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SHOT HIS. , FATHER TO
•, • eearching near the sport, dieeovered two
They are of Anierioan Manufacture and
imager trays beside the railway traok.
poorer quality, One hi round and the
other °Wittig, and both beer the initiale
SAVE His DtioTHER. Tel ,en1e1:71eicPeiebfittlre:;ip°114athl;
where the silver eatne from ,or how long
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Buffalo Man Was Chok-
ing His Wife,
Son Set Bullet Into
His Brain.
Mother Had Saved the
Boy From Father.
Baffalo, Dee. ha—White clutching his
wife's throat in Or vice -like grip, Charles.
Schroff, a salooakeeper at 253 East Gen-
esee street, was shot and instantly killed
at 1.10 o'clock yesterday afternoon by
his son Charles, 10 years old. The trag-
edy occurred in the family kitchen in
the rear of the saloon. It was the climax
of a quarrel which began in the midst of
the noon meal.
In his haste to save his mother from
hs nether's fury, the youth reached
over her shoulder to fire the fatal shot.
mocking curse of violence lingered on
the father's lips as the bullet plowed
through his brain.
The lifeless body dropped like a log
to the floor, almost dragging Mrs.
Schroff with it, so tight was the hold
on her neck. Wren she realized the
etw-fulness of the deed Mrs. Schroff
eheleked and swooned away, with her
face buried in her hands. Three younger
children ran out of doors, screaming at
the top of their voices.
When the shot was fired Louise, a 12 -
year -old daughter, was speeding to the
Sycamore street police station, a block
away, to call the police.
"Father is getting crazy!" cried °the
Slip of a girl as she ran breathlessly in-
to- the police station, She led the way
back, -and Detective Leary and Police-
- 'limn Scott followed. When they arrived
Schroff's body was lying in a pool of
blood on the floor.
The youth whose heart was torn by
love for his mother and fear of his fath-
er stood over the corpse. He was half
dazed. The revolver still dangled from
his Tight hand.
"You must come with me to the sta.
tiener said Detective Leary, touching the
youth on the shoulder.
Without a word Charles handed the
weapon to the officer and set out for
the station. His composure surprised the
The boy's courage failed him as he
walked inao the police station. Tears
glistened in his eyes and his lips quiv-
ered.
"IS he dead?" he asked in a whisper.
The detective looked straight ahead
and. pretended not to hear. The young
prisoner's knees gave way and he would
bave fallen to the floor but for the as-
isistance of the police, who rushed to his
side.
"Idid it for mother. Father was
ehoktrig her until her eyes bulged way
out.. He was awful when he drank."
This deelaration seemed to put new
energy into the distressed youth. He
shook himself together and did not
again yield to his emotions. When he
teas being examined at police head-
quarters he tidked calmly of the shoot-
ing. .He was all the time steeling him-
- self against collapse.
The revolver' with which Charles killed
his father was a 38-ealibre weapon and
was kept in a drawer behind the bar
in the front cif the building. When the
trouble began Fred, a 14 -year-old son,
ran for the weapon. eetle returned just
as etchroff grappled his wife. Charles
impishsively snatched the revolver from
his brother s hand and ordered his father
to desist from ill-treating the mother.
"If you don't let her go Pll kill -you,"
-cried the son as he leveled the weapon.
The father laughed eerociouely and
squeezed the harder. The muzzle of
the revolver flashed fires and the father
aank to his death. The bullet entered
the left Kix oxd ranged upward, com-
ing out in the middle -of the top of the
forehead., Blood gushed from the two
external wounds until the entire floor
was besmeared. The blood flowed so free-
ly that the features of the dead man
quickly became so covered by the life
flow that they could hardly be recog-
nized.
The struggle which ended in the slay.
ng .of Schroff was the second that he
hod WI with his wife within. a half
hottie. ming the first encounter he
hint r against the red-hot kitchen
Ads, • .„a time he stifled his rage,
• lent A up again, with the fatal
Pesult.
The ;: id'iate cause of the father's
attack go" the mother was anger be-
cause she intervened when he attacked
Cheeks. The boy made a statement of
the thooting to the police and his at -
count was praetieally corroborated by
the individual statements of the other
Members of Use family.
ROCHETTE DEATH,
THE
CORONER'S JURY'S VERDICT
AGAINST THE HUSBAND,
Omer Rochette's Marriage Took Place
Soon After He Buried His First
Wife, and Quebec Police • Are Now
Poking for Him.
Qiiebee, Dee. 30.—"T1iat deceased
died froni the effects of art arsenical
Substance, criminally administered. by
Omer Rochette, her husband, and that
the said Omer Rochette should be
held responsible for the death."
The above is the verdict rendered
this afternoon by the Coroner's jury
over the remains oi the late Mrs.
Omer Roehette, who died here on the
17th of November last, and who was
buried on. the Oth of that month. Ten
days after his wife's death Hachette
married a young girl named Mar.
leeteit. The newly -married couple left
immediately on 4 lioneynt0On trip to
lVfontrefil. Many rumors then a0111*
Menced to eirculate regarding Mrs.
