Last Thursday morning Adams was the scene of one of the most terrible tragedies ever enacted. That our usually quiet village contained within its borders a person who could commit such a horrible deed would not have been believed had not the awful facts been proof positive. The crime is the legitimate result of a life of sin and shame.
William C. Green was the son of the late Dyer Green, of Rodman, and was 37 years of age. Hattie Beebee, the woman with whom he lived, was the daughter of Addison Beebe and divorced wife of Gilbert Larock. She was about 34 years of age. Since Larock had procured his divorce she had lived with Green by whom she had one child, a boy named Roy, about 12 years of age. About one year ago they moved from Rodman to this place.
The news that Green had killed his wife and then ended his own miserable existence by cutting his throat from ear to ear spread like wildfire through our streets about 7 o'clock that morning, and soon, crowds were running to the scene of the awful tragedy only to have their worst fears confirmed. On the bare floor of the front room of a small house on the south side of Liberty street, the second from the railroad bridge, lay Green and the woman weltering in their own blood, the woman with her skull crushed and blood flowing from her head, nose and ears, unconscious but moaning piteously, and Green with a fearful gash in his throat from which the blood was flowing freely, alive but unable to speak.
Officer Birt Huson and Drs. Pierce and Goss soon arrived, and an effort was made to close up the gap in the man's throat, but he died while they were attempting to dress the wound.
The first to discover this dreadful deed was the son Roy. He stated that his parents frequently quarreled, that they had had trouble the night before and renewed it again that morning, that his father was jealous of Charles Smith coming there and was very angry about it. He said he was called about 6:30 that morning, and that his father requested him to go down to George Wright's and borrow a harrow. This is the only real evidence that Green premeditated the murder, for he had no use for such an implement and be knew that Wright did not have one. He simply wanted to get the boy away. During the boy's absence which was about twenty minutes, the crime was committed. He evidently struck the woman on the head with a hammer wrench and an ax as both these tools were found in the house, covered with blood and hair. A rope thrown over a beam in the barn, with a slipping noose on one end of it and under it a pail on which was placed a board was found. Whether Green placed it there before or after his assault upon the woman is all conjecture. Possibly thinking that there might not be time to hang himself before the murder was discovered prompted him to use a knife as a more sure means of ending his life. There were two slashes in his throat, the last one evidently being made by a butcher knife and was a fearful one, cutting his neck half in two. The knife was found in his hand as he lay on the floor.
The woman's skull was so badly crushed it was not considered possible for her to live but a few hous at the longest, but as she lingered along an operation was performed Friday by Drs. Pierce and Goss, several pieces of skull being removed, one piece measuring three by four inches in size. She stood the operation first rate, but died that night at 9:30.
Coroner L. G. Gifford, of Watertown, came down Thursday morning, and the following jury were empanelled: D. B. Lockwood, Chas. Gero, John H. Archer, D. Fish, A. S. White, W. R. Brown, E. E. Averill, D. McDougal and A. D. Ripley. After viewing the remains and inspecting the premises, they went to Dr. Goss' office. A. S. White was made foreman.
Roy Green, Dr. Goss, Dr. Pierce, Birt Huson and Charles Smith were sworn who testified substantially to the facts as related above.
The verdict of the jury was that Green came to his death by cutting his own throat with a knife.
After the death-of the woman the coroner did not consider it necessary to have another inquest.
The body of Green was placed in the undertaking rooms of Overton & Fish. after which it was taken to Rodman and buried in his father's lot in Cooley cemetery.
The funeral of the woman was held Sunday at her late home on Liberty street. Rev. E. H. Joy conducting the services. A large number were present and also at her burial on her father's lot in Rural cemetery.
The boy Roy will live with his grandfather, Addison Beebe.
This is the first murder ever committed in the corporation, and the second in the town.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., May 1, 1894
William C. Green was the son of the late Dyer Green, of Rodman, and was 37 years of age. Hattie Beebee, the woman with whom he lived, was the daughter of Addison Beebe and divorced wife of Gilbert Larock. She was about 34 years of age. Since Larock had procured his divorce she had lived with Green by whom she had one child, a boy named Roy, about 12 years of age. About one year ago they moved from Rodman to this place.
The news that Green had killed his wife and then ended his own miserable existence by cutting his throat from ear to ear spread like wildfire through our streets about 7 o'clock that morning, and soon, crowds were running to the scene of the awful tragedy only to have their worst fears confirmed. On the bare floor of the front room of a small house on the south side of Liberty street, the second from the railroad bridge, lay Green and the woman weltering in their own blood, the woman with her skull crushed and blood flowing from her head, nose and ears, unconscious but moaning piteously, and Green with a fearful gash in his throat from which the blood was flowing freely, alive but unable to speak.
Officer Birt Huson and Drs. Pierce and Goss soon arrived, and an effort was made to close up the gap in the man's throat, but he died while they were attempting to dress the wound.
