, 1861-03-26

"A Mar Murders his Daughter and An.
other GIRL, and then Commits Suicide.

From the st..3ohns {dich } Republican, March y
One of themost fr1ghtful and Infamous trans-
actions which It has ever been our lot to re-
1thaca, Gratiot county. about twenty miles
north Of this place. TIE result Of the ho1i.
bic transaction--which' was the murder Of
three persons, 4 man, aged about forty-fve,
and two girls Of about seventeen years-Was
discovered on Friday Of last week, and 10 con-
into the hf9hest state Of excitement. The cir
cumstances attending this heart rrending trans
action, as We have learned them from persons
Who reside In that immediate vicinity, are as
follows:
The murdered man, whose name. was Thad-
deus Green, moved into that vicinity about
five years ago, where he resided some time, and
then removed to Ohio: Subsequently, howev-
ar, he returned, and has since been keeping
house at that place with his daughter; his wife,
during this time, Tor reasons which we failed
to learn, having LETT him; oa Sunday, the 9th
ed about five miles distant, went to- Green's
house to spend a day or two with the daugh-
ter, but, not returning as she had intended, the
family very naturally became somewhat m
easy about her, when Mr, Taylor started off
to learn the cause OF her delay: Upon arriy-
ing at Green's house, he knocked at the door,
but no response Tas made. He then attempt
ed to open it, but found It fastened, ,and, upon
looking into the window, he discovered pair
OF boots standing at the aide Of the bed, al
well as other things which excited his euspi-
cion that all was not right
Upon inquiring Of the neighbors he learned
that nothing had been seen Of the firmly since
the previous Sunday, and, as everything had
remained quiet about the house, it was sup
posed they were absent from home. This
aroused his suspicious still more, and he, in
company with three or -four others, immedi-
ately proceeded to the house and broke in the
door. Upon entering the room, such sight
there presented itself to their view as would
mike ones blood run cold to look upon.
There upon the bed 1ay the life1ees forms OF
the two girls, murdered by blows Upon the
head from Ratchet which was found near by.
And upon further search being made, another
equally horrid sight arrested their attention.
There upon another bed lay 1ife1ess the body
OF the nan, with his throat cut from ear to
ear, evidently by his own hand. as the knife
with which the act had been committed was
sticking in the floor nt the opposite side of the
taside. ' - AAl 0'sH ''o" L ''o@ Lie
Considering the circumstances connected
with the affair, az they have reached us, there
can be but one opinion IS to who the pcrpe-
traitor Of the foul deed is, and this, we learn,
is the only one which obtains any credence in
that vicinity. It is that the man Green first
murdered the two girls, and then, preferring
to his own throat, thus ending q miserable ex-
istencc. And this belief is strengthened 6Y
the fact that the house had been fastened from
- Ing cQuld hefound indiea-
ting that any person or personB bad left The
house after the act was committed. But is to
what should bring about s1ch IN notion on The,
part Of Green is stf11 more in the dark, and
circumstances would seem to warrant the BE-
lief that the whole matter will ever remain so.
Although there are many conjectures and sup
foundation for any Of them nc are not aware.
Our informant states that Green was q nan OF
limited circumstances, and possessed of r. her
Il shiftless disposition, but that otherwise he
bore an ordinarily good character