August 3, 1883 - MURDER IN PERU (Plattsburgh Sentinel Newspaper)
A Man Killed by His Wife, who is Supposed to be Insane. Theophilus Abare, "living about three miles from Peru village, was murdered
Wednesday night. He retired as usual. About five o'clock, Thursday morning, Maggie, a daughter, about nine years old, was awakened by a brother of about seven, who told her something had happened to her father. She went to his bed, took his hand, and asked what was the matter, but received no reply. She asked if he wanted the doctor, and he motioned his head to indicate that he did. She started for help, and in the kitchen ran to her mother, and asked what had happened. She replied that a man had entered the house and shot her father. Maggie hastened to the nearest neighbor, Mr. Merrill, who hastened for Dr. Kinsley, of Peru, but on his arrival, Abare was dead. The mother in the meantime fled across the fields, and we do not learn that she has since been seen. She is supposed to be secreted somewhere in the woods. Thursday, a coroner's jury was summoned by the Justice, J. B. White, Esq., Harvey Everett, foreman, Toseph B. Coville, Erastus Stafford, Samuel Smith, Peter McGee, Geo. N. Mclntyre, Wm. Davern, Albert Mason, John Connors, Horace Brand, J. P. Hevritt. The principal witness was Dr. Kinsley,
who made the post mortem. He found no marks of violence, except three severe gashes in the throat and neck, his opinion inflicted by a knife.
Two of the gashes were in the throat, one of them of sufficient depth to have severed some of the smaller arteries. A third wound was in the back of the neck, behind the ear, which in MB opinion was the one that caused death. The wounds were evidently inflicted after midnight, and he probably lived half an hour after the wounds were inflicted. He might have done it himself, but in his opinion it was done by some other person. He might have got off the bed at once, if he had not been held. The testimony of others showed that Mrs. Abare had of late shown signs of insanity.
A knife which Mr. Abare recently purchased disappeared mysteriously, and it was thought this might be the knife that the woman had secreted.
After hearing the testimony, the jury entered a verdict that "deceased came to his death by means of a sharp instrument, in the hands of some unknown person, probably his wife." Deceased was 34 years of age. It is reported that acquaintances attribute the crime to jealousy, which the
the woman has shown of late.
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THE PERU MURDER. PERU, Aug. 13. 1883 (Plattsburgh Sentinel Newspaper)
Mr. Editor-.- Will you give space in your columns for a few lines in relation to the Peru murder. As I am one of the neighbors of the murdered man, I will write a few facts of the tragedy. One word in justice to the murdered man. Now, I have known Mr. Theophilus Abare over 30 years, and I have been to his house often, and have never known him to be brutal or unkind to his wife; but, on the contrary, he was an affectionate and
kind husband and father, and a good provider, honest and hard working man, and who, when he was advised to send his insane wife to the asylum could not bear the idea, In regard to the question of jealousy, there are no grounds for the vile accusation whatever. It is a vile slander on a respectable young lady and an outrage upon the dead man and his respectable relatives. Mr. Theophilus Abare was a respectable man, a good neighbor, and was liked by all who were acquainted with him. Mr. Paul Abare, the father of the murdered man, is a forehanded farmer and will see that those poor orphans are well cared for. The oldest, a bright little girl, was nine years of age last February; the youngest is a babe, a little over a year old, and two boys between. Little Maggie was a true heroine. After the flight of her mother she got her two brothers in readiness and took the baby in her arms, and led the flock to aunt Betsey Thew's and gave the alarm. Mr. Merrill was called and was the first one to reach the scene of the tragedy. A brother of the murdered man was the next, and was the first one that pronounced him dead, and soon the news of the tragedy were borne on the wings of the wind. I have known Mr. Paul Abare and family more than thirty years, and am full as well acquainted with the facts of the horrible event as any one else. I will say about a certain newspaper article and gossip in relation to the Peru horror, that the assertion set forth that Theophilus Abare was a brutal man, or that Mrs. Abare received any cruel treatment at his hands, is a slanderous falsehood. Mr. Abare was trustee of the school district in which he resided at the time of his death; he could not have got office in that district had he been what the article complained of has represented him to be. Mr. Abare had a good education. In regard to the young woman who teaches the school, she is irreproachable, and that the greatest sin she can be accused of is riding with the trustee from the railroad station to her boarding place or field of labor - A Subscriber.