The first to discover this dreadful deed was the son Roy. He stated that his parents frequently quarreled, that they had had trouble the night before and renewed it again that morning, that his father was jealous of Charles Smith coming there and was very angry about it. He said he was called about 6:30 that morning, and that his father requested him to go down to George Wright's and borrow a harrow. This is the only real evidence that Green premeditated the murder, for he had no use for such an implement and be knew that Wright did not have one. He simply wanted to get the boy away. During the boy's absence which was about twenty minutes, the crime was committed. He evidently struck the woman on the head with a hammer wrench and an ax as both these tools were found in the house, covered with blood and hair. A rope thrown over a beam in the barn, with a slipping noose on one end of it and under it a pail on which was placed a board was found. Whether Green placed it there before or after his assault upon the woman is all conjecture. Possibly thinking that there might not be time to hang himself before the murder was discovered prompted him to use a knife as a more sure means of ending his life. There were two slashes in his throat, the last one evidently being made by a butcher knife and was a fearful one, cutting his neck half in two. The knife was found in his hand as he lay on the floor.
The woman's skull was so badly crushed it was not considered possible for her to live but a few hous at the longest, but as she lingered along an operation was performed Friday by Drs. Pierce and Goss, several pieces of skull being removed, one piece measuring three by four inches in size. She stood the operation first rate, but died that night at 9:30.
Coroner L. G. Gifford, of Watertown, came down Thursday morning, and the following jury were empanelled: D. B. Lockwood, Chas. Gero, John H. Archer, D. Fish, A. S. White, W. R. Brown, E. E. Averill, D. McDougal and A. D. Ripley. After viewing the remains and inspecting the premises, they went to Dr. Goss' office. A. S. White was made foreman.
Roy Green, Dr. Goss, Dr. Pierce, Birt Huson and Charles Smith were sworn who testified substantially to the facts as related above.
The verdict of the jury was that Green came to his death by cutting his own throat with a knife.
After the death-of the woman the coroner did not consider it necessary to have another inquest.
The body of Green was placed in the undertaking rooms of Overton & Fish. after which it was taken to Rodman and buried in his father's lot in Cooley cemetery.
The funeral of the woman was held Sunday at her late home on Liberty street. Rev. E. H. Joy conducting the services. A large number were present and also at her burial on her father's lot in Rural cemetery.
The boy Roy will live with his grandfather, Addison Beebe.
This is the first murder ever committed in the corporation, and the second in the town.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., May 1, 1894
Last Thursday morning Adams was the scene of one of the most terrible tragedies ever enacted. That our usually quiet village contained within its borders a person who could commit such a horrible deed would not have been believed had not the awful facts been proof positive. The crime is the legitimate result of a life of sin and shame.
William C. Green was the son of the late Dyer Green, of Rodman, and was 37 years of age. Hattie Beebee, the woman with whom he lived, was the daughter of Addison Beebe and divorced wife of Gilbert Larock. She was about 34 years of age. Since Larock had procured his divorce she had lived with Green by whom she had one child, a boy named Roy, about 12 years of age. About one year ago they moved from Rodman to this place.
The news that Green had killed his wife and then ended his own miserable existence by cutting his throat from ear to ear spread like wildfire through our streets about 7 o'clock that morning, and soon, crowds were running to the scene of the awful tragedy only to have their worst fears confirmed. On the bare floor of the front room of a small house on the south side of Liberty street, the second from the railroad bridge, lay Green and the woman weltering in their own blood, the woman with her skull crushed and blood flowing from her head, nose and ears, unconscious but moaning piteously, and Green with a fearful gash in his throat from which the blood was flowing freely, alive but unable to speak.
Officer Birt Huson and Drs. Pierce and Goss soon arrived, and an effort was made to close up the gap in the man's throat, but he died while they were attempting to dress the wound.
The first to discover this dreadful deed was the son Roy. He stated that his parents frequently quarreled, that they had had trouble the night before and renewed it again that morning, that his father was jealous of Charles Smith coming there and was very angry about it. He said he was called about 6:30 that morning, and that his father requested him to go down to George Wright's and borrow a harrow. This is the only real evidence that Green premeditated the murder, for he had no use for such an implement and be knew that Wright did not have one. He simply wanted to get the boy away. During the boy's absence which was about twenty minutes, the crime was committed. He evidently struck the woman on the head with a hammer wrench and an ax as both these tools were found in the house, covered with blood and hair. A rope thrown over a beam in the barn, with a slipping noose on one end of it and under it a pail on which was placed a board was found. Whether Green placed it there before or after his assault upon the woman is all conjecture. Possibly thinking that there might not be time to hang himself before the murder was discovered prompted him to use a knife as a more sure means of ending his life. There were two slashes in his throat, the last one evidently being made by a butcher knife and was a fearful one, cutting his neck half in two. The knife was found in his hand as he lay on the floor.
