Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-01
Shocking Crime of Whiskey- -Crazed Negro at KlI-
 ingy After Trip to DaWiIIe
BABE FOUND CLINGING TO ITS DEAD MOTHER
Revolting Scene Shack Where Family Lived-Two Small Children Witnesses to Fathers Brutality = Murdered Admits Guilt, Expresses Sorrow and Declares That He Would Not Have Done It if He Had Been Sober.

when he te1ephoned for pr, Overlook to come to her assistance.
 Children Tell of the Crime.
 When the officers arrived at the Lambert home they immediately be- gan to question Lambert as to how the crime had been committed. H0 readily admitted his guilt but would The children were more communities tive, though. One of the tiny tots said: Papa shoot mamma: papa stabbed mamma: papa killed namma.T The woman's terrible condition bor8 out these statements There was "A gunshot wound in the left hip. several punctures in the top of the skull. through which the triggers of a dou- ble barrelled shotgun had been driven when Lambert struck his wife over the head with the weapon.
 Broke Gun Over Wonan's Head.
 Her left leg was broken below tha knee with the bones prOtruding through the flesh. fingers on her right hand were broken by other blows from the gun and her abdomen had been slash 4 ed open with knife so that the inf
 testines had come out through tH
 wound. There was another stab wo4ff
 in the back and signs all over
 body that the woman had been nka cruelty beaten. It was afterwards fosrrl5R
 that the man had broken the gun ovsr HIS WIGS head.
 Hid Knife and Portions of Gun. The children pointed out where he
 had hidden the barrel under a pile of rags in a rear room and the children also told the officers that their father had placed the stock of the gun in the kitchen stove, from where h wza
 taken partly burned by Sheriff Grim | shaw. Under threat of personal vfo- lence Lambert finally told the ofacs,rn where fha 1rrdfa 6n A~A
 used in disembowe1ling hss wife Fe said it was beneath her body in ths
 bed and the officers found 1t there. The Lambert family had been ffvfnR at | their present home for only about a month. Lambert was employed by Louis Averill of Pomfret as a laboror.
 Married AboeE Four Years. Up to a month ago the family lived | at Elliott station Lambert said that ! they were married there about four years ago. Ills wife, he said, was a | divorced woman, having previously | Woodstock. Her maiden name was
 Julia TeTrcndin and she came origin | ally from Ashford. Lambert said ho | had reasons to be sr3picious of her fidelity and admitted that he had quar- | reled secretly with her over matters ! of that nature.
 Attributes the Deed to Drink Tt says lndI ne redl1ZeS now tnnt ! he made a terrible mistake fin attack | ing her and that he fs very sorry and | that he probably would not have done { so had he been sober. Lambert said 1 he had Teen drinking heavily and was
 not himself at the time the crime was committed A feature of tho case htat | held exceptional interest for the ofi-
 cers Wednesday night is based on the statement of one of the little girls ! that their father after assauItinx the woman took her little ulster. placed | her in a bag. and threw the body in | the river which flows nearby. Larn~ : hert, however denies that there were
 more than three children
 Children Cared For.
 The little girl persists that her sfs- ' ter was taken away and thrown fn | the stream. Lambert win be presented | to the town court here this fThursday) J morning and very probably bound over | to the superior court. The two elder | children have been taken in charge by | the selectmen and are now at tho | town farm at Dayvi1le The baby which ] Is seven months old has been left ivi
 charge of the two women who were
 firsi at the scene of the murder.