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A Man Killed by His Wife, who is Supposed to be Insane. Theophilus Abare, "living about three miles from Peru village, was murdered
Wednesday night. He retired as usual. About five o'clock, Thursday morning, Maggie, a daughter, about nine years old, was awakened by a brother of about seven, who told her something had happened to her father. She went to his bed, took his hand, and asked what was the matter, but received no reply. She asked if he wanted the doctor, and he motioned his head to indicate that he did. She started for help, and in the kitchen ran to her mother, and asked what had happened. She replied that a man had entered the house and shot her father. Maggie hastened to the nearest neighbor, Mr. Merrill, who hastened for Dr. Kinsley, of Peru, but on his arrival, Abare was dead. The mother in the meantime fled across the fields, and we do not learn that she has since been seen. She is supposed to be secreted somewhere in the woods. Thursday, a coroner's jury was summoned by the Justice, J. B. White, Esq., Harvey Everett, foreman, Toseph B. Coville, Erastus Stafford, Samuel Smith, Peter McGee, Geo. N. Mclntyre, Wm. Davern, Albert Mason, John Connors, Horace Brand, J. P. Hevritt. The principal witness was Dr. Kinsley,
who made the post mortem. He found no marks of violence, except three severe gashes in the throat and neck, his opinion inflicted by a knife.
Two of the gashes were in the throat, one of them of sufficient depth to have severed some of the smaller arteries. A third wound was in the back of the neck, behind the ear, which in MB opinion was the one that caused death. The wounds were evidently inflicted after midnight, and he probably lived half an hour after the wounds were inflicted. He might have done it himself, but in his opinion it was done by some other person. He might have got off the bed at once, if he had not been held. The testimony of others showed that Mrs. Abare had of late shown signs of insanity.
A knife which Mr. Abare recently purchased disappeared mysteriously, and it was thought this might be the knife that the woman had secreted.
After hearing the testimony, the jury entered a verdict that "deceased came to his death by means of a sharp instrument, in the hands of some unknown person, probably his wife." Deceased was 34 years of age. It is reported that acquaintances attribute the crime to jealousy, which the
the woman has shown of late.
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THE PERU MURDER. PERU, Aug. 13. 1883 (Plattsburgh Sentinel Newspaper)
Mr. Editor-.- Will you give space in your columns for a few lines in relation to the Peru murder. As I am one of the neighbors of the murdered man, I will write a few facts of the tragedy. One word in justice to the murdered man. Now, I have known Mr. Theophilus Abare over 30 years, and I have been to his house often, and have never known him to be brutal or unkind to his wife; but, on the contrary, he was an affectionate and
kind husband and father, and a good provider, honest and hard working man, and who, when he was advised to send his insane wife to the asylum could not bear the idea, In regard to the question of jealousy, there are no grounds for the vile accusation whatever. It is a vile slander on a respectable young lady and an outrage upon the dead man and his respectable relatives. Mr. Theophilus Abare was a respectable man, a good neighbor, and was liked by all who were acquainted with him. Mr. Paul Abare, the father of the murdered man, is a forehanded farmer and will see that those poor orphans are well cared for. The oldest, a bright little girl, was nine years of age last February; the youngest is a babe, a little over a year old, and two boys between. Little Maggie was a true heroine. After the flight of her mother she got her two brothers in readiness and took the baby in her arms, and led the flock to aunt Betsey Thew's and gave the alarm. Mr. Merrill was called and was the first one to reach the scene of the tragedy. A brother of the murdered man was the next, and was the first one that pronounced him dead, and soon the news of the tragedy were borne on the wings of the wind. I have known Mr. Paul Abare and family more than thirty years, and am full as well acquainted with the facts of the horrible event as any one else. I will say about a certain newspaper article and gossip in relation to the Peru horror, that the assertion set forth that Theophilus Abare was a brutal man, or that Mrs. Abare received any cruel treatment at his hands, is a slanderous falsehood. Mr. Abare was trustee of the school district in which he resided at the time of his death; he could not have got office in that district had he been what the article complained of has represented him to be. Mr. Abare had a good education. In regard to the young woman who teaches the school, she is irreproachable, and that the greatest sin she can be accused of is riding with the trustee from the railroad station to her boarding place or field of labor - A Subscriber.
