The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-06
SUDDEN ONSLAUGHT IS
 MADE IN INSANE MOMENT
The Butcher Had Always Been Sober and Industrious and Attack Was Complete Surprise-Mur-
 derer Is Now In Jail.

Boston, June b.--(Spec1al. )-F'1ve work men were killed and three more seriously stabbed by John Murphy, who ran amuck in the plant of the North Packing and Provision company in somerville this aft ernoon. Those dead are:
 Thomas Crow. married, of shawmut Place, Somerville, stabbed through the heart.
 Michael Jenicus, 107 Gore street East Cambridge; stabbed through the heart.
 Hubert Smith. colored, single, of 2s1 Columbia street, East Cambridge, stabbed through the heart.
 James Cortes, single. colored of Hast ings street, East Cambridge stabbed through the heart
 An unidentified foreigner. The injured;
 John Cheevus 2S Warren street, East Cambridge. stabbed over the heart and in neck; pr. John S. Hayes, married. Smiths court Waltham, United States meat inspector. head almost severed, stabbed in the bowels and near heart, dying; unknown man. Murphy, the stabber. lives at No 33 Joy street, Somerville. He is married man with three children. whose names and ages are: Margaret. 15 John. II, and James. F.
 Murphy Sober Man. He has worked for the company five years and has always been regarded by Superintendent Diston as a sober, steady and industrious man. He is short, stocky and powerfully built. From his occupa- ton of cutting heads off swine he had acquired fierce dexterity with the ls- | inch beheading knife. One cut and the head was severed
 At 2 o'clock this afternoon Murphy went insane He was working on a slightly elevated platform on the seventh floor of the factory with 125 other men. l At this moment Dr. John & Hayes 1 of Waltham, the government meat inspec- 1 tor at the factory, came on his usual | round. He spoke casually to Murphy The pig headers brain snapped He l ceased his regular mechanical work at the row of passing swine carcases, stepped down from his little platform, and without warning plunged his knife into Dr. Hayes groin. Dr. Hayes stag gered. The blow attracted no attention on account of the roar of the machinery. As a matter of fact the sight of a man flourishing a knife was about the last thing to make men take notice in this slaughtering place.
 Dr. Hayes had not received a death wound the maniacal Murphy made another practiced stab at him, catching him over the heart. The nine-inch blade hit cruelty deep and Dr. Hayes sank to the floor with a wound which is said to be fatal.
 Screams of Dying.
 Swiftly Murphy along the row of still unprepared shopmates. As he ran he smote, one stroke to each man. He hit nine men in all. By this time the screams of the smtten 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 sfx flights of stairs to the street. At the foot of the bottom flight he met Arthur Dearborn and Richard Butler, fellow em ployes. They guessed something was~ wrong. They were sure of it when Mur- phy grabbed a pail of scalding water standing near and hurled 1t at them
 Dearborn, husky man. quick on tho reach hit across and landed on Murphv,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 Mur- phy firm. About this time the police ar rived and Murphy, kicking, biting and screaming was handcuffed and put in the patrol wagon. where he was sat upon till he was landed in the Somerville po- lice station.