Rochette's death, and became so sen-
sation:1,1 and assumed such propor-
tions that COrtnier Xolleoeur had the
body exhumed and the stornaelf,
lungs and bow* We analyzed by
Rev. Mr. Mien. professor of Laval
liniversitsr, and it. Marois, who both
testified to the Met that arsenie wee
found in conaiderabie onantitiee fri
tha stomach and mteatines. A nchew-
M 0. hien abet, after reekvering. from
the' ON RE UN'. N
URDER F
sprang at Terrace. E MO
wmCuRRy dead° Well Of the two Was the. bett,
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start the diseltaige of the gua gave•hiku, ' °
Then COMMeneed 4 Woggle that watt
ter Man, Curry well Man at
10.0 volAials, while Territee is Meaner in
etattlre and lighter in Weight, but very
W7. Xn the etruggle the lamp WWI
overturned and the oil ran ever the table
end floor. Terrace kept a firm hold on
the shotgun, and in the struggle attempt.
ed to pomt it at JaMes Curry's head,
but his arm was struck and the shot
which was intended for Cuery entered
the ceiling. So occupied in the etruggle
Was Curry that he did net even know
the gun had been firecl the second time,
but the small boy, who stood at the
door, saw the flash in the dark. For
several minetes the,struggle continued,
until, having failed to shoot (terry with
the second cartridge in the.guri, Terrace
threw the weapon from him and took
from his pocket a, heavy stove shaker,
which he had been carrying all day, He
dealt Mr, Curry a severe blow' on the
head with the shaker, and protecting
himself from the rain of blows dierry'e
right arm and left hand were leadly in-
jured, Finally Curry's weight told on
Terrace. The dim light from the stove
enabled Curry to see 'that they were
struggling near an old-fashioned, lounge
in lite dining room, and with one sniper -
534." There ia absolutely no clue as to The Old Man Shot Down hy His
Hired Man.
it lay undiscovered, except that there
WAS anOW for only ten days before. The
pohieiare sureti '1 • w Is thieves'
of the husband stated that 110 was plunder and that the big tray was doub- Life and Death Struggle Between
,
present during the two last days pre- led up so it ould be put in a bag or
ceding his aunt's (bath at Rochette's under a coat.
house, and that any medicine given Probably the thieves were carrying
to the deceased wite almost always the stuff through on a train wad, being
given to her by the hueband, anxious to be rid, of it, threw it into Detailed Mothe of Awful Tra-
when last heard of, Itachette and the ravine from. the bridge, not knowine
Son and Murderer.
Uie second wite were in montrom, but there WOO a. roal below, and thinkli gedy Near Bramnton.
he is supposed. to have left that city they could recover it later. The stuff is
on the 9th instant, Chief McCaskill believed to be worth more than three
expected that Omer Rochetto will soon henaleed dollers.
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ti,* cell at the jail here, on the same
has the matter in hand, .and it is A Brampton, Ont., despatch: Lying in
proprietor of the erchants' Olt
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1VIA NEWARK MYSTERY
be captured. Roebotte was formerl mattress on which his victim pseud
• away, is John Davis Terrace, and in
here.
- the house teltere he was born and
• CURATE SHOT.
NUDE BODY OF UNKNOWN WOMAN
lived. for nearly eighty years, ten
FOUND IN POND. lace southeast' of Brampton, is the
body of William Curry, who was
IRISH CLERGYMAN ATTEMPTED TOshet by Terrace on Christmas night,
MURDER HIS SUCCESSOR. Had Been Strangled- to Death—Victim,
• Seen by Watchman Going Toward , blood, Another Itas been add.
Rev. Thomas Gibbing Went Gunning for
Rev. W. White on Christmas Day;
Pond in Company
Early Hour. have been recorded. in Toronto Town-
., ship, and. the murder °nest eight was
Found Him in Jaunting Car, and probably one of the most deliberate and
Seriously Wounded Him. Newark, N. J., Dee. 30.-4 murder
premeditated of them all. Terrace
eombining the elements of enystery and
carefully prepared to murder James Cur -
deliberate cruelty, that takes it out of .
London, Dee. 30.—A despatch from .. , - I 3r) son of the man who was mardered,
Dublin says that Rev. W. White, dio- the ordinary, was cemauttee on toe but shot Curry's father instead, and. in
Elackeneack Meadows in the town of
cesan curate of Cashel, in .County Tip- an attempt to murder the son, after he
/Unison, early to-dliy, and the undo
perary, was. shot and seriously wouhded body of the victim, a comely woman of had shot the father, he was so roughly
on Christmas Day bv a brother clergy- perhaps 30 years, was discovered. nearly handled that he was unconscious for sev-
man, Rev. Thomas 8: Gibbings, who un- euhmerged in the icy waters of a little . eral hours, and for a timeItwas feared
til • tl fli i t d i tl iti ond Onl the feet projected when 1 Id 1 di
WithMan at an ed to the long list of erunes winch human effort he threw his assailant
secen y o cae n ems on p . • u
now held by White. Gibbings, who is a chalice passersby broke the ice in whieh
Protestant clergyman drove out in a the exposed portions were incrusted and
jaunting ear looking for his victim and dragged the body ashore this afternoma
found White also in a- car returning'from Idle body had not been identified to -
conducting Christmas -service at Ballin- night, and it was pretty well established
garry, a village in the eastern part of the that it was not that of a resident of
county. this city or Harrison.
Suspecting his predecessor's purpose Two men who occupied a yacht moor -
on seeiug the gun, White drove huriredly ed near where the body was found are
down a side road, but was overtaken by detained by: the police, but the meet
Gibbings, who declared he would shoot importitat clue obtained was furnished
within a minute. "Speak with me and to -night by Peter Coogan, a watchmen
explain before you do," answered, me,
employed by the Marine Engine Come
attempting to shield himself behind the pany, who recognized the body as that
ear. elibbings fired several shots, shat- ef a woman Whom he had seen crossing
tering the victim's hand and knee, the the meadows in company with. a man
car protecting the more vulnerable- parts lima 2 o'clOek this morning. Later he
of his body. Afterwards the wounded maw a man alone. He then. carried a
man was carried to a neighbor's house bundle in his tu•ms. The man was shsrt
and later to Dublin Hospital, where his end stout,
condition is regarded as serious. Two girls returning to their hame in
Gibbings drove hastily away and gave Earrison long after midnight this morn -
himself up to the police. The brother of ing heard a woman's cries floating over
the wounded man, also a clergyman, says the marshland. They seemed to come
he knew of no quarrel between White from the direction of the pond, and to
• the startled girls sounded like "Spare
and Gibbings,
one" and "Help." Rearer home the girls
were appioaehed by a well-dfessed
CRUELTY To DOOMED PIGS.
