The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-26
Kills His Brother, Then Beats;
Mother Almost to DEATH I
HIS FATHER WAS A SlYcv
Had Loaded Revolver In His
When Captured, Three Miles
Scene Of Tho Crime.

Dover, N. H.. June 76-Ma
Glass shot and killed his brotbe s-sos -,
w. Glass. last night at Is Kirkland street, a
and 50 seriously assaulted his mother. +
Mrs. Mary r. Glass, by striking her over
the head with the butt OF his revolver 1
and then pushing her through a window
of the house, that she is now In a critical /
condition at Hayes hospital. Martin made
his escape. but was captured two hours !
later in the town OF Medbury. three miles
away. -aa,
CRIME OF INSANE MAN.
No motive is apparent, and In view % (
the fact that Martin has acted peouliaTlyA 4
for some little time past and that his
father took his own life several years.
ago. II is thought Martin must have been
insane
Mrs. Glass and her two sons occupiedzl
the top tenement on the east side OF =
six-tenement three-story house on Kirk !.
land street. Between $50 and 8 o'clock,
last night Mrs. Fred A. Stearns. who lives{
in the lower fat heard a commotion in :
the Glass tenement. and saw Mrs. Glass
coming down stairs with her face covered
with blood. which was streaming from
wounds on her head. Martin was coming
down stairs behind her Mrs. Glass said !:
Martin Albert has shot George, and
has almost pounded me to DEATH"
Martin thereupon added: IT have fixed
them both this time" He then passed.
out OF the house and disappeared
The body OF George Glass was found
lying on the floor In the dining room with
a bullet through the heart. while beside
him lay a .Ss-calibre revolver.
BROTHER DEAD. MOTHER MAY DIE
Mrs. Glass was removed to the Hayes
hospital. where IL Is said that her com
dttion Is very serious.
Mrs. Glass said that she and her son
George sat in the dining room talking.
shortly after $50 o'clock while Martin
Albert was in the shed smoking. Martin
entered the room and, walking up
to George, fired a shot into his breast.
George fell TO the floor and died instantly.
Mrs. Glass grabbed a pillow and placed
It under Georges head then began shout
ing for help, Martin uNng his revolver
as club, striking her several savage
blows with the butt of 1t. She then
rushed to the stairs screaming and Martin
followed her down.
George Glass, the victim, was about 50
years old and for two years past had been
a student at the Harvad Medical school.
only returning home from Harvard last
Saturday.
THE MURDERER CAPTURED.
John Kavanaugh and John Barry took
a team and at Medbury saw Martin walk
ing In the road ahead of them. Kava-
naugh asked for a match. This was
given. and Martin. when asked to get In
and ride. did so unhesitatingly Once
In the wagon. he was seized by Kava-!
naugh and Barry. and .S2-caiibre re-
volver fully loaded. found upon him.
He was brought to this city and locked
up. M
The prisoner said he did not remember
having any trouble with his brother or
his mother.
Martin Is said TO have done but littlA
work for two years past. although yes
terday he did Job of painting on .
house near his home. Some stories are
told OF his peculiar actions recentlysi
which tend to show that he was somewhatf
unbalanced mentally.