The above was contributed by FAG member #48431433
August 3, 1883 - MURDER IN PERU (Plattsburgh Sentinel Newspaper)
A Man Killed by His Wife, who is Supposed to be Insane. Theophilus Abare, "living about three miles from Peru village, was murdered
Wednesday night. He retired as usual. About five o'clock, Thursday morning, Maggie, a daughter, about nine years old, was awakened by a brother of about seven, who told her something had happened to her father. She went to his bed, took his hand, and asked what was the matter, but received no reply. She asked if he wanted the doctor, and he motioned his head to indicate that he did. She started for help, and in the kitchen ran to her mother, and asked what had happened. She replied that a man had entered the house and shot her father. Maggie hastened to the nearest neighbor, Mr. Merrill, who hastened for Dr. Kinsley, of Peru, but on his arrival, Abare was dead. The mother in the meantime fled across the fields, and we do not learn that she has since been seen. She is supposed to be secreted somewhere in the woods. Thursday, a coroner's jury was summoned by the Justice, J. B. White, Esq., Harvey Everett, foreman, Toseph B. Coville, Erastus Stafford, Samuel Smith, Peter McGee, Geo. N. Mclntyre, Wm. Davern, Albert Mason, John Connors, Horace Brand, J. P. Hevritt. The principal witness was Dr. Kinsley,
who made the post mortem. He found no marks of violence, except three severe gashes in the throat and neck, his opinion inflicted by a knife.
Two of the gashes were in the throat, one of them of sufficient depth to have severed some of the smaller arteries. A third wound was in the back of the neck, behind the ear, which in MB opinion was the one that caused death. The wounds were evidently inflicted after midnight, and he probably lived half an hour after the wounds were inflicted. He might have done it himself, but in his opinion it was done by some other person. He might have got off the bed at once, if he had not been held. The testimony of others showed that Mrs. Abare had of late shown signs of insanity.
A knife which Mr. Abare recently purchased disappeared mysteriously, and it was thought this might be the knife that the woman had secreted.
After hearing the testimony, the jury entered a verdict that "deceased came to his death by means of a sharp instrument, in the hands of some unknown person, probably his wife." Deceased was 34 years of age. It is reported that acquaintances attribute the crime to jealousy, which the
the woman has shown of late.
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THE PERU MURDER. PERU, Aug. 13. 1883 (Plattsburgh Sentinel Newspaper)
Mr. Editor-.- Will you give space in your columns for a few lines in relation to the Peru murder. As I am one of the neighbors of the murdered man, I will write a few facts of the tragedy. One word in justice to the murdered man. Now, I have known Mr. Theophilus Abare over 30 years, and I have been to his house often, and have never known him to be brutal or unkind to his wife; but, on the contrary, he was an affectionate and
kind husband and father, and a good provider, honest and hard working man, and who, when he was advised to send his insane wife to the asylum could not bear the idea, In regard to the question of jealousy, there are no grounds for the vile accusation whatever. It is a vile slander on a respectable young lady and an outrage upon the dead man and his respectable relatives. Mr. Theophilus Abare was a respectable man, a good neighbor, and was liked by all who were acquainted with him. Mr. Paul Abare, the father of the murdered man, is a forehanded farmer and will see that those poor orphans are well cared for. The oldest, a bright little girl, was nine years of age last February; the youngest is a babe, a little over a year old, and two boys between. Little Maggie was a true heroine. After the flight of her mother she got her two brothers in readiness and took the baby in her arms, and led the flock to aunt Betsey Thew's and gave the alarm. Mr. Merrill was called and was the first one to reach the scene of the tragedy. A brother of the murdered man was the next, and was the first one that pronounced him dead, and soon the news of the tragedy were borne on the wings of the wind. I have known Mr. Paul Abare and family more than thirty years, and am full as well acquainted with the facts of the horrible event as any one else. I will say about a certain newspaper article and gossip in relation to the Peru horror, that the assertion set forth that Theophilus Abare was a brutal man, or that Mrs. Abare received any cruel treatment at his hands, is a slanderous falsehood. Mr. Abare was trustee of the school district in which he resided at the time of his death; he could not have got office in that district had he been what the article complained of has represented him to be. Mr. Abare had a good education. In regard to the young woman who teaches the school, she is irreproachable, and that the greatest sin she can be accused of is riding with the trustee from the railroad station to her boarding place or field of labor - A Subscriber.
