Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-16
Negro Chef Builds Gasoline
Fire at Door Of Dining Room
and Chops Up Escaping
Victims,
SIX ARE KILLED AND
TWO FATALLY HURT
Flend CrawlS From Door of
Boiler, Where He Had Been
Nearly Suffooated, and Is
Captured by Sheriff.
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Spring Green. wis. Aug ta--A
mad chef armed with hand axe. to-
dav wrote the last PAGE of the ro-
nance of Mamah Bouton Borthwlck.
formerly Mrs. Edwin II. Cheney. Of
Oak Park, Ill. whose affairs for five
Years have been named with those Of
Frank Lloyd Wright a wealthy archi-
tect. aud her neighbor
AIRS. northwick and five uthers
were killed. two others were prob
ably fatally injured and three less se-
riousiy hurt. The elaborate love bun
galow," built by Wright for Mrs,
Cheney was burned.
julien Carlton. negro cook om-
ployed by Wright and accused Of the
crime, surrenderedi after search Of
several hours had been made for him.
He WAS hurried into an automobile
and rushed to the Iowa county Jail
List of Dead and Injured.
The dead.
MRS. MAMAH BOuTON BORTH-
WICK, cut about the head and neck,
her clothing burned.
JOHN BORTHWIcK CHENEY. her
IL year-otd sen, head chopped open,
badly burned
EMIL BuRDElf. aged 80 years.
draughtsman: cut about head and
badly burned.
DAVID LiNDBLtM. gardener,
hHdly cut about the head
ERNEST WESTON. aged II years.
farm hand burned about the head.
TOM BEtNkER, mhorcr cut and
burned.
Injured
William Weston. carpenter: cut
about the neck and burned.
Martha BorthNick Cheney, Mrs
Borthwick's 10-year-old daughter; cut
about the head
Herbert Fritz, cut and burned. arm
broken
Iiend H. Captured.
Sheriff Bauer organized the search
for Carlton as soon as he learned Of
the murders. Posses Of farmers Join
ed with the sherff's deputies and
were obtained to take up
his trail The men were az first in-
clined TO believe that Carlton had es-
capped down the Wisconsin river in
canoe.
While the ncighbors guarded the
grounds aud the men with the hounds
were searching for definite trace.
Carlton crawled from the doar OF
boiler He was nearly suffocated from
the heat and appeared thoroughly ex-
hausted
Ile said he had taken poison but
would give no reason for the crime
Mrs. Carlton. who had been employed
with her husband, was arrested short
" after the tragedy when she was
found, dazed, walking along the high
way near the house She denied any
in the affair.
Arranged for Slaughter.
The negro. who IS believed to have
become enraged at some rcbuke from
Mrs. Borthwiok displayed fiendish ~
;enuity in arranging his victims for
he slaughter
The nine victims We're IN the dining
'oom when the negro lighted rug
'oalsed IN gasoline in front of the
ioor. according TO William Weston
he least seriously hurt This left but
me means Of cgress. window
Mrs Rortiwick was the first to put
Ter head through the window "a ca-
ape the intense heat
The negro struck her down with
me blow, crushing her skull He 4
ragged the body out and waited The
iext Little John Cheney was the (
econd. His head was split open
Struck Heads of tivilms
As each one put his head ont.
aid Weston the negro struck. killing
y stunning his victims | was the
asst The axe struck me In the neck
nd Knocked me down but not uncOn-
siols I got up and ran and the nee
no after me. Then / fell and he hit
ne again and | guess he thought he
ad me. because he ran back to the
window and ! got mp and ran When !
poked back the black had disap-
cared I,
by this time the MAGNIFICENT bunga- !
nv was in flames and neighbors rtlsh-
d to the place. Carlton was gone
nd, although Sheriff Bauer and a Il
osse began q search for him at once
O trace was found
The fire was confined to the bunga-
w and when II had been controlled !
eighbors many Of whom had for y
leriy been bitter against Mrs Borth- r
lex, Joined the posse in searching for !,
10 murderer.
Wright had not been there for three ~
AVS. He left Tuesday for Chicago
al ordinarily would have returned
morrow night.