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?tI9IIIBIf86e*iri*BfII.I*©I.I*|Ntt*I*HORRIBLE SUICIDE.Cll ASTI.Y WOUNDS INFLICTEDWlfll A H AM MKltMr*. Shew, Honvrlng With Malan choile, Ends Her Exluent* t»y Betilni Oat Her llrttui,A suicide, matt horrible and (tokening in It* ssd tad (fleeting de all*, »tts com mltted In tbli city shortly before ten o’clock this morning, the unfortunate victim being Mrs. E. ft. Shaw, who has ton keeping a little (tore on West I’d-rick street, at the top of the fall', for tome lime pad. Her hatband Is a shoe* maker and hat hit shop In connection with the store. In the latter Mrs Shaw kept a few groceries and getters! notions, (efficient to supply thewants of the neighborhood, She was awoman flfty-elght years of ate, ret patteda by all who knew her and well liked Ini lb* neighborhood. *4%1 She had been Suffering with severej mela cholla for several weiki past, doe„ to no canae that could be arcertalt;nedt except possible mental derangement, andhad been especially gloemy this week,* I This morning she arora aa usual and ; I went about her household dmlcs. After her husband had left the house on an trrand down street, she went up stairs, leaving her son* In the store ai d herlUtls twelve year old gtaud daughter,May Baker, In the honse. About ten o’clock the latter went npatalra for tome purpose, and hearing an unusual noise In the bed 1 I room, from which the etatrs lead to thegarret, looked la thaw. A horrible sight mat her gssa. Lying on the bed In a' fob!. pool of blood, with bloodface and breast, and her «u to tie elbows, was her gumimnner. The unfoituua'e woman, It was afterward discovered, had gone tothegairct ' of the house, and there, In one corner of “ the low room, committed suicide, being able before bnafolng her last to crawl down the steps and lay herself upon ths bed to die. When the little girl saw her she lay across the bead of the bed, with her shoeless feet on a chair. Before that she had evidently laid lengthwise of the lied. Ho, nl least, the blood soots indilt; ati-d. Near • whero she had fallen In the garret, it *■ was afterward ascertained, lay her glasses, near them a piece oi rope thatappeared to have been Intended for usetn hanging herself, and near thoseker'sshoemaker's hammer, the bead and ban-T die covered with blood, Indicating at“ once that with the sharp edge of this? tool the terrible deed had been commuted. The hammer bad been given to her by her grandchild earlier in the mornPMl _ ’The little girl fled from the room the■ moment she beheld the ghastly sight ‘ ami ran screaming through the house * nd * store Into the street. Mr. (1. Hoskins■ Morgan, who keeps a atore a few yards from the Bbaw house, on the same side of the atreet, ran to the assistance of the Hub girl, sod upon finding the caute of her alarm entered the house. to render aid. Tha two sons of Mrs.Hbaw, Clarence and Washington, who 1 had been In the atore, were wild wlfo grief and excitement. Mr. Morgan ran to tne bed room, and seeing at once the nt tars of the c.se, la.tlly summoned Dr. Franklin B. Smith, who strived on the scene promptly. Mrs. Shaw was still breathing, bat unconscious,when he came, and passed away frcm the effects of the shock without altering a word. She left no note to Indicate the reason for her rash act. To commit the deed mutt have required marvelous nerve end determination, ss the had evidently beaten at her head with the hammer until, after numerous slighter wounds, s fatal blowl« struck. Mrs. Geo. flu.Hard Mand Mrr. Marshall Oromblne, neighbors, who wera among those pieaent when she died, stated Ibat bar head was horribly mutilated sod blood was octlng from more than a di xen telf-ic 11 cted wounds She was breath!, g, but unconscious, and made no reply to any of the questions addressed to her.Her ssuli In the center of the forehead was crashed la, and from that point back over the top of her head waa a furrow of Indentations nearly an Inch deep, evidently canted by the blows of the bam-Mr. Elisha K Hbaw, the husband of the unfortunate woman, who, at slated,had g me down street on bnalneas, returned as tom ss notified of tha tragedy, i and was distracted with grief, fo aI News mas he said: “My poor wife’s , name was Annie E z.betb Shaw and wehad four aons and one daughter. My wife had been In poor health for about two years, She suffered with Insomnia and was morbid all the time, often walkII lag the floor and wringing her hands and talking incoherently. Hhe said nothlog about contemplating such a deed Is, however.’’ The tw, this, however. The two sons of the t unfortunate woman oonoterated this1 1 statement,dtate’i-Atiorney Win. II. Hlnka, ac com pan led by County Constables Jcha W. olmpson and George Gefsbaugh, visited the house and viewed the remain*,g ordered ■ be atook prompt action In Investigating the case. Acting Coroner Thomas Turnersummoned a Jury of inquest which visited the scene of the sal-clde at once. It was compoied ofSamuel Notnagle, foreman; Thomas C. Mateeny, Lewis H. Main, Clinton B. Willard, Janus E. Staub, Franklin H.Davis, i, E. Phoebus, A. B. Iloutr.ahn,John W. Neipold, A. T. Drinkhouee, Benjamin F. Phoebus and Harry Deeter. After examining the remains the jury adj urned until tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock, when testimony will be taken at the office of Coroner Tarner.While Constable rlmpion was at the house he discovered two bloodetalned letters addressed to Mr. Sbaw. When he asked him If they belonged to him Shaw replied: “Yei. You can't blame this thug on me. I am clear of this. I ctn prove where I was when It fcasjpened,main at tbe bouse, make a search for bloody clothing, elc., and keep an eye on tbe premise#. 1 bey found tbe bed clothes and body of tbe nnfortuntte woman spatlsreu with blood. Both bands from tbe Ups of tbe fingers io tbe elbow were covered with blood stains. Tbe wound waa s terrible looking sigbt. The farrow was fonr inches In length and an inch to width sod depth, running from the forebead io the back of tbeskull. Immediately above the foreheulwas a ghastly hole, thawing that the I i * I skull had beenauthorities, upon being notified,IMW
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Frederick News
Frederick, Maryland, US
Thu, Apr 29, 1897
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