The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Incident of Northern Social life.

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Incident of Northern Social life.

--The following account of a recent tragedy in New Ashford, Massachusetts, is copied from a Northern paper:

‘ "A shocking affair occurred in New Ashford on Monday evening last. A man by the name of Henry Pratt, who had been residing in the town of Oscar, Lewis county, New York, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Vanderbarker, left some weeks since, and was followed by his niece, Eunice Elizabeth Vanderbarker, in the 17th year of her age. They had been married a few days in the town of New Ashford. On Monday, Mr. Vanderbarker arrived in New Ashford with the intention of taking the daughter back. She remarked that she would not be taken back alive. Her husband and herself retired to a chamber in the house, and, not appearing soon, were sought for, and were found upon a bed in each other's embrace, with their throats cut. Mrs. Pratt lived but a short time after the discovery, but her husband will probably recover. The verdict of the Coroner's jury was that appearances indicated that her life was taken by her husband. Pratt is under arrest."

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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 12, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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