, stranger, 'ho accosted and followed
them until a policeman was met with,
Dr. Hollingsworth Tells of Carelessness
when he turned and fled.
in Slaughtering. A sealskin muff, a fur neckpiece, a
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Alit and a woman's red coat trimmed
Ottawa des -patch: Dr. Hollingsworth
with military braid were found along
reported to the City Hall to -day that
-cin-der path n.erte the pond. The wo•
gross cruelty was practiced by butchers
of the city, more particularly in the had been dead about twelve hours when
the body was found, Death hut been
slaughter of pigs.
e clue to strangulation.
"In one slaughter house in the city,
he remarked, "I have seen pigs strung 3 e
up and dashed into boiling water before WHY HE KILLED HIMSELF.
they are dead. The kicking of the poor
animals just as soon as they reached the Toronto Furrier Could Not Stand Black-
water made a terrific splash and their mail and Slander.
shrieks were simply,heartrending.
"In the case of attempts to stun pigs A Toronto despatch: "Can't stand the
I have seen some cruel 'things. Animals slander and blackmeil and worry any
are hit indiscriminately by strong hutch- longer. Have always dealt square and
ers. Some of them get away half stun- honest. Have been used mean -and shah-
ned and race about until the butcher by here. What I. -have belongs, to my
catches them once more. Their throats brother, Alec. Hobrecker."
are then cut and many of them are This comndunication was found by the
thrown into boiling water before they side of Gustave Hobrecker," who was
are dead. The animals are all huddled found dead. in his room at 5 Ann street
together, and seem instinctively to have last night, the thirty -two -calibre re -
an idea of their impending fate. volver with he had shot himself
"I have seen them run from the in the right temple being still clasped in
butcher and in not a few cases their legs his hand. The note, which was legibly
have been broken." written in pencil upon a bill head bear -
Public abattoirs where there will be hie the dead man's business address as
humane treatment is a local proposi- %%eider in and 'manufacturer of fine
tion, furs, at 49 King street west, was ad-
dressed to an intirrigle friend.
FAMINE IS THREATENING. Mr. Ade:vender McNeill, the keeper of
the rooming house at 5 Ann•street, last
Turkish Villages are on the Verge of saw Hobrecker on Christmas night. He
was always a taciturn man, who never
Staevation.
but of necessity during the whole four -
Boston, Masse Dec. 30.—The American teen months' stay at the house spoke
Board of 'Commissioners' for Foreign . to his fellow -lodgers or anyone. At
Missions .has .received advices from the 1:a -past 10 one of the lodgers thought
interior of Turkey, showing unusually k he heard a pistol shot.
severe famine eonditions. Bread is dou- Over a year ago Hobrecker failed in
ble its normal price, wheat and other his business as a furrier, eel he lived in
cereals are considerably higher than last retirement at Ane streeet. He was of
year, and prices for other necessities are
four or five times -higher than fifteen Hebresesextraction, but had. lived for
years ago. years in Canada. He was about fifty
Teachers bile village near Erzroom, - reeve of age. and it is believed has no
eektives in the city.
whose salaries for the year average $79..e , •
20 in American money, • are .obliged to
pay $52.80 for a year's „supply of wheat.
Mr. Herd, the British Consul at Bitlis,
reports that several hundred pereons in
Moushplain and Bukrik will probably
starve to death before the winter closes
un'ess relief reaches them soon.
Famine is also threatening other vil-••
loges near Erzroom -and few of the in -
either to .America or to Russia. Smithboro, Dec. 30.—In a pistol
habitants have the means of escaping,
„ battle following the robbery of the Van -
TWO ACCIDENTS. della passenger depot early here to -day
one of the robbers was shot five times,
Middlesex Man Injured by Falling and Eniory Brown, city marshal, of .Scr-
Vat—Impeled on Hook. rento, was wounded twice. Both
rmen are in a serious condition.
A London, Ont., despatch: William , The companion of the wounded robber
McAdam, a farm laborer on the ' was arrested and. lotked up at Green -
Fourth Concession of London Town- Else four miles away, where his
ship, had a narrow escape from death ' eomrade Was also locked up after having
by the falling of a huge syrup vat been given medical treatment.
which had been placed on an inseCute'
platform, His right leg was broken'
PISTOL FIGHT.
Robber Shot Five Times and City
Marshal Also Hit.
across the 'lounge. He then wrenched
the stove shaker from Terrace's -hands,
and beat his assailant over the head
With his own weapon until he was un-
conscious and Tell to the floor. Curry
was almost exhausted from the efforts
of the life and death struggle, and for a
moment lay panting on the sofa.
Staggered Back to Bed.
He soon recovered, hiewever, and has-
tily lighted another lamp. He expected
to find the body of his father lying on
the floor, and 'looked there, but a huge
pool of blood -showed only where • his
C.
