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Another 'a.1 crriJic 'JTraere«ly.Atunq'tt a I Jfurdcr in W?ilte~j wa-er, ;« *yj We.-ire a^siin called upon to record janother horrible and bloody event—a lid! e I .sequel to those which have disgraced our |^ : fetate beyond red-empti on, wkbin j- i'th^ jast two months- . !^ : A man living in Whitewater, by the j•name of Birgc, vestevdav entered- • his \\ lt;« rj own house where he found.his wife ana t: grandson, (a boy 15 or 1G years of age)^ ; at dinner. His wife arose as he entered, j when be ihiv vv his arms around her, 1 rjj and with a long butcher, or carving! ^ ; knife, attempted to cut her throat. He j v- succeeded in indicting two horrid gashes j \x but tortunat dy thty did not prove fatal. t. His grandson, during the struggle, seiz-a | ed a revolver in tlie roozn and lived two . ; shots at the old man, one of which took; _ | effect in the shoulder and may prove fa-; e ! tab Birgo is a man some 60 years ofj ^jage. He was of intemperate habits,r land was supposed to be laboring under r | temporary insanity produced by inioxi- j I ■t; cation. Is f The old man had a son, who was mar- j glricdj and living with him in the same; i I house. lie was tin fortunate!v absent!-■ i ^ ^1 ! at Janosvile at the time the tragedy oe-1 , • curved. 11 h wife, the old man's daugh- j1 * ! ter hi law, was present and sitting at the ;1■ table, hue was so stupitled by horror, as iJ 1 j to unable to even give the alarm, 'p| Bh’ge and Ins wife have not lived ; } j peaceably togi Lhcr for some years, but 11 j it was not supposed that their difficulties {’; were serious, or of sunli a nature as to A lead to this horrid event.—[Madison Ar-us. 17th./lt;-•
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Prairie Du Chien Weekly Courier
Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Aug 25, 1855
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