Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-08
BUTCHER, INSANE,
KILLS FIVE MEN
Probably Driven Mad by Con-
slant Sight of Blood in Packing
Plant, John Murphy Turns Up
on Friends.

on Friends.
BOSTON, June 5.-Five workmen were
killed and three more seriously stabbed
by John Murphy, who ran amuck in the
plant of the North Packing and Provi5-
ion company in Somerville, this aftern oons
Those dead are:
THOMAS CROW, married, of Shawmut
Place, Somerville; stabbed through the
heart.
MICHAEL JENICUs. 1O7 Gore street.
East Cambridge; stabbed through the
heart.
HUBERT SMITH, colored, single, Of
29l Columbia street, East Cambridge:
stabbed through the heart.
JAMES CORTES, single. eoIored, Of
Hastings street, Cambridge. stabbed
through the heart
AN UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGNER
The injured:
John Cheevus, q Warren street, East
Cambridge; stabbed over heart and In
neck.
DR.. John S. Hayes. married. Smiths
Court, Waltham, a United States meat
inspector. head almost severed. stabbed
in the bowels and near heart, dying. So
An unknown man.
USED NINE-lNCH KNIFE.
Murphy, the stabber. lives at No. g.
JOY street, Somerville He is a married
man with three children whose names ars
Margaret, 10; John, IA, and James. IL. a.,
He has worked for tie company i've years
and has always been regarded by Superin-
tendent Diston as a sober, steady and
Industrious man. He is snort stoclCy and
powerfully built From his occupation
of cutting heads off swine he had ac-
uuired a fierce dexterity with the nine
inch beheading knife. One cut and the
head was severed. -
At o'clock this afternoon Murphy went
insane He was working on slightly ell
evated platform on the seventh floor OF
the factory with one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve other workmen. At this moment
DIR. Daniel B. Hayes, of Waltham, the
government meat inspector at the factory
came on his usual rounds. He spoke cas-
ually to Murphy. The pig headers''7s
brain snapped. 80
He ceased his regular mechanical
plunge at the row of passing swine car
casses stepped down from his little :
platform and without warning, plunged
his knife into DIR. Hayes groin. DR..
Hayes staggered.
The blow attracted no attention on ac-
count of the roar of the moving machine
cry. AS a matter of fact the sight Of a
man hourishing a knife was about the
last thing to make men take notice In
this slaughtering place.
DR. Hayes had not received death
wound; the maniacal Murphy made an
other practiced stab at him. catching
him over the heart. The .nine-inch blade
bit cruelty deep and DR.. Hayes sank to
the floor with wound that is said to
be fatal
swiftly Murphy ran along the row Of
still unprepared shopmates. AS he ran
he smote, one stroke to each man. he
hit nine men in all
MANIAC BUNS AMUCK.
BY this time the screams of the smitten
men rose over the roar of the machinery.
Other workmen turned and ran toward
the maniac Murphy threw down his
knife. With great agility he darted to-
ward the doorway leading TO the six
flights of stairs to the street = Az the Z
foot of the bottom fight he met Arthur
Dearborn and Richard Butler, fellow en-
ployes. They guessed something VISA
wrong. They we're sure of 1t when Muir
ply grabbed a pail of scalding water
standing near and hurled 1t at them.
Dearborn, a husky man, quick on the.
reach. hit across and landed on Murphy's
Jaw Murphy staggered. Butler closed
with the maniac The two men pinned
him to the floor. As other men came
tumbling down the stairs they held MUIR
ply firm.
Is FINALLY ARRESTED.
About this time the ponce arFhNeu,s
and Murphy, kicking, biting and screar1-s
ing was hand-cuffed and put in the pat
rol wagon where he was sat upon till he !.
was landed in the somerville police sta
ton.
800 DRIVEN OUT.
Murphy had worked for the North COM
pany for five years, coming to Somerville
from Iowa nine years ago. The wit
nesses of the slaughter said tonight that
more than 300 employees were driven from
the plant when Murphy started OH hts
wild rush through the six floors and
basement of the building and not few
men escaped death by narrow margins.
DR.. E. W. Clark of West Somerville,
United States veterinary at the plant,
saw the attack on DR.. Hayes and at
Hayes command FASTENED to find doc
tor
Murphy followed completely blocking
the doorway.
A butcher yelled at the doctor and
told him to get out. sudden change
had come over the lunatic for a minute
and he stepped TO one side with pleas
ant Hello, DOCTOR" and allowed DR..
Clark to pass.
Tonight. Murphy is in the padded cell
of the Somerville police station. When
City Physician C. G. Towne attempted.
to examine him, Murphy sprang at the
doctor and attempted to kick him.
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