Terrace is a paluter by trade, and father had stood. With the strength he
his home is in Newcastle -on -Tyne, had gained by his vigorous outdoor life
England. He arrived iu Canada only , on 'the farm, the (Ted man had managed
a month ago, having sailed from LW- to stagger to his bed and fall across it.
erpool far St. John, N. B., on the His left side was almost completely torn
steamer Lake Manitoba, Nov, 20th. He away by the charge of number six shot,
arrived in Toronto a few days later which had been fired from such a close
and. was in the Imimgration Depart- distance. He died, however, without re-
gaining consciousness.
ment at the 'Union Station there when
Mr. James Curry went in looking for a Medical Aid Summoned.
man, and was employed on trial for a James Reid, the boy, was hastily de -
month. Terrace has a wife and child in spatched for Mr. Black, Mr. J. lVicKaY,
Newcastle -on -Tyne, another neighbor, and Dr. M. H. Aikins,
William Ourry, the murdered man, who lives at Bitrnhamthorne, several
would have been eighty years old on miles from the scene of the murder. It
New Year's Day, and- except for' a was two hours before the doctor arrived,
few years, when he lived. in Bramp- and a few minutes after his arrival old
ton, resided. on the farm and in the Mr. Curry breathed his last.
same house where he met his death. Terrace, inethe meantime, was being
He was a magistrate, and had oecu- looked after. He was totally unconscious
pied positions in the County Council, and for a time it was feared that he
having been reeve several times. skull had been fractured and that he
James Curry, whom Terrace intended would die. Dr. Aikins patched up the
Co marder, is unmarried, and. 46 years cuts on his head and face, and also &t-
old. He has been in the Coanty Conn- tended to Mr. James Curry's injuries.
cil, and is one of the best known farm- At 4' o'clock this morning George Jack -
ere in the vicinity of Brampton. son, one of Curry's neighbors, went to
the house and remained thel'e all day.
Laughed at Hired Man.
.Win. Baldock, another neighbor, also re -
Not being accustomed to farm la. unlined at the house all clay.
bor, Terrace was perhaps not as good
Investigation Opened.
a man as Mr. James Curry expected to
At 6.30 this morning Badock and
obtain, and he was often criticized by
Black drove into Brampton to inform
Curry as to the character of his work.
A few days luso, when the pump in the Mr. W. H. McFadden, Crown Attorney,
yard near the house was being repaired,
ocfontmhaentieritagebdyy,CaonrodneMraDMr. McFadden, laecf-t
James Curry laughed at Terrace and
at once for the scene of the crime. Mr.
twitted him tbout the way he took hold
of the handle of the pump. An argument George Broddy, High Constable of Peel
County, also left for the scene, accom-
followed, and Terrace was informed that
menied by County Constable, Jackson,
his month's trial had shown that he was I
and upon their arrival Terrace, who was.
unfit for farm work, and that he
still unconscious, was placed under
Would have to leave at the end of the
lard. About 10 o'clock Terrace regain -
month. He .became angry, and claimed guard.
ed consciousness, but lay with his eyes
to have been engaged for a year, but
was agent told that his. time would closed and refused to talk, except to ask
expire 4,t -he end of the year. That for a drink.
ended the!. argument, and no more After hearing the particulars of the
thought- wasziven to ib by Curry, but case the Crown Attorney and Coroner
Terrace evidently decided then and there empanelled a jury, which viewed the re-
mains of the dead man and adjourned
to shoot-biiir employer at the first op -
until Monday at 2.30 in the Town Hall
portunity. '
-Christmas Celebration. the scene of the murder. The following
of Elmbank, a village about a mile from
Yesterday morning Jetties Curry and farmers comprise the jury: Walter Bah
his father hitched up their team and dock, Wm. Hanna, Robt. Reech, Sylves-
drove to the, residence of Mr. John ter Osborne, Robt. Whitehead, Walter
Black, Wm. Curry's son-in-law, in order Rain, Win. McBride, Geo. Potter, Wm.
to ,celebrate Christmas. The home of Whitehead, Roy Hammerton, John Han -
Mr. Black is about a emile from the na, Robt. Speers, Ward Truman, James
Curry honiedtead, and throughout the Leech and Absalom Petherick.
day the old man wile in the best of Removed to Brampton.
spirits, and talked of having a. celebra-
at 4 o'clock Terrace had recovered
boa on New Year's Day In honor of
sufficiently to be removed to the
his eightieth birthday. At eight o'clock,
Brampton jail, and as Dr. Aikins eel. -
father and son left for home, arriving
tified that it was safe to remove the
about half an hour later. Terrace, who
rimer. High Constable Broddy placed
had. remained at the Curry homestead P
him on the mattress' taken from the bed
all day in order to write severed letters,
in which William Curry had died, and
including, one .to his wife, opened the
after wrapping Terrace up warmly to
door for Wm. Curry to enter the house,
protect him from the cold, drove into
and went to the stable to assist James
Brampton, accompanied by Mr. Jackson.
Curry to unhitch and stable the horses
Terrace was perfectly conscious, and
for the night. By nine o'clock the horses
when placed on the floor in the cotridor
had been. attended to and James Curry
of the jail slyly opened one eye and
and Terrace eateed the houee together.
took in the surroundings. His left eye
The kitchen of the homestead is not used
was so badly 'bruised by Mr: Curry's
during the winter, and the diningroom
blowS that he was unable. to open it.
is utilized as a kitchen, dining and sit-
Tfe stolidly refused to speak when ques-
tingroom. On one side of the room,
Honed. '
connected by a door, is the old mad
The remains of Mr. Wm. Curry will
bedroom, mai as he was very tired he
be buried on Saturday at Dixie, and
had gone to bed. Also employe -d on the
the funeral will be in charge of the
farm is a boy mimed James Reid, 12
Loyal Orange Lodge of the comity of
years old, who was sent out from the
Peel, of which he had been Master
Barnardo Home. After stabling the several times.
horses, the boy, James Curry and Ter-
A- Terrific Struggle.
race entered the diningToom and sat '-' .3
down to read, each being interested in A visit to the Curry homestead was
a newspaper. The boy soon remarked made this afternoon, and the dining -
that it was about bedtime, but neither room was in the • utmost confusion,
Terrace nor Curry paid any attention to showing that the struggle between Mr,
his remark. Suddenly Terrace rose from Curry and Terrace must have been a
his chair and walked to the corner of terrific one. A. pool of blood on the
the diningroom, where stood Mr, James floor showed where' Mr. Wm. Curry had
Curry's shotgun. The boy had by that stood after being shot. Mr. James
time entered. Wni. Curry's room, and Curry, who was almost overcome with
was pitying no attention to Terrace. grief, could seemly narrate the ,facts of
Grasping the gun in both hands, Ter.
race walked completely round the chair
on which jams Curry sat, engrossed in
his newspaper, and after a seeond's hesi-
WHO, CAN THIS WOMAN BE?
