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The Evening World
New York, New York County, New York
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In Terre Haute, Ind., on Sept. 8, Thomas Burke was killed by razor slashes from servant Matthew Alexander while trying to protect his wife, who was also wounded. Alexander, possibly crazed by cocaine, escaped as a lynching party searches for him.
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Husband dAlmost Beheaded by Negro Servant Who Attacked with a Razor.
WOMAN BADLY WOUNDED
Slayer Escaped and Lynching Party Is Searching for Him Supposed to Have Been Crazed by Cocaine.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 8.—Thomas Burke is dead at his home here with his head almost completely severed from his body, while his wife is in a dangerous condition from either knife or razor wounds inflicted by Matthew Alexander, a colored man, who had been employed about the house for five years.
Alexander entered the room in which Mrs. Burke was sleeping with her thirteen-year-old daughter at midnight while her husband lay asleep on a couch on the other side of the room.
Mrs. Burke was awakened by feeling the keen edge of a sharp instrument drawn across her cheek, and screamed, arousing her husband. Burke rushed to the rescue of his wife, but he was only partially awake when he was slashed across the neck and face by the negro.
When Burke fell dying upon the floor the man ran out of a side door, but attempted to re-enter the rooms after the door had been bolted by Mrs. Burke.
Burke died almost instantly.
No cause is known for the tragedy, as Alexander had been well treated and trusted by the family.
He was said to have been a slave to the cocaine habit recently, and he may have been under the influence of the drug. The negro has not been captured and a searching party is looking for him and threatening to lynch him.
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Terre Haute, Ind.
Event Date
Sept. 8.
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thomas burke died almost instantly with his head almost completely severed; mrs. burke in dangerous condition from knife or razor wounds; matthew alexander escaped and a searching party is looking for him threatening to lynch him.
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Matthew Alexander, a colored man employed about the house for five years, entered the room at midnight where Mrs. Burke slept with her thirteen-year-old daughter, while Thomas Burke slept on a couch. He slashed Mrs. Burke's cheek, she screamed, Burke rushed to help but was slashed across the neck and face, falling dying. Alexander ran out but tried to re-enter after the door was bolted. No known cause, possibly under influence of cocaine.