Show A IHMl NTI1 MOTIll Site lnlteM 0101 nnl lh nn Sac KIlls Ierrnl of tier Ki vronx N J April 2At the homo of J Monroe Smith seven miles south of thin place n most dreadful tragedy occurred today to-day Mr Smith Is 65 years old nnd his wife 43 and the mother of SIX children aged 19 18 11 117 and 4 years respectively Some t1 ifadrn adrn years ngo tho wife and mother was sent to Inter in insane presumably asylum cored and wns Last dischargednjear nil she had severe pains in her head and her husband sent her to her brothers house In Elizabeth hero she Improved grentlj and returned hams n short time 07re This morning I after breakfast sho went to ono of tho outbuild taco on the premises nnd after swallowing a dose of Hough on Ilats returned to the louso with AS AXE CONCEALED unIson HEI1 Data Eva her 4 year old daughter was stub l leep log when the mother entered limo bed chain her Lifting the axo nbove the sleeping chIld the maniac mother brought it down littiug the little ones head open killing Ii t egeg ln her instantly hnr attacked Hufus oged U dealing him several savage blows on the head with the poll of lbs axe next the I lhyear old girl begged for mercy but the 01hl rrlblo blood stained auto whirled in tho sir ond went crnshing into the fragile little lend The 18 year old daughter then locked ho baby in an adjoining room nnd ran rcnmmg outside to apprise her father of time awful kdo rtbrrl efr n terrible rugglo tho woman was secured One of ho children is dcadand tho others nro likely to die before morning Mrs Smith is herself her-self in n very precarious condition |