The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-16
m|LLv|LLE man
TAKES own LIFE.
Modest Henry First MurderouSIy
Attacked His wife.
He WAS OF UNS0UND MIND.
She Was Removed 10 Wocnsockst Hospital.
Her Wounds Are Not Serious, and
She VIII Recover.

On a cot in the woonsocket hospital
lies Mrs Modest Henry. a woman OF 81
years. the victim OF a brutal IL not muir
derous, assault by her vicious husband.
who in a At OF frenzy took his own life
a few minutes afterwards.
The tragedy. terrible In It's details,
took place at their modest little home on
Fletcher avenue. in Mllville. Mass. just
over the state line from woonsocket.
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
None Of the three children happened to
Henry m 'ns sappsnsd aSa a. 10 be a sittns ana at The
ssely assaulted. Without the least warn
pioushins PIC a deep CASH st IN the . scalp. In.
raising her Is hand DsS to shield ssrssif had a
thTd r bSiles ShsteR %sn{ vide Of sh. ssds aims
termination 70 finish the Job fatally, he
ssr as .hs %'a rushed from 1a sss hoass s
lodged and received only a .glancinf
blow, but managed TO reach the yard
where she fell. exhausted from loss or
Her screams attracted general attention
and she was promptly picked up and car. S.
ins iss',Es' the arriSsy sasy q 'ssnSn physciSn ''
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
In the meantime Henry went from the
sns U into tss the Ss Sa' Ss 81 a9d his 'fs head
Then. At from blood spot: On door and
raht ss ana sD stair:
room on the second floor. It was In this
room or bed chamber. that the second
bullet did itg deadly work. the barrel OF
placed against the left ear He fell on
the floor with his back, against the lamb
Of the door, and death must have been
Officer Clarke quickly responded TO. a
notification. and he found Henry had the
revolver clut;hed IN his left hand, that
the body scorched about the breast. The
back Of the handle Of the small axe was
covered with blood . ,ona ,,s
clothing was partly burned from the
body, the canvas coat and also the vest
which he wore being entirely sSay,r desNsrSyedt
who made record drive to the scene
from woonsocket on hearing OF the az;
against the stove and ignited his gar
ments, which appeared to have Kerosene
upon them.
MAN OF UNsoUND MIND.
DR.. Charles +. Reilly. who W. was - sum, Sas
no doubt but her dead husband was OF
piained phi' to eli' the doctor that Mrs. Henry
cause he would not work. but that he
did not think he was able. The doctor
examined him and found that his heart
% vous and excitable. and that he had
some days ago, also. Henry, Who is evi-
tsnal tional. compSined sGn that his Wife wa.
mentally affected. but Drs. King and
Roche examined her and found that Mrs.
Henry was OF sound mind.
hoA Some
time ago he was an operative In the
Millville rubber works OF the Woon-
socket Rubber company. Owing to the
mans habits. etc. ne and his wife, so
the neighbors said. had frequent differ
ences Within a fortnight the woman
had her husband arrested on charge
OF non-support and he was placed on
probation.
Henry, who was SO years OF age. was
a native Of France, while his wife, II
years his Junior In age, was born in
Canada where they were married Is
years ago. Three children are living.
Phnome, aged IA years and Maria and
Eva, twins, aged Is years Soon after
their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Henry re-
moved TO Hopedale. Mass, and from
there went TO Milford. They removed
from the latter place to woonsocket. and
after living there a short time removed
In a reply to n question from a re-
porter as 20 whether her father had ever
threatened TO kill her mother, one of the
girls said that about month ago he said
he would just as soon kill them all and
then shoot himself.
WOMAN WILL RECOVER.
DR.. Reilly made hurried examination
OF Mrs Henry and saw that her condi-
ton was such that she needed hospital
treatment and he ordered her removal
TO the Woonsocket hospital. whittier she
was taken I'm a hack accompanied by DR..
Reilly, after FIR Prendegast had admin
istered the last rites OF the Roman
Catholic church
The woman was conscious and kissed
her three children before sne was re-
moved 10 tho Woonsocket hospital,
where she was given medical attend
ance Late last night II was stated tat
the woman was resting comfortably and
that she would probably recover. as her
wounds were not regarded as serious
Mrs. Henry was unable TO much,
but her concern seemed 10 be mostly for
her children one told officer arke that
her husband shot her and hit her with
the axe and then went into the front
room and shot himself