, 1863-11-03

A Fearful Tragedy in Wayne County
Ohio,

A Fearful Tragedy in Wayne County,
Ohio.
The Wayne County Democrat furnishes the
particulars of dreadful tragedy in Clinton
Township, on the Goth inst, wherein man
named Isaac Wiler attempted to murder his
whole: famjly, and succeeded SO far as to
.intlict Injuries upon the person Of his wife,
:Wiler Is q farmer, probably fortY.f1ye years
Ct age, and is worth aboRt thirty thousand
dollars His wife il daughter Of jacob
Keister, and from her was derived consid-
e1able Of his property. They lived two miles
northeast OF Shreye, and ten miles from
Wooster. Heretofore he has borne good
character, was sober mai, and always con-
ducted business well. Some, however, during
the last three years, thought they observed
evidences Of insanity In his beh2Tior, but not
enough to mark It as arrangement.
On the night Of the crime the children at
home, consistinE Of tno, boy, aged sixteen,
and GIL OF fourteen years, had retired to
nothing In the conduct Of their father to
excite huspiclons that anything evil would
take place. They had been in bed awhile.
when, about II o'clc OK, they we're aroused by
the discharge Ct gun In the room below,
occupted BY their father and mother. Alarmed
their garments, they nastened down stairs
ard Into the room. 4 horrible sight met
their eyes. The mother 10y extend on the
floor weltering In her blood, and insensibIe,
having just been deliberately shot By the
husband and father, Who after shooting his
wife had struck her with the gun until it
broke to pieces In his hands, and when the
children appeared was iendishly atabbing the
PROSTATE body With q large butcher knife.
The boy, Dfrjghted at the horrible Rpecta-
Gle, Eprang to the door to break from the
house, but found that 1t resisted his utmost
efforts, i being fastened in an unusual man
clothes, and jumped from a second story m
widow, and ran OFT to alarm the nesshbors,
DRESSING as he went The girl rushed into
the room, scarcely realizing what she saw,
crying, "Oh! father, what hare you done2'i
and threw herself upon the body Of her
mother, Leaving of bis m9rderoas work,
attended to Jake {his son( I will give you tho
came fate" He then, with the bloody knife
and broken gun In his haEd, started up stairs
IN pursuit Of the boy. Unsuccessful in the
search, be returned, went out Of doors and
examined the yard for him, then came in
the house and walked the floor Of the
room In which his wife lay, and then
this junctu1e the neighbozs came. Merely
g1anclDg. at the light before them, they
sought the author Of 1t to secure him before
be escaped. They found WIler up stairs In
bis IONS loom. He ende2yoFed to close the
door against them, but In so doing his fingers
were caught and were pounded and much
bruised until ho forbore resistance and gave
them entrance. They then eefzed him, when
he threw himself down on the floor, and ask
ed the men to Kill hin. He gave no reason
Why he wanted to Kill bis family, bnt remain
ed silent, acting calmly, under Ill the ques-
uons put to him.
Upon their entrance into the house the
neighbors found the daughter unhurt, weep
ing bitterly, and endeyor1ng as much as was
in her power to stauIch the fearful wounds of
her mother. The appearance Of the room In. |
dicsted that struggle had taken place be-
tween the man and his victim, as the furnl- |
ture Was disarranged and some Of the articles |
covered With blood Mrs Wiler WAS found |
to be still alive, but unconscious. She was
Instantly cared tor and medical aid called. |
The contents Of the gun had taken effect In |
her n1m, shoulder and neck; after which che |
bad BEEN struck on the eide, back and head |
with the gun, and was then stabbed in the |
neck and Side with the knife The wounds |
are etill severe, and are pronounced fatal by /
the physicians. Until this time ahe has re- !
natned fnEensible, and no hopes are enter |
tained Of her recovery. |
Wl1er vas brought to Wooster the same |
Dfght By constable Underhi1l, and lodged in !
jail. A preliminary trial mas held before J. t
&. Downing, Eeq., next day, and the prisoner
xas bound over to court In bonds Of 81, 900. |
ae is now in jail awaiting trial.