Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1878 — A Son Kills His Mother. [ARTICLE]

A Son Kills His Mother.

A terrible illustration of man’s capacity for crime when under the influence of rum comes from Allegheny city, Pa. Mrs. Fullerton, an old woman of 60 years, being on a visit to her son’s house, the latter, in the evening, sent out for a quantity of whisky, of which they both imbibed so freely as to become intoxicated. Toward midnight a quarrel arose between them, during which the som beat his mother on the head with a piece of wood, knocking her down and inflicting wounds from the effects of which she died two days after. The unnatural son, who is quite young, has been arrested and committed for trial.