The sun., 1909-06-06
had BUTCHER KILLS FIVE
RACES WITH A KNIFE IN A
PACKING HOUSE.

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PACKING HOUSE.
Turns From Sticking Pigs to Stab Righs
and Left Among His Comrades
Three Moro Likely 70 Die OF
wounds. Ono . u. .. Meat Inspector
BosToN, June 5.--John Murphy. a pig
stioker' In the plant Of the North Packing
and Provision Company at East Somer-
vile. went insane at O'Clock this after
noon and ran amuok among more than
hundred OF his fellow worknerl He
killed five almost instantly. probably
fatally wounded three others and slashsd
several more before no was overpowered.
Those killed were Thompson Grove Of
Somerville; Michael Yenous OF East Cam
bridge; Hubert Smith. oolored. OF East
Cambridge; John Carper. oolored. Of East
Cambridge. and Joseph L. Giveronia Of
East somervile
Those likely to die are DR.. Daniel 8
Hayes. a United States meat inspector
Of Waltham, stabbed In the neck. breast
and abdomen John Chicosk OF East Cam.
bridge. and John Cheever OF East Cam
bridge
There was panio among the en,-
ployees In ths killing room on the seventh
floor when Murphy began numbering
All hands rushed for the doors with Muir.
ply in close pursuit. brandishing the razor
edged knife about ten inches In length
which he used in his butcher work. Hs.
struck down DR.. Hayes. killed two mon
and then pursued the crowd Of yelling
workmen downstairs. slashing Noiously
as he overlook first one and then another
Three more men fell victims to his thrusts
and died on the landing. ...#
An Italian grabbed an iron bar on the
stairs and knocked Murphy to tho floor
with 1t, but he was up In an instant and
cut several moro before another blow
from the bar stretched him on his dds
and the knife dropped from his hand
Still conscious. he staggered to his fest
and ran into the ham smoking room on
breathe. As he tried to get away from the
suffooating place he was jumped upon
by q dozen men. borne to the floor and
captured.
Some OF the workmen were 80 enraeed
that they lost their heads and gave Murphy
severe beating before the police could
get him away,
Murphy had been acting rather quseriy
Of late. His wife. the mother Of three
children. says that FOR some days he had
been complaining that his fellow EN-.
ployees threw things at him while he was
at work and that some OF them were talk.
ing behind his back. criticising his method
OF disposing Of the hogs
1t vas noticed by the. worirfnen In the
hog killing room that the man was moody
and that for several days he had taken
advantage Of every spare moment to put
q keener edge to his knife.
This afternoon when Murphy was
standing at the end OF line OF rollers
over which the hogs, bound by the feet.
passed to their death he talked to him
self considerably. but as he kept doing his
work no attention was paid to him. About
ten feet away stood DR.. Hayes, attending
to his duties. The latter casually spoke
to Murphy whereupon the pig stioker'
jumped at the inspector and buried the
knife in his groin. He stabbed DR.. Hayes
twice more. in the neck and in the breast
near the heart Z
There were about 125 workmen stretched
along several rows Of cutting benches in
the room. When they heard Murphy yell
and saw him stab the inspector they made
for the door.
Murphy turned from his first victim
and dashed after them. striking down the
first two he caught up with. Then began
the poll nell hlght down the ak flights Of
stairs. From other noors poured out
more employees. Waving his weapon
over his head and shouting. ran
stabbing to left and right.
He killed three more in the flight
down the stairway and wounded
several. but the blows he had
received from the iron bar weakened
him and he dropped his knife to take
refuge in the smoke room. from which
ne emerged only to be captured.
Murphy Is about 10 years old. He ID .
built man weighing about 100
He was looked up In . paddsd
.ell at the polioe station in Somerville
where he dared any one to approach him.
He came from Iowa about nine Year,
Igo and was employed for several years
It the American Tube Works. He got
OBJ with tho North Packing and Provision
,omoany about Ave years ago.
DR.. e. W. Clark. another Government
witnessed the stabbine Of Dr..
Iayes and was chased into side room
" Murphy. Murphy blocked the door
vay and seemed intent upon killing the
Inspector, but suddenly changed hs mind
nd sought other victims.
Murphy evidently wanted to find Dr..
red Saunders. another veterinarian. a.
% was heard shouting his name and cay
ng be wanted to get at him. A short
ime ago DR.. Saunders gave Murphy
ull pup. It died and the man had been
rging the doctor to give him another
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN BED.
enator Bacon's Law Partner q Suicide
In Macon. Ca
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