Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-30
Worcester Young Woman
Kills Baby and Herself.
Leaves Letter Telling Of The
Dread Of the Cares Of Life.
Remains Found by Husband On His
Return From Work.

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 29.-Louis Mi
noll, granite cutter, returned home
from his work tonight to find his bride,
aged IL years, and their year-od baby
Caesar, dead in the bed in their little
tenement with throats cut The med-
cal examiner said that the woman had
undoubtedly killed the child ana had
then committed suicide with the same
weapon. her husbands razor Mrs. Mi
noli left letter for her husband in
which She declared that she loved him,
but that she was going to end her
rim a house. The Minolis had been
married two years but had boarded up
to a week ago. when they went to
housekeeping together with Minoli's
brother, Raphael. in a three-room ten
ement on the ground floor of larger
block occupied by many Italians fam
lilies, at 132 Exchange street
Louis Minol. accompanied by his
brot left the house at 4 80 this
morning to go to their Work as gran
ito cutters at the shops Of the Webb
Granite and Construction Co. on 42d
street. They returned late this after
noon and found the door of the little
apartment locked. After some time
finding that no response came to their
knocks at the door, Raphael managed
to raise a window of the room where
he sleeps and, entering, admitted his
brother by the door. On going into
Mrs. Minoli's room they found the
mother and child lying on the bed, the
mother partly on her left side and hold
ing the baby in her arms. The chid's
throat was cut literally from ear to
ear, while the woman's throat was
horribly gashed. Under the bed clothes.
close to the Woman's right hand. lay a
bloody razor, where she had dropped
it after completing her fatal work
DR.. Richard j. Shanahan, the police
ambulance surgeon, was called to the
house, but, finding that his services
were not needed, as the woman and
child had been dead for several hours,
he notified DR.. Frederick H. Baker the
medical examiner After an examina-
ton of the bodies, DR.. Baker unhesi-
tatingly declared it case of murder
and suicide.
A letter which was not signed but
which was clearly in the handwriting
Of Mrs. Minoli. was found in the house.
1t read as follows:
MY Dear Louis: I love you dearly
and you have always been SO good too
that l had everything, / want to tell
you the truth. | am a girl that wor-
ries over nothing. | imagine myself
that | cant bring up a family and |
am tired to live in this world. And the
500 in the bank they are yours be-
cause YOU are a good, hard working
man. This is coming from having the
blues. Tell mama and papa that | was
never girl to get married. Good by.
Dear. don't never get married and
don't worry. | want to go and see poor
Henry 1 am crazy. l don't feel / do
nothing. Good. by sweetheart I wish
you good luck for you always love me.
I am rot dying because I don't love
YOU only I feel sorry for you and
don't know how to run a house. Ralph,
give Louis courage will YOU
The reference in the letter to Henry
is to a brother who died few years
ago. Before her marriage the girls
name was Tina Logaro and she lived
with her parents at Branford. Conn.
She was married to Louis Minoli in
Branford two years ago the present
month and they Immediately came to
Worcester to live. boarding until a
short time ago at 210 Summer street
Both Louis Minoli and his brother
said tonight that the young woman
had not shown any signs of desponden-
cy and that last night she appeared to
be in good spirits. She was asleep this
morning when they left the house In
a trunk in the room. handbook. show
ing a deposit of 500, was found. and
also a hand satchel belonging to the
woman containing $3.50
Louis Minoli, the husband, is 50
years old.