Show a Horrible Murder Boston 20The West Commercial today saY3 Mrs Russell aged 79 years was killed by her soninlaw Mr Edwin Prescott aged 66 years The officers being notified found the body in a back shed the skull fractured and the throat cut from ear to ear The murderer was arrested ar-rested and taken to jail The tragedy created intense excitement as the party moved in the highest society circles Prescott was in former years a dry goods merchant in Arlington Arl-ington and afterwards in Cambridge I and amassed a fortune Through financial reverses his mind has been somewhat affected While his wife was absent in Boston Prescott quarreled with the old lady and with a brick battered her face until she lost consciousness He them pounded her head with a coal i shovel and finally cut her throat I with a jack knife The deceased leaves large estate Prescotts wife had previously made arrangements for his confinement in an asylum |