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Domestic News
April 20, 1881
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
What is this article about?
In a fit of insanity, Mrs. Nutt near Camden, Arkansas, killed her five children aged 11 months to 12 years by throwing them into a well on Saturday last, as reported April 20 from St. Louis.
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The Work of an Insane Mother.
ST. LOUIS, April 20.—A Republican Camden (Ark.) special says: Mrs. Nutt, living near this city, while in a fit of insanity on Saturday last, killed five of her children by throwing them into a well. The eldest was twelve years, and the youngest eleven months.
The particulars regarding the killing of her five children by Mrs. Nutt, near Camden, Arkansas, are that the frenzied woman called her eldest child, a boy twelve years old, from the field, where he was plowing, knocked him on the head and threw him into a well, where she had previously thrown her four other little children. Finding that one of the children was not drowned, but was clinging to the side of the well, she descended into the well and tore away its grasp and thrust it down into the water, thus completing her diabolical work.
ST. LOUIS, April 20.—A Republican Camden (Ark.) special says: Mrs. Nutt, living near this city, while in a fit of insanity on Saturday last, killed five of her children by throwing them into a well. The eldest was twelve years, and the youngest eleven months.
The particulars regarding the killing of her five children by Mrs. Nutt, near Camden, Arkansas, are that the frenzied woman called her eldest child, a boy twelve years old, from the field, where he was plowing, knocked him on the head and threw him into a well, where she had previously thrown her four other little children. Finding that one of the children was not drowned, but was clinging to the side of the well, she descended into the well and tore away its grasp and thrust it down into the water, thus completing her diabolical work.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Insane Mother
Child Murder
Camden Arkansas
Drowning
Well
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Nutt
Where did it happen?
Near Camden, Arkansas
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Near Camden, Arkansas
Event Date
Saturday Last
Key Persons
Mrs. Nutt
Outcome
five children killed by drowning in a well; eldest boy 12 years old, youngest 11 months.
Event Details
Mrs. Nutt, in a fit of insanity, threw her four younger children into a well, then called her 12-year-old son from plowing, knocked him on the head, and threw him in. When one child clung to the side, she descended and forced it under water.