She May Have Been Strangled or Poisoned and
Her Body Thrown Into ,the Pond.
Newark, N. J., Do. 30s ---The Identity
of the young woman whose body was
found in a pond in Harrison, a Sabarb to
this city, yesterday, Teineies. unknown,
For nearly twenty-four hours the body
has lain in the morgue, and the features.
have been viewed, by hundreds of per-
, sons,. but none of them ever saw the
. woman before. In view of forther
tigations which lieve been made, the
police are inclified to believe that the
woman Was a visitor to Newark from
some twitchy city. That she may have
been. a., resident of Brooklyn seems not
lonely, as the coat found near the
. body wits purchaeetl In that city. As
yet, however, the officials here have
• went Into old tnan Curry's room
when Terrace pieleed up the shot guo
frem the corner and was standing be-
hind the old man -when Terrace shot
him. He then ran out of the dining -
room door, but later looked in alai' SalV
the flash when Terme diseharged the
gun the second time. He then, drove
for the neighbors and Dr. Aikins.
High Constable Broddy, who was at
the house all day, after placing County •
Constable Jackson m charge of Terrace,
made a. Initiate examination of 'the
house. He found that Terrace had ran-
sacked almost every room ill the (lave],
- elizg uwnhtielrethe to Jemtleuts hudateraiuy dkineepvt-
the shells for his gun. Two empty
shells were found in the two barrels of
the gun, and two more, loaded, were
found in the pocket of Terraceee coat, •
showing. that he intended to make sure
of hie jab. The stove Shaker used by
TeiTace which he carried in his pocket, .
was a steel ono and weighed about
three pounds.* It was curved 'so that
0, good grip could be obtained. Ter-
race had. been in the habit, of carry-
ing a heavy. hammer in his Rocket,
but left it in his room on Ohnstmas
morning aed took the shaker instead.
Crime Was Premeditated.
Terrace is 28 years old, and, as be-
' fore stated, has a wife and child in
Newcastle. His grip• was examined,
and in it were found writing ma-
terials, whieh had used to write to
his wife yesterday, and a photograph
of himself and his wile, and their
baby. Several recommendations, in-
cluding one from Wan. Harrison', of
Newcastle, told. that Terrace was a
proficient painter.
Shamming Unconsciousness.
The crime was the one topic of con-
versation on the streets of Brampton,
and general regret was expressed that
such a venerable" old man as Wm.
Curry should meet such an untimely
end, and sympathy for his son was
also generally expressed. Mr.' James
Curry lived on his father's farm for
35 years., and in Brampton the remain-
der of bus life. His father owned a house
and 30 acres of land in Brampton and
lived there for several years, until his
wife died, when he again moved to his
farm and lived with his son and daugh-
ter, who survive him, together with Mr.
Black and another daughter at Stayner.
Two other eons died several years ago.
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WANTED TO DIE.
SEEKS OFFICIAL PERMIT TO END
HIS YOUNG LIFE.
Detectives Intercept Foreigner Who Has
Scrupulous Notion About Being
Within the Law on the Suicide Act.
•
Buffalo Dec. 30.—While on Ids way
to police 'headquarters to ask for a per-
mit to commit suicide, Paolo Definite, 21
years old, of No. 21 Blossom Alley, was
intercepted by Detective Sergeants
O'Grady and. Higgins and. taken to the
Pearl street station, where he is being
held for examieation by Police Surgeon
Fowler. He said he wanted to take his
own life, but wanted to "be on the side
of the law."
In his pocket was•found letter con-
taining a $1 bill, aceolimanied by a
note requesting that a mass be said
for the repose of his soul. Another en-
velope contained a ten -cent piece and a
note written in Italian dh•ected. the dis-
position of the sum.
Before starting for police headquar-
ters, Defauti had purchased revolver
for wbich he paid $5.50. it was,in his
not been advised a any definite progress
towaed clearing the mystery by the po-
lice of Brooklyn.
An effort to leera the exact muse of
the woman's death will be made to -day,
when an entopsy will be performed, The
present theory is that she was straiseled
and the body thrown into the pond. The
marks on the throat,- which led to WS
belief, are very indistinct, however, and
there ie another opinion that hie may
have been killed by a arag or even
thrown into the pond. while alive. It
is expected that the autopsy will defin-
itely settle this point,
In the meantime, Albert Thompson
and Frederick Workman, who lived on a
small yacht near the point where the
body was found, and Who were detained
by the pollee, are still under restraint.
They deny all knowledge of the woman.
WAS AN EXPERT
ALL RIGHT ENOUGH.
CHICAGO SCIENTIST DIED OF LOCK-
JAW, AS HE PREDICTED.
Ile Was the Man Who Wanted the Doc-
tors to Put Him Out of Pain—Con-
sulted With the Physicians as to
His Condition,
Chicago, Dec. 30.—Dr. Joseph F. Pea -
sen, department superintendent em-
ployed by a Chicago pacldng firm, died
last night of lockjaw, resulting from a
fracture of the nose, which occurred a
week ago. Dr. Peasen fell down a stair-
way in the laboratory of the packing
plant. The skin over the nose 'was brok-
en, and the wound. became infested with
tetanus germs.
