given with All
| the celebrity ana emphasis which thor
ough fright prompted.
| Policemen ana doctors We're soon on
| tnc spot. Their examination showed
! that Anderson and his wife We're dead
! and that the lad and his grandmother
were unconscious. The bullet which
! had entered the child's abdomen had
passed completely through the body
and that which had caused the wound
| to the grandmother had not penetTat-
! ed so far. Mrs. Anderson. the wife ot
! the man had three wounds in the
/ breast and the shot which had killed
! Anderson entered his body just over
! the heart The corpses of Anderson
and his wife were cared for and the
! Two unconscious victims We're taken TO
. hospital.
The experienced eyes Of the hospital
doctors saw that both patients were in
y serious condition ana after an exam +
iuation it was decided that there was
no hope for the recovery Of either OF
them.
on the floor beside the bed on when
Anderson ana his Wife lay the police
found d 35-calibre revolver. Its HVe
chambers contained empty shells ana
On the floor two other empty shelis
were found. In the pockets Of the
mans clothing cartridges correspond
ing in calibre and make to those ~
the revolver We're discovered. Ihe eNt-
dcnte led the police to the conclusion
That the man must have fired seven
shots one of which took no effect ifc
others found their mark, one III lht
. body of the boy. one in the body OF MS
mother and three in the body OF ms
wife. and one through his own heart
Anderson's brother. who lives near
/ the Sheridan street house. explained u
the police that about two months age
Anderson gave up the place when h'
had held for several years with Moslei
& Co. bought pool room at Jamaicd
Piain. This venture did not prove sue
cessful. and Anderson lost consldera
BILE money.
4 week ago he decided to resume DE
4 trade, and he visited his former EN-