The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-20
now SHE KILLED HER BABIES.
ruBFE TIMES DID Mrs. LOUX
TTRN OFF THE GAS.
nm, the Impulse 10 Take Their Lives Came
mack and She Finished The Grcwsome
Ta,k-From Her Cell She Tells OF the
Night Of Horror-Not Insane, She Says.

mack and She Finished The Grcwsome
Task-From Her Cell She Tells OF the
>Isht Of Horror-Not Insane, she Says.
Mrs Elsie Loux. who killed her two chill
l,or Minnie aged 3 years, and Elsie. aged
=. months. by illuminating gas, at their
Iona in Bloomfield, y. j., one week ago,
sG attempted suicide, laughs at the idea
a.. che is insane and declares that she
vii mt 20 10 an asylum, but will face the
sta-,e. and pay the penalty for her act.
Tho vonan was visited by her husband
in1 her father on Thursday and even 10
,hor, she did not betray any evidence OF
grief :.
Charlie. am sorry only for you now
,he told her husband. Il know you are
avh,lly broken UP. My part Of it all will
aoon be- over and you must live 1t down.
Time will enable you to get over it,
Mr.. Loux says she had long been plan
lin, 10 Kill her children and end her own
he because both the little ones had con-
,rac,ed asthma malady from which she
had suffered much
4 bore no malice against my children"
declared Mrs Loux. Il killed them. but
q was not through i'll will. but because |
Lived them and did not want them 10 live
and suffer as have.
when nv husband started for south
Jsney at noon on Saturday. to be gone
until Sunday night, and / found myself
alone. began to brood over the destruction
y, nv children to save them from future
s,rerinr. and thought of nothing else
while preparing them for bed Saturday
night. Then | fully determined to end their
lires and NV own, and wrote the farewell
latter 10 my husband and fri, nd. At 10
o'clock closed the door Of our bedroom,
and after brooding over the whole matter
again for an hour or more, turned the gas
partly on.
Il then walked up and down the room.
still broodng and hoping for death for my
elf and the little ones, yet fearing that 1t
vouldnot come. did not think of plugging
nm the keyholes and crevices in the doors
and windows and the gas had little effect.
AT ?3o o'clock l looked at tho children.
They were awake and evidently aware that
something was wrong, though they knew
not what. could see that they were
suffering and could not bear it, so turned
of tho gas and opened the window TO let in
some fresh air. | kissed and fondled tho
children and told them they would soon feel
better. They did, too, but just after
o'clock the awful feeling that l must end
1, all came upon me again. had gotten
Elsie and Minnie to sleep, and turned on
the gas part way again and resumed pacing
the floor.
L dreaded TO look at the children, but at
o'clock found that they were still alive
and awake. The older one was able to let
me know that she had pain in the back OF
her head. and for the second time / was
Unable to stand the thought OF their suffer-
ing; so again turned OF the gas, opened
the window and took them up They
soon became better under the influence
of the fresh air and once more fondled
them and lulled them TO sleep. Just as
soon as did | fell to brooding again, the
old determination to kill them and myself
returned, and for third time turned on
the gas. 1t was then after o'clock on
Sunday morning.
while / was still walking the floor and
hroodng, the children began to cry and
though ! had not even looked at them for
more than an hour ran to them and picked
them up | opened the door and window
into the bathroom, where l gave them cold
water and held their heads out Of an open
window that they might inhale the fresh
air. In a short time they were all right
again and for few minutes was happy.
I loved them for an hour or more, but when
put them into their crib the thought that
we must all die before the return OF my
husband In the evening came back TO me
stronger than ever 1t Was then 10 O'Clock
on Sunday morning, With the thought Of
so Supplying the children that they would
not suffer. gave each Of them an unusually
large dose OF paregorio and they were soon
fast asleep,
i turned the gas on full force at the jet
and again began to walk the floor. not daring
10 look at my babies, lest 1 might again
ialter IN the awful work was doing The
room filed with gas more rapidly than
lefore, but did not seem TO overcome me.
| heard the clock strike eleven. and few
minutes later | looked toward the crib.
My babies were dying. They were suffer-
ing. / could tell it by the movement of
the muscles Of their faces and their little
bodies
i was leside myself with grief, and the
desire to take them up and save them again
seized me. | went toward them 20 do so.
hut the gas was getting hold on me.
became dizzy and faint and staggered to-
ward the bed. Then l fell backward upon
IT, | can remember looking at the cell
ing and making an effort to go to the chill
dren, but could not. After that l knew
nothing until came 10 my senses in the
hospital
Mrs.. Lou1 is a model prisoner the jail
authorities say, Her mental condition
Will be looked into.