On Christmas Eve the physician was
suddenly stricken with jockjaw. He diag-
nosed his own case. and with the aid of
pencil and paper eirected his family to
send hint to a hospital. He then sent
for a lawyer and made his will.
During his illness he constantly joined
with the hospital physicians in their con-
sultations and'gave it as his opinion sev-
eral days ago that he could not recover.
The immediate cause of death was said
to be heart failure following a convul-
sion.
REV. R. M'COSH DROPS DEAD.
Rector of Christ' Church, Chatham, for
Fourteen Years,
A Chatham, despatch: At 7 o'clock
this evening, after partaking of sup-
per, Rev. Robt. MeCoeh, ter fourteen
years rector of Christ Church and
rural dean of Kent, being succeeded
in the latter office a short time ago
by Rev. T. Dobson, of Tilbury, drop-
ped dead from heart disease from
which he had. been suffering for some
time. The late rector was highly es-
teemed in Chatham and Kent county,
for his earnest piety and broad-mind-
ed Christianity which was quite un-
denominationals
He is survived by a widow, two
sons, one in the Standard Bank, St.
Thomas, one at home, and two daugh-
ters, one of whom resides in Petro -
lea. .He was area '58 yeasL.-A-peiiii:
liar circumstanos is that for his
Christmas sermon he chose the text:
"In the midst of life we are in. death."
SCENE AT CATHEDRAL.
Land Law Reformer Protests Against
Christmas'Celebration,
New York, Dee. 30.—A cable to the
American from Manchester, England,
says:
A great sensation was caused in Man-
chester Cathedral this morning by the
action of Stewart Gray, the famous ad-
vocate and land law reformer, who until
recently was superintendent of the Man-
chester Poor Farm Colony. He entered
the pulpit of the cathedral and protested
against the birth of the Saviour being
celebrated when there ivere so many poor
and starving people in England 'whom so-
ciety could not help.
"It is blasphemy!" Mr, Gray shouted,
"and in the name of God proteet,"
Mr. Cray's unexpected address against
the prevailing sociakconditions, made to
the fashionable and wealthy Manchester
pocket when the officers brought him to el n" t:ee
lervice was stopped, ushers seized (hay
ejected nm from the cathedral.
- T W 1 Down'ObfHUNDRED Troops
gpaut ii io) ri it, , ef lo.eracitbeltyl aregmroeavtedstbiirn.1 Tv::
the station.
After investing the money, he con-
inKILLED.
stilted. a friend. whose name the de-
tectives withheld, and asked him the
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Chile's Nitrate
him that the Superintendent of Police
code of procedure for procuring a pee -
mit to mut his life. The friend- told
was the only person who mild ac-
commodate him, unless he wanted to - Varperaiso, Dec. 30.
Shot
Strike:
According to a
see the mae•or. When Defanti started statement issued officially the recent en.
to see the chief, the friend notified counters at Iquique between nitrate
O'Grady and Higgins of the incident. strikers and the pollee resulted in the
Thottgh he has no 'reason feir Want- killing of 210 men and the wounding of
ing to take his life, Defend seemed about fifty. During one of the engage.
the murder of his father end the des- determined to do so yesterday. At po- 'netts the troops fired particularly •at
Perate struggle he himself had had in ' lice headquarters he was told that it the leaders of the strikers, but their aim
°veer to save his own life. "I was sit- • would be necessary to Wait thre0 a' aye I was poor and the men were not hurt.
ling in a Chen' readieg," lie said, "awl liefore the permit could be issued, so ! The President and the Vice.President of
other day, and I've got the laugh on man until he sno'ze, and evhen „I looked mind in the meantime. He told the offi. Spanish Anarchists, have disappeam.
and he sustained internal injuries. REVOLUTION' IN ECUADOR lotion, said, "You laughed at me the was payina no attention to my hired that he may have it chance to change his 1 the local strike organizations, who ore
Mi. Thomson Brooks, of McFar-
lane Side Road, was the victim of a
peculiar accident yesterday, He was
at work in the top of his barn and
in descending, jumped, his arm catch-
ing on a sharp hook, which held him
suspended by the tendon of the' arm'
until his weight bent the hook and
released him.
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SILVER PLATE FOUND,
A. Lot of Thieves' Booty Picked Up at
Niagara Falls.
Niagara' Falls, Dee, A—Detectives
are working oo a peculiar mystery here
toelay and eo fitr without result,. On
Tuesday evening William King, employ.
ed by the Ontario Power Colimany,
when passing down Murray street rt.
vine under the Michigan Central bridge
saw an object protruding from the melte
ing mow lkside the toadwity and mt.'
covered two magnificent sil t trays.
One le nearly three feet lou nd. two
feet wide, one weighs fif n pounds.
The other is a foot in elf eter.. Nth
bear English hall marks, and are evi-
dently solid silver of the finest tinaity.
They are splendidly ortutMented and
mountesl. The large one ltes beer used,
but the smaller one is new. Tim large
one bed been foreihly folded up, and is
much damaged.
Mr, King turned the silver over to
the police and Detective MacNamara,
_sees
Quelled by Arrest of General Viral and You now.'
Twenty Followers.
to see the muzzle of his own shotgun
James Curry looked up from. his paper muzzle of my shot -gun pointed at me. until the perniit Was isstied, and would work going 011 in the greater potion of
When I left the house in the morning the make no ettempt on his life until he se- 2 the nitrate plant because the laborers
oVer the top of my paper I saw the cers that 10 W011 111a a.
a have emigrated in large mothers. At
;Washington, Dec. 30, --The State De teem was not loaded, but when we March- cared the necessary document.
