Evening journal., 1904-06-07
KILLS
THREE CHILDREN
Takes His Own Life With Po.
lice at the Door.
WOUNDED SON LEFT TO TELL TALL

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Out Remains Of Little Girls First
Slain and Then Waits a Day Before
Shooting Other Daughter and Son.
Roselle. y. j.. June t.-After killing
three Of his children and wounding
fourth Joseph NJ. Pouch, at one time
an undertaken, shot himself through
the head and died in a few moments
Pouch lived in a little cottage with his
four children. He first shot two OF
them and embalmed their bodies. He
took the other two to an upper room
with him. Meanwhile he had mailed o
warning to County Physician West
colt, who upon receiving the letter mott
fed the police. When the officials
Knocked at the door of the Pouch cot
tage Pouch shot and killed his littls
daughter and wounded his sole remain
ing son. He then shot himself and
died as the police forced an entrance
The boy will recover
Pouch was a nephew Of the Pouch
who built the Pouch mansion in Brook
lyn. He was fifty-two years old. His
father was a wealthy undertaken IN
Brooklyn. When the father died some
years ago he is said to have left his
entire estate to a brother of the man
who figured in the tragedy here. 1t is
said that since he was cut of in the
will Of his father Joseph Pouch had
been soured and morose.
The death Of his wife made Pouch
even more moody than before, and. tc
add 10 his troubles. he ran nail into
his foot three weeks ago while al
work in the Singer machine works in
Elizabeth where he was employed. He
had been limping from this injury ever
since
In the morning Pouch mailed letter
which was received in the Afternoon
by the county physician. 1t was dated
from this place and told the doctor be
should come here, as there was some
thing doing in his line. The letter tol,
just where the duty Of the doctor lay
The physician at once telephoned I,
Justice Willie of this place, and he in
formed Marshal Hennessey, who. witt
Policeman Kinney, went TO Pouch's
home
Shot Himself as Officers Knocked.
When they knocked at the front
door there was few seconds of ST
lence. and then three shots were heard
in the front room upstairs. The two
officers threw themselves against tho
front door and broke it down. Running
to the second floor. they found the door
to the front room locked, but it yielded
to their rush. AS they stumbled into
the room they came upon the body Of
Pouch. He was still breathing, but
gasped his last in a few seconds.
In n far corner the police found Al.
bert Pouch, ten years old, with a bullet
inst below the ribs in the right side
lie was alive and conscious. Beside
him lay his sister Minnie, five years
old, dead, shot in almost exactly the
same manner
Albert was hurried to the Elizabeth
Central hospital where the bullet was
extracted. and his chances Of recovery
are excellent. He revived and told the
story of the last thirty hours in the
house
Meanwhile the police in exploring the
house forced the entrance into rear
room on the first floor. There they
found laid ont as if by an undertaken
the white clad corpses Of two other
little girls They were the bodies Of
Lillian Pouch, seven years old, and
Grace Pouch eighteen months old
Their mouths were burned with car
bolic acid, and on their throats were
the marks Of fingers, showing that, be
sides having the poison poured int
their mouths by their father, they
were choked.