The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-16
FIEIYDISH FIGHT
WITH DRlI 4. IK Man.
Woman Killed and Three.
Children Badly Cut.
FATHERN sARLY DEAD
Came Home and Attacked Family
With a Rail Gutter.
DEfENDsHERsELF AND CHILDREN
Lost Her Life, but inflicted Such Serious
Wounds Upon Her As=ailant HAT lie
May No, Recover - Small Hope
Iba, Little Ones viii Live.
The Strange Man
Locked Up.
CHILDREN

fRr Associated !, ;css J

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FIIsrSBURG, Pa Jan. ia shast!y
discovery was made today when some
neiehbors hearing cries coming from the
residence of Vinceno Visolel1, a Pole.
at No. 300 Spring Alley, broke open the
doors and found the bedroom of the
house saturated with blood. Rosa LAX
lay beside the bed. her face and head
almost crushed beyond recognition, dead.
Three little children, their heads and bod
les covered with cuts and sashes, and the
husband, Visolek almost dead, We're
lying on the floor.
From what could be learned it appears
that Visolok came home intoxicated
last night and assaulted his wife with q
rail cutter. Tie first blow inflicted
an ugly gasn on her shoulder
and knocked her down, but she was
on her feet again in an instant, ano with
such weapons as she could IND IN the
room, she defended herself.
The three children were asleep in one
of the beds, and the brutal father, beconl-
ing so angry at his wife, rushed to the
bed and rained Blow after blow upon the
sleeping little ones: The sharp edge OF
the cutter hacked the children in a fright
full manner and the hospital physicians
say that there is very little hope of their
recovery.
HER SKULL CRUSHED.
The attack on the children infuriatci
the wife and, with a knife in hand. sne
sprang at her husband and stabbed MN
a number of times. He managed to get
in a number of blows during the close
battle, ard. seeing that She was getting
weak, he gave her q. shove, and as sic
staggered back brought the cutter down
on her skull with h1N. his force, crIsfl.nS;
fer skull, and she I,$$t<ss toethe floor dead.
lii hi wifi,
Visolek was exhausted. lie sank OH the
floor. ana lay there througfout.th the night,
unable to move The means of the chill
tlren this morning and one OF them cry
ing was what attracted the neishbors.
yjsolek. it is said, was not married
to the woman, whose name ltEdeVelopcc'
later was Rosa LAX.
a strange man who was founo IN Ilie
house by the police was locked up. lie
refused to tank. @
ADDED MYSTERY.
DEVELOPMENTS to-nigil(s add, mystery 10
,he tragedy which may end in a.whoie-
sale murder. Three Poles. who were
hoa rCers in the VisoeF House. are under
arrest and the police are securing the
citv for John Okenski, VINO was also a
boarder. but wiro has not t'een seen since
tbe murder was discovered It is learn
cd that the woman had $1,000 or her per-
son last night and this is also missing.
O15enski is accused OF having set ire
TO a mattress in the house week ago
and later Visolel1 tried to have him ar
rested because he had threatened to rob
the house.
When found, the woman was lying
| across a couch which belonged to Oxen
ski. with her face and head battered
almost to a jelly. Visolek's head was
| beaten in and his skull fractured. The
children's heads were also crushed in and
physicians at the hospital say none of, the
INJURED can recover. Up to late hour
tonight none of them had regained CON
| sciousnes:s-