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From !ksw 1'ork.New You, Oct 27.—A horrible oium-ere occurred in west Thirtieth street, two Person* were murdered and five wounded, i! * supposed rnorlnllv. The victims ere the family of Krancl* troubling.lumber inrr-• haul, clt;usi*liiig of lmu-*elf and wife, two •on*, two daughter* and a servant girl.— The w ife is dying and the other* cannot re «4ver.The murderer is the eldest eon of Mr O., he ha* committed suicide. Him motive is •aid to have hern revenge, he having been detected Niinr week ago in the art of rol»-hmg In* lather to n large amountYoung thudding returned homeahout II o’clock. laboring under delerium, and pro-eeeling'to flic cellar, got an air and went tit lii* father'* I'hamlier. hitting him on hi* skull several blows with the aie. The father cannot l.ve, Mr*. lt;Moulding hearing the cry of her hu«l»arid. rushed from her room to hi* assistance. and vm in turn attacked by her infuriated eon.ai.d wa* badly hurt; the brother*.one |:i years old and the other 14, were nest attacked, receiving several Idow* from the air; the eldest wont live; a married sister with her Uby in her arm*, wa* the next victim, hut she managed to e»ca|»* with serious injury. two servant girls who hail rushed into the hall were neat attacked, ami were ro horribly hub'hered that it la feared neither will live, both were rent to the hoepilal. The as*«Min finally wmt to his own chamlier Mid locking himself in, blew out hie brains with a pistol.The thudding family wav highly report a b'e. Mr. tj. was an officer in the Thirtieth street Methodist thureb.and well known in the community.Francis Moulding, tha murderer, is about 19 years of ageand i- a desperate ynnntr man. He w«N lei in last night l»y hi* father and immediately want to his Ud rtocn In ths third atiiry.and took off his coat and boots, then seiie I a hatchet which he had k»pt in hi* room, he crept down stairs. The father 1 had just got iuto l#ed when the son entered the room, uniolh ed.and split h i skull open, he is now reported dead ; Mrs. O. received the neit attack, her skud being fractured It does not appear that eithar of tha |*renta ottered a scream sufficiently loud to alarm the other members of ths family. Two young brothers were next attacked, and art likely to die; the two servant girls were next severely injured; the two youngest •istcrs having their door locked escaped injury.Young (ioulding'a suicide was tha firat matter which attracted tha attention of the police, who broke in the houe«| and aecer-tamed tha ttale of affairs.Physicians were called and everything possible done to allay the sufferings of the victims.
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Daily Iowa State Democrat
Davenport, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 28, 1858
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