. thrust almost into his face. When he
partment to -day received a cablegram left the house in the morning he knew ad the house this InOrning We found that To test the determination of the man, Antofagasta the men in two sstothb.
E.. om its representative in Quito, the that the gun wits not loaded, and he Terrace had stolen four shells 04 of the officers handed him Berne rope, but agents ere 04. Other workers are read,
EequadOrian capita, to the effect that again laughed at Terrace.. This seemed boreiat &never, two of "%VIII& lie he : i. They ed: tiro to go Bo:Ale:ken., umBAutNiTheoyRclitit.ve nye
an attempt at revolution there was to anger the hired mail more than ever, Placed in my gun, and two were found if he woad take --------------------------ll himself, leaders,
quelled by the arrest of General Torah and he again theeatiened to shoot his in the pocket of the eoat he Wore. and he said yes. When they wanted
formerly Ecuadorian Minister to Great employer. Curry became anxious and When I Iniew that . Terrace hild shot him to Wee a gloss of beer to kill him -
who were eharged with attempting to entreatinot him to put down the gun. The the struggle commenced. We knocked use his gun. The Terrible Suicide of an Essex County
Britain, and twenty of his adherents, attempted to strove with Ids hired man, my father X made a grab for him, and self he offered to take the beer and then '
overthrow the Governmeut T initial noise of 'lite argument, and the voices over the lamp, and X did net know until His father, Guiseppe Defanti, is said
step was to be the seizure of the bar- of the men, raised in anger, roused afterWards that Terrace had fired an- to live in this city, :tea lie told the psa
racks et the capital through the conver. Olinda, Essex County, despatch: While
Mon to the revolutionary movement of William CUM" from hiS slumber, and. he other shot, which struck the ceiling, If lice that his mother was in en. asylum
walked to the door of hie bedroom. the fight had lasted a minute longer I for the hisitne in Italy, temporary ineane because of the death
the soldtdis of the garrison. . Standing on the threshold, he agape eeuld not have stood it, so fierce hed it of her ehild some time ago, Mrs. Oliver
- e---, whet the aretim.ent was all about, and. beeetne. The wound his s
dieeed ray BODY BURNED AFTER DEATH,
Woman,
MISTOOK. CHILD FOR BURGLAR, Terrace immediately turned. int the old father's side WAS somethieg awful. The
Orton saturated her cloil________
othing with
Lo -day and set fire to berself, The cloth.
ing was eompletely burned ftom ber
A. California Man Shot His Five -Year- "NoW you 1110V0 one step and I'll shoot ------ te shot, es Terrtke NVOS only ' Held Husband of Wonian
Found Dead Near Macon.
man, and pointing the gun at him said, whole left side wkis blown away by the Authorities body and her life 1 i 1 f
s Otipa le( 0
it- -
was foetid dead. on the banks of the AZTEC CORN,
away. Hew the Allot missed the hort
Vaal Shot Fired, • ithout feet itw \ len ne ire • and
Old Son. you,"
- San JoseDee. 30.—Bertrain Sem-
year-old boy, lurving Mistaken him or it , moved, Or whether he merely took a heed during our straggle, but did not Pound in New Meiriean Ruins,
burglar. -The child, it is believed, was step to halftime himself,le not known, know it Was there till afterwards." Wetts, formerly impounding offker Of
walkieg in bus sleep. The parents -were but he did move, .atulcci, onte there WAS Mr. Cuery stated that lie was ft1n 1 MAO% The hist ken of her alive Was
awakened by a noise in the meet, end a flash. Stitggering is!, the wall, the old reerritee wow reeover, for lit, , tro-tim` when she left the house of it friend yes- Denver, Dec, 30.—A new Variety of
seeing the outline of a figure near the man shouted to leeds' son,"He hes shot snorter have the liew take It is reeerted that there was trouble in Aztec ruins in northere New Mexico
eorn grown irom it single grain found
,s fired. Ile at ones riot to the ae the house, etveld net give a very been burned tater the wouterde denth, nvereging seventeen hulks long. The
Its eourse terdav afternoon.
.ersa. The lad Reid teas . other Men. Watts 'wee tweeted. The value. Muted last spi »„, its s it c
between: Watts •Mid Ids wife Alunit an- last yeat promisee to proveof high
P SO were among the last Gum have the irten's blood ea hie Ikends.
Small Boy' Stery.
male the old men When the joints§ Reid, the small boy 'who was eoronethi jetty aecidee Gust the, body"loid grew eighteen feet high, hearing ears
,r of tial kitithorl bob ,Tfon'os ourrY, detailed aettlnit a ale glieettago ad mei held Watts en an ikeeeesoey to howil- kernels are larger and sweeter than or -
Macon, Oa" Dee.10,—Mrs. John Watte
ell the ribs itnd the left lung were blown
Oartutlgee River toolay, ITer betty Wait
kre ettrly tO-day shot and killed his lihe. •tVhether ite wits so eurprised that he do not know. I got sunk shot hi by brully bathed, She WAS the Wife of ,Iohn Valuable Variety Grown Prom Kernel
'window, they onehided WM that of a me, aim, and
burglar. • Mr. Setters rushed for Ids words he
pistol and fired, killing the -child in- .standin.
stently. Mr. Somers is the son of Hobert shot
flomere, a prominent temperanee tenelner
mn this city.
hearing his father 'shout that he had lie was filthier -Md. Ile atitted tlittt 110 eVier . ditiary torn.
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..A1LL FOR. A DOL.
