Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1889 — KILLED HIS MOTHER. [ARTICLE]

KILLED HIS MOTHER.

A most shocking murder and suicide occurred at Buffalo, N. Y., at an early hour Tuesday morning; Charles F. Grris, who resided with his mother, Mrs. Mary King, shot her while she was sleeping, about 4 o’clock, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a razor. The room where the crime was committed, when first entered, presented a terrible sight. In one little bed-room, about six by eight feet, lay the murdered woman, dead. An ugly wound in her face told the cause of her deaths She lay on her back as if quietly sleeping, and undoubtedly never realized what had happened to her. Even the bed clothes, though saturated with blood from the wound, were nb disturbed. After killing his mother the murderer must have walked to a table near by and hastily scribbled the following admission of his guilt on three separate pieces of brown paper, as they were found in bis vest pocket: I should prefer cremation, if possible. Please don’t bother our relations about the matter, for they have trouble enough. I hope my friends will not think the worse of me for this. I am tired of living, and that is enough. Mother could not get along without me, so I ended her suffering also. So good-bye, friends, and may you all be happy. Charj.es F. Orris. After writing the above note surround ings indicate that he walked to a mirror hanging on the wall, and cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor. He then walked across the room and sat down in a chair, and smoked a cigarette while his life blood was oozing out.