A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > Steuben http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=726 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=48203 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Article Date: July 10 1875 Article Description: A Religious Murderer. Article Text: A family quarrel of nearly six years standing, in Steuben county, came to a termination on Sunday, June 20, by the killing of one of the parties to it by another, under peculiarly distressing circumstances. Four miles from the village of Troupsburg Center, in Steuben county, a farmer, highly respected, has lived for many years. He has two children, a son and a daughter, George E. HENDRICKS aged twenty-one, and Helen, aged twenty-six. Six years ago Helen, in opposition to the wishes of her family, married a man named Wm. H. DILDINE. He was a young man of no little talent and education, but of a somewhat questionable character. Helen HENDRICKS, being an only daughter, was given superior educational advantages, and at the time of her marriage had been but a short time from college, where she graduated with high honors. DILDINE was a man of splendid physique, and well calculated to win the affections of any lady. The marriage of his daughter was a terrible blow to the old! farmer, but he conquered his resentment to her husband,and endeavored to make the best of the situation. Shortly after their marriage the DILDINES removed to Wellsville, Allegheny county, where they lived together until last week. Two children, a boy and a girl, were born to them. Not long after taking up their abode in Wellsville, rumors that DILDINE was neglecting and abusing his wife reached the HENDRICKS homestead. These reports finally became so frequent that old Mr. HENDRICKS went to Wellsville and remonstrated with his son-in-law about his conduct. This led to a bitter quarrel between them, and to HENDRICK's taking his daughter and her two children, one an infant in arms, back home with him. This was in 1873. Mrs. DILDINE remained home a few days, when her husband went to her father's and forced her to return to Wellsville with him. They continued to live a miserable life together until Saturday last. In the morning of that day a quarrel arose between DILDINE and his wife at teh breakfast table. He threw a plate at her, striking her on the head and inflicting a bad wound. Not satisfied with that, he knocked her down, and, seizing her by the hair, pounded her head against the floor until she was almost unconscious. He then left the house. After she had recovered sufficiently she arose from the floor, and writing the following note, also went away, taking her children with her: Will: I will make one more effort to make your home happy. I think this one will be successful. May you be as happy as you deserve to be. HELEN Mrs. DILDINE went to her father's, reaching there with her children on Saturday evening. At intervals for the past two years Mr. HENDRICKS has suffered considerable loss by fires, which have been very plainly of incendiary origin. The first one of these fires destroyed a barn and its contents, a few days after DILDINE had taken his wife away from her father in 1873. The last occurred a few weeks ago, and since then George E. HENDRICKS, the son, procured a navy revolver, and has kept a watch on the premises. Revelations made by Mrs. DILDINE on Saturday night, after reaching home, confirmed the suspicions of Mr. HENDRICKS as to the origin of the fire. Mrs. DILDINE said that on the way to Wellsville with her husband in 1873 he was very bitter in his threats against the life and property of her father and brother, and said that he had been arranging with a man to burn her father's bar, and added, with an oath, that "if he didn't do it he knew damn well who would and he only wished the whole HENDRICK family could be in the building and burn to a crisp." She neve! r informed her relatives of this, for fear her husband would kill her. Last Sunday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, DILDINE drove up to HENDRICKS' house with a horse and buggy. He entered the house, where his wife, her father, mother and brother were assembled. Failing in his purpose to get the child away, he commenced talking about the children, and said that he was going to take his boy with him "in spite of hell." The child was playing in the yard when his father drove up, but, upon seeing him, ran into the house and sprang into his mother's lap, where it lay holding to her dress. DILDINE seized the child, and, tearing it screaming away from its mother, started rapidly toward his wagon. The mother ran after him, shreiking for her child. George HENDRICKS, who had maintained silence from the moment his brother-in-law entered the house, sprang from his chair as DILDINE left the house, and, drawing his revolver, cried out to him to stop. DILDINE paid no attention to young HENDRICKS, and the latter fired. DILDINE kept on toward the wagon, closely followed by his wife. HENDRICKS fired again, but DILDINE neither stopped nor said a word. A third shot was fired. Then DILDINE turned about, facing his wife, who had overtaken him at that point. He was deadly pale, and, after trying to take a step forward, fell heavily to the ground. Mrs. DILDINE stooped down and took the child from her h! usband's arms. He looked up and said: "Helen do you see your dying husband? Your brother has killed me." To a question as to whether she could do anything for him he made no reply, and she ran into the house with the child. Young HENDRICKS is a leading church member of Troupsburg, and a remarkable devout and pious young man. After seeing that he had fatally wounded his brother in law, he took his hand, as he lay on the ground, and asked him: "Have you any hope in Christ, Will?" DILDINE opened his eyes and said, vehemently as he was able: "No--none!" Nothing further passed between the dying man and any of the family. Young HENDRICKS walked coolly to and fro by DILDINE with his watch in his hand, to get, as he said the exact time of the man's death. He died in eight minutes after he fell. Coroner M. D. ELLISON was informed of the shooting and held an inquest at HENDRICKS' house on Monday. Every shot fired by HENDRICKS had taken effect. One entered the back below the left shoulder blade, passed through the left lung and the heart, lodging in the right lung. Another entered the left hip, and the third lodged in the right leg below the knee. The jury found a verdict according to the above facts, and HENDRICKS was arrested and taken to Bath yesterday, and lodged in Jail to await the action of the grand jury. He says that he believes God will hold him guiltless in doing what he did, as it was done in defense of his sister and her children. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com