The woman's skull was so badly crushed it was not considered possible for her to live but a few hous at the longest, but as she lingered along an operation was performed Friday by Drs. Pierce and Goss, several pieces of skull being removed, one piece measuring three by four inches in size. She stood the operation first rate, but died that night at 9:30.
Coroner L. G. Gifford, of Watertown, came down Thursday morning, and the following jury were empanelled: D. B. Lockwood, Chas. Gero, John H. Archer, D. Fish, A. S. White, W. R. Brown, E. E. Averill, D. McDougal and A. D. Ripley. After viewing the remains and inspecting the premises, they went to Dr. Goss' office. A. S. White was made foreman.
Roy Green, Dr. Goss, Dr. Pierce, Birt Huson and Charles Smith were sworn who testified substantially to the facts as related above.
The verdict of the jury was that Green came to his death by cutting his own throat with a knife.
After the death-of the woman the coroner did not consider it necessary to have another inquest.
The body of Green was placed in the undertaking rooms of Overton & Fish. after which it was taken to Rodman and buried in his father's lot in Cooley cemetery.
The funeral of the woman was held Sunday at her late home on Liberty street. Rev. E. H. Joy conducting the services. A large number were present and also at her burial on her father's lot in Rural cemetery.
The boy Roy will live with his grandfather, Addison Beebe.
This is the first murder ever committed in the corporation, and the second in the town.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., May 1, 1894
William C. Green was the son of the late Dyer Green, of Rodman, and was 37 years of age. Hattie Beebee, the woman with whom he lived, was the daughter of Addison Beebe and divorced wife of Gilbert Larock. She was about 34 years of age. Since Larock had procured his divorce she had lived with Green by whom she had one child, a boy named Roy, about 12 years of age. About one year ago they moved from Rodman to this place.
The news that Green had killed his wife and then ended his own miserable existence by cutting his throat from ear to ear spread like wildfire through our streets about 7 o'clock that morning, and soon, crowds were running to the scene of the awful tragedy only to have their worst fears confirmed. On the bare floor of the front room of a small house on the south side of Liberty street, the second from the railroad bridge, lay Green and the woman weltering in their own blood, the woman with her skull crushed and blood flowing from her head, nose and ears, unconscious but moaning piteously, and Green with a fearful gash in his throat from which the blood was flowing freely, alive but unable to speak.
Officer Birt Huson and Drs. Pierce and Goss soon arrived, and an effort was made to close up the gap in the man's throat, but he died while they were attempting to dress the wound.
The first to discover this dreadful deed was the son Roy. He stated that his parents frequently quarreled, that they had had trouble the night before and renewed it again that morning, that his father was jealous of Charles Smith coming there and was very angry about it. He said he was called about 6:30 that morning, and that his father requested him to go down to George Wright's and borrow a harrow. This is the only real evidence that Green premeditated the murder, for he had no use for such an implement and be knew that Wright did not have one. He simply wanted to get the boy away. During the boy's absence which was about twenty minutes, the crime was committed. He evidently struck the woman on the head with a hammer wrench and an ax as both these tools were found in the house, covered with blood and hair. A rope thrown over a beam in the barn, with a slipping noose on one end of it and under it a pail on which was placed a board was found. Whether Green placed it there before or after his assault upon the woman is all conjecture. Possibly thinking that there might not be time to hang himself before the murder was discovered prompted him to use a knife as a more sure means of ending his life. There were two slashes in his throat, the last one evidently being made by a butcher knife and was a fearful one, cutting his neck half in two. The knife was found in his hand as he lay on the floor.
The woman's skull was so badly crushed it was not considered possible for her to live but a few hous at the longest, but as she lingered along an operation was performed Friday by Drs. Pierce and Goss, several pieces of skull being removed, one piece measuring three by four inches in size. She stood the operation first rate, but died that night at 9:30.
Coroner L. G. Gifford, of Watertown, came down Thursday morning, and the following jury were empanelled: D. B. Lockwood, Chas. Gero, John H. Archer, D. Fish, A. S. White, W. R. Brown, E. E. Averill, D. McDougal and A. D. Ripley. After viewing the remains and inspecting the premises, they went to Dr. Goss' office. A. S. White was made foreman.
Roy Green, Dr. Goss, Dr. Pierce, Birt Huson and Charles Smith were sworn who testified substantially to the facts as related above.
The verdict of the jury was that Green came to his death by cutting his own throat with a knife.
After the death-of the woman the coroner did not consider it necessary to have another inquest.
The body of Green was placed in the undertaking rooms of Overton & Fish. after which it was taken to Rodman and buried in his father's lot in Cooley cemetery.
The funeral of the woman was held Sunday at her late home on Liberty street. Rev. E. H. Joy conducting the services. A large number were present and also at her burial on her father's lot in Rural cemetery.
The boy Roy will live with his grandfather, Addison Beebe.
This is the first murder ever committed in the corporation, and the second in the town.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, N.Y., May 1, 1894
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