Providence County, Rhode Island
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Rhode Island - Murdered by a Burglar

Providence, July 5 - Last night a burglar entered the house of Hon Wm. Chase, in the northern part of this city, which was occupied only by two old people. He entered the room of Abbott Eddy, brother of Mrs. Chase. On hearing the burglar Mr. Eddy raised an outcry, when he was attacked and fatally injured. Mrs. Chase heard the outcry, and being greatly alarmed, died immediately, either from the rupture of a blood vessel or disease of the heart. She was a daughter of the late Judge Eddy, and aged seventy years. The burglar escaped. [The Wheeling Daily Register, West Virginia, July 6, 1874 - submitted by Dena Whitesell]

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