The above was contributed by FAG member #48431433
A Man Killed by His Wife, who is Supposed to be Insane. Theophilus Abare, "living about three miles from Peru village, was murdered
Wednesday night. He retired as usual. About five o'clock, Thursday morning, Maggie, a daughter, about nine years old, was awakened by a brother of about seven, who told her something had happened to her father. She went to his bed, took his hand, and asked what was the matter, but received no reply. She asked if he wanted the doctor, and he motioned his head to indicate that he did. She started for help, and in the kitchen ran to her mother, and asked what had happened. She replied that a man had entered the house and shot her father. Maggie hastened to the nearest neighbor, Mr. Merrill, who hastened for Dr. Kinsley, of Peru, but on his arrival, Abare was dead. The mother in the meantime fled across the fields, and we do not learn that she has since been seen. She is supposed to be secreted somewhere in the woods. Thursday, a coroner's jury was summoned by the Justice, J. B. White, Esq., Harvey Everett, foreman, Toseph B. Coville, Erastus Stafford, Samuel Smith, Peter McGee, Geo. N. Mclntyre, Wm. Davern, Albert Mason, John Connors, Horace Brand, J. P. Hevritt. The principal witness was Dr. Kinsley,
who made the post mortem. He found no marks of violence, except three severe gashes in the throat and neck, his opinion inflicted by a knife.
Two of the gashes were in the throat, one of them of sufficient depth to have severed some of the smaller arteries. A third wound was in the back of the neck, behind the ear, which in MB opinion was the one that caused death. The wounds were evidently inflicted after midnight, and he probably lived half an hour after the wounds were inflicted. He might have done it himself, but in his opinion it was done by some other person. He might have got off the bed at once, if he had not been held. The testimony of others showed that Mrs. Abare had of late shown signs of insanity.
A knife which Mr. Abare recently purchased disappeared mysteriously, and it was thought this might be the knife that the woman had secreted.
After hearing the testimony, the jury entered a verdict that "deceased came to his death by means of a sharp instrument, in the hands of some unknown person, probably his wife." Deceased was 34 years of age. It is reported that acquaintances attribute the crime to jealousy, which the
the woman has shown of late.
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THE PERU MURDER. PERU, Aug. 13. 1883 (Plattsburgh Sentinel Newspaper)
Mr. Editor-.- Will you give space in your columns for a few lines in relation to the Peru murder. As I am one of the neighbors of the murdered man, I will write a few facts of the tragedy. One word in justice to the murdered man. Now, I have known Mr. Theophilus Abare over 30 years, and I have been to his house often, and have never known him to be brutal or unkind to his wife; but, on the contrary, he was an affectionate and
kind husband and father, and a good provider, honest and hard working man, and who, when he was advised to send his insane wife to the asylum could not bear the idea, In regard to the question of jealousy, there are no grounds for the vile accusation whatever. It is a vile slander on a respectable young lady and an outrage upon the dead man and his respectable relatives. Mr. Theophilus Abare was a respectable man, a good neighbor, and was liked by all who were acquainted with him. Mr. Paul Abare, the father of the murdered man, is a forehanded farmer and will see that those poor orphans are well cared for. The oldest, a bright little girl, was nine years of age last February; the youngest is a babe, a little over a year old, and two boys between. Little Maggie was a true heroine. After the flight of her mother she got her two brothers in readiness and took the baby in her arms, and led the flock to aunt Betsey Thew's and gave the alarm. Mr. Merrill was called and was the first one to reach the scene of the tragedy. A brother of the murdered man was the next, and was the first one that pronounced him dead, and soon the news of the tragedy were borne on the wings of the wind. I have known Mr. Paul Abare and family more than thirty years, and am full as well acquainted with the facts of the horrible event as any one else. I will say about a certain newspaper article and gossip in relation to the Peru horror, that the assertion set forth that Theophilus Abare was a brutal man, or that Mrs. Abare received any cruel treatment at his hands, is a slanderous falsehood. Mr. Abare was trustee of the school district in which he resided at the time of his death; he could not have got office in that district had he been what the article complained of has represented him to be. Mr. Abare had a good education. In regard to the young woman who teaches the school, she is irreproachable, and that the greatest sin she can be accused of is riding with the trustee from the railroad station to her boarding place or field of labor - A Subscriber.
The above was contributed by FAG member #48431433
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