D OUBIX *RI= MAR GENOA
OVER IP OUR ERITJAICOS..
nateM }louse0440,1 Stabbed tabor
'I,eader And Wife, Virith Whom lie
Had Quarrellerb--BebY Found PUY'
ing in Its Parents' Blood,
Genoa, Dee. 00„—lieated worda,. bold,
derer °seeped to the mouotaine„ where
his arrest is problematic owing to the
f r,
facilities to fugitives to escape over the
ahillings for rent led to a double murder
by the husband. of one of them in the
euburb of Sampler d'Arena. The mut'.
tiwveetnietwo wives over a question a four
Signora Bianchi, the wife of a trade
union leader, with four children, who.
sub -let a room to a custom homie guard
named Quattrocchi and his newly mar-
ried wife, quarrelled evith Signora Quat-
troceld over the amount of rent to be
paid before the latter left, Bianehi en -
toyed, but seems to have taken little part
in the discussion. Quattrocelii appeared
in the doorway. holding his hand behind
his back. Suddenly he sprang on Bian-
chi, dealing him a blow in tile chest With
it sharp clasp knife. Bianchi's wife rush.
ed to his assistanee, but Quattrecela
turned his fury on her, atehbing her in
the chest, shoulder, face and lower body.
Bianchi seized a chair to defend himself
and his wife, but was overpowered; and
fell mortally Wounded, The knife, brok.
en by the force of the blows, wee found
on the floor,
Neighbors hearieg cries ran to the
Bianehies lodging, Quattrocchi rushed
past them, covered with blood, into. the
street. Though chased by a crowd that
showered blows on him, he sped - to-
wards the Ligurian Alps and is still at
large.
On entering the room the neighbors
found the husband and wife on the floor
dying. The children wete huddled in 4
Corner whining with terror, except the
little two-year-old baby, which was play,
ing with a toy in its parents' blood.
ASHOKAN DAM FRAUDS.
New York's Water Commissioners Will
Be Removed.
New York, Dec. 30.—As a result of
the investigation made by the commis-
sionensof accounts into the award of
the contract for the construction of the
Ashokan dam, a part of the city's new
water supply system, the Board of Wat-
er Commissioners will be removed by
Mayor McClellan unless his action is
forestalled by their resignations, The
water eommissioners, Edward Shea
mons, 'Chas. N. Chadwick and Charles N.
Shaw, awarded the Ashokan contraet to
MacArthur Brothers Company, whoge
hid was $12,669,755 against $10,315,530
bid for thee work by the John Pierce
Company. .
FIRST SHAVE IN 53 YEARS,
And When He Went Home Wife and
Children Didn't Know Him.
Lodi, 0., Dec. 30.—A Christmas gift
of a peek at his face, enshrouded by
whiskers for 53 years, was the dona-
tion of Martin Overs, aged 70, of this
village, to his wife and seven children.
He had a three foot and a half growth
of 'whiskers, about which he had dis-
played great pride for years, shaved off
to -day, and went home with a great
muffler wrapped about his countenance,
fearing the cold.
Mrs. Overs almost collapsed from
fright as he strode into the house. She
did not recognize him till he spoke.
Ovens shaved for two years as a youth,
but no razor had touched his cheek since
he was 17 years old.
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WANT UNION DISSOLVED.
Mine • Owners Claim it is Proni
Anarchy and Murde
Goldfield, Nev., Dee-.''SQ,—
fight into the Federal co'
next move of the Goldfield
Association. To -morrow it su
filed here asking not only for al
tion against picketinnt'"and inter
with, but for the final.dissolution of the
Cloldfield Miners' Union. The•suit is to
be filed by the Goldfield Consolidated
Mine Company.
The Goldfield Union is charged in the
bill with "intimidation," and of being
guilty of "wanton destruction of. pro-
perty, murder of innocent citizens, law-
lessness and anarchy to sueh an extent
that it has instituted a reign of terror
in the Goldfield district."
GRIP SMITES NEW YORK.
Sixty-eight Deaths Took Place Within
the Last Week,
New Yoark, Dec, 30.—The city's grip
epidemic isn't letting up a bit. It is
getting worse. Singers, actors, profess
sional men and clerks are suffering.
There were sixty-eight deaths last
week, as compared with fifty-one for the
same period last year. The disease is
not only serious in itself, but the ba -.,e
elllus affects every known throat and
lung disease. Lobar pneumonia caused
217- deaths, against 134 last year;
bronchial pneumonia last year, 98; tithe ,
year, 159..
SPREES END IN MURDERS.
Two Men, on Way Home From Party,
Attacked and Killed.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 30.— Follow-
ing Christmas celebrations in this
city two men were murdcred and one
fatally wounded early this roorning.
Frank Smith and Adam Lashefsky
while going home from a Christmas
party were attacked by five men.
Smith was stabbed three times in the
heart and killed, instantly, and Lash-
efsky was stabbed nine tittles in the
back and chest and 'is dying. About
'the same hour Frank Morrow and
his brother-in-law, Sohn.Gallop, while
going home after a celebration quer-
relied and fought, Morrow being stab-
bed to death. Gallop was arreeted
and the police also have five men
suspected of Smith's murder.
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UNEMPLOYED WAITER'S CRIME..
Shot Manager and Head Viraiter *When
Refused a Job.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dee, 30,Wilhbam
—
Paeans, a waiter, fornterly employed
in Horn & Hendart'e reetanrant itt
Ninth and Filbert streets, entered the
plate to -day, and after Meg refused a'
position shot John C. Witcher, the Mato-
rtger, end Frank Rosman, the head
waiter, Both were taken to it hospital,
where they were saki to be in a serious
eondition. Weans else aimed twr.
shots at the enabler, but both weed WU.
Its then placed the revolver to his bead
in an effort at Weide, httt the Weepon
failed to explode. Fifty nerantS Were in
the reetaurent at the time. Paeans was
overpowered and turned over to
polieeman.
YIP
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