Evening journal., 1916-05-02
3 babies BURNED
TO Death: Mother
CUTS HER THROAT
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was committed early this morning,
and after giving temporary treatment
hurried the mother and infant to the
local hospital
Neighbors OF Mrs Scnkovtch
stated today that they noticed yester-
day that she was acting strangely. and
believe that she has been deranged for
several days They say she was
kind and tender mother, and that It
was anxiety over trying to properly
care for the three small children more
than the desortion of the husband
that drove her insane. Nearly
month ago her husband. whom neigh
bors say treated her in n brutal man
nor was arrested for drunkenness on
arriving i'm Pennsgrovc from VIII
mington. She paid his fine and he
deserted her the next day. That was
the last seen Of the husband in penns-
grove. although it Is reported that
he Is working In either paulsbOrO or
Gihbstown Mary, l4-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mrs ScinkOvitch, who lived in
faulshoro. arrived in pennsgrovc this
morning and friends are caring for
her.
The house where the children were
burned is one-story frame shack on
Divers Lane. near the river front
Ihere are three rooms and the front
room was used as the sleeping apart
ment u was about 4 o'clock this
morning az near as neighbors can tell.
when Mrs. Sclnkovitch set fire to the
bed in which all three of the children
were sleeping After applying the
match she evidently went TO rear
room and getting a knife slashed her
own throat She also poured kerosene
over her clothing and set liro 10 il.
Harry Ballinger, who lives nearby,
was the FIRST To see the fire and few
seconds later The woman ran OUT the
door screaming. with her clothes in
hames and blood streaming from the
cash In her throat.
She ran TO the porch of W. r. Mar
soy. across the street and knocked at
the door. Mr.. Marsey who had been
aroused by her screams was at the
door about The same time as the wo-
man. When he found the woman
with her clothes ablaze Mr. Marcy
practically tore the clothes off her
and Ia this way probably saved her
life. Other neighbors had arrived
by this time and took charge of the
woman until a physician arrived. She
cannot speak English and made no
statement.
After others had taken charge of
Mrs. ScinkOyitch. Mr.. Marsey ran
into her home and there the horrible
sight of the three small children
burning to death in the bed met his
gaze. Before the woman poured the
kerosene over the bed she had wrap
ped the baby Elizabeth. six months
old in a blanket, and this was the
only reason the infant was not burned
to death as was the other two chill
dren IN the bed. He grabbed the
/ baby and ran outside with II, placing
the infant in the care of some wo-
| men
Mr. Marsey then returned to Ia,
ROOM but the other two children. Ste
phen. aged 3 years. and Frank, aget
3 years, we're dead Their little bod
les We're burned almost TO a crisp AS
only the bed was on FIRE. nelghbor'
soon extinguished the flames md the
two little dead bodies were then car
ried out and laid on the ground unit
the coroner arrived. In tearing Mrs
Scinkovitchs clothes off and carryinl
the baby out. Mr.. Marsey was painful
/ ly burned about the hands
Il was evident according % those
who saw Mrs. Scinkoyitcb that th'
knife she used in cutting her throal
was not very sharp, as IL made rag
ged wound and not very deep. Several
neighbors stated that she had recently
threatened to kill herself and the
children.
Coroner Ashcraft took charge Of tho
bodies and will hold an inquest N IS
Scinkovitch's condition is critical.