Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-30
HUNTINGTON DEAD.
Veteran Major Passes Away
 Unconscious of Tragedy.
FOUR CHILDREN SHOT BY INSANE SON
Demented, Henry Tries Suicide In Prison After Attempting Murder of Brothers and Sisters While
 Wild With Rage.

VERSAILLES, France, July 30. - Major Henry A. Huntington, whose son, Henry Huntington, shot his two | brothers and two sisters at his dying fathers bedside, passed away last night.
 Major Huntington had family resi- dence in Chicago at Sixteenth street and Indiana avenue. This locality Is one of the fashionable sections of that city, and the family was prominent in society and entertained largely. The death of the aged American sol dier himself and an attempt at self de- struction on the part of his son, Henry, who shot his sisters and brothers in the last hours of his dying father, impart- ed additional sadness to the shocking 1 tragedy in the home of the veteran off cer, which has caused sensation in l the American colony and diplomatic circles of France.
 Major Huntington died shortly after the news was given out of the unsuc- cessful attempt at suicide by the de- mented son, but the father was spared l the anguish of knowledge both of this | incident and the terrible crime which shattered his household, as he was un- conscious to the end. 2
 Henry attempted suicide in his cell with silk handkerchief. which he tied round his neck and fastened to the ] bars, seeking to strangle himself slow ly by means of .tourniquet. The jail CT who had been instructed to watch | the prisoner closely detected the act in time to prevent serious results.
 The condition of Alonzo, who was shot in the head. is critical, and of Elizabeth, who was shot in the region | of the heart. very serious.
 Major Huntington was one of the best known Americans in Paris. He and his family have long taken promi- nent part in the social world of Paris. Until recently he was president of the American club. Major Huntington was retired officer of the United States army, a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and was very rich.
 At the Huntingtons' fine old resi- | dence in Versailles the following cor rect account of the tragedy was ob- | tained:
 Henry, the youngest son of Major Huntington, has been considered un- balanced mentally for years. From his early youth he has been possessed of a mania that he had solved the science of curing disease, and he was constant ly inventing and concocting the most preposterous remedies. Some time ago he married the daughter of village doctor named Denise.
 There was no estrangement between 1 Henry and the other members of his | family. When he arrived at the fam fly home in response to message ap- prising him of the gravity of his fa- thers condition he strutted into the bedroom of his parent mumbling some thing about his father not receiving proper treatment.
 Don't you see flat you are killing him?" he cried.
 l He at once became more excited and continued to speak violently and loud ly. The members of the family gath cred around him and tried to persuade him to go into the drawing room and talk the question over there. This he would not do. but in loud voice he insisted that the only way to cure his father was to administer the blood of q dog mixed with sea water, a remedy which he invented. His brother Douglas tried to eject him from the house, and the shooting of Douglas fol- lowed. He then turned the pistol on Alonzo and fired a second time. The bullet pierced Alonzo's lungs, and this brother dropped.
 The two girls, Elizabeth and Edith. then rushed forward in frantic despair, trying desperately to put an end to the shooting. Henry shot Edith through the arm, and then. placing his revolver against Elizabeth's breast. he pulled the trigger for the fouth time.
 One of the guards of the Versailles park disarmed and arrested the de- mented man.