Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-01
From the Louisville journal.
IncIrs.renSlinS Affair.

One mile North of Quecns"lle. distant
| twenty eight from Madison, Indiana, says
| the Copries of Saturday. in Il pleasant farm
house, and surrounded with almost every
tn ng to render life desirable and full Of
earthly comfort, lived few days ago. Mr.
f lward Maloncy and family, consisting OF
III, wife and five hildr,n-two girls ana
three boys, whose ages ranged from five 10
perhaps thirteen years. Day before yester
day, the father coming home early in the a!-
ternoon, some of the Children told him that
there had been man. a st anger to them,
strolling about the vicinity, from whose APP
pcarancc they considered that he was bad
character. Mr. Malonev had thirteen hun
bred dollars in greonbaclss, in his house
but without seeming to think anything
wrong, he allowed what his children had
said to pass from his memory. At four o.
clock the family ate their supper, and at no
| time III the evening subsequently was there
| fire in the house At the usual hour they
| all retired to rest. the father and mother
| sleeping IN Il lower room, and the children
altogether III Il roo on the second floor in
| which they locked themselves up. Between
eleven and twelve o clock they were awaken
! cd from sweet sleep and pleasant dreams to
find the mansion in flames. The alarm
spreading few kind ncighbors fastened to
| the spot and with some difficulty the pa
rents escaped though the flames had already
cnvcloped the entire lower story Of the
building which was built of wood. The
| children. however. it was impossible to res
cue. The fire ragged with fury below and
all around them. cutting of chance of
those below getting to them. and at the
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stairway or otherwise. The cries of the
poor little unfortunates for father and moth
,r to come aud save tn. IN were pi liable a, B
heart -rrnding beyond description, and more
| than once the mother had to he dragged
ton the flames into which she had ma.lly
plunged IN the VAN hope Of rcscuing he,
daring loved ones. The eldest child finally
got out at window and threw herself to
the ground, from which she was taken up in
| a horribly nangled condition, though hopes
| are entertained that she will recover.
Another OF the children, also, in some
manner succeeded IN getting out upon the
'u.n.ng roof, through which. however, she
was afterwards seen 10 fall, and perish with
| her brothers. The fire, after compl t n !. il,
| awful work, finally died out and the sun.
whose setting rays the night before ilumin
ed the mansion of that then happy family,
IN the morning arose upon a sccne--O
how different The beautiful home wasa
mass Of smouldering ruins, in which Law
buried the remains Of four innorcnt ch,i-
dren. who had been the light ami ioy of the
house hold
Another. the only remaining child. bruis
cd and suffering in body and mind: the
fond mother, deprived Of her senses, her
hcart-strings broken and reason tlethroncd
ny the painful intensity Of her mental cx-
.itement and agony; and the poor father,
IN tears and anguish Of spirit, refusing to
be comiorted because his d-ar ones were
no.!
As many Of the bones and parts Of the
bodies as could be found and recognized,
were gathered from the ruins, put into \ cof-
tin. and buried on Friday.
That the hire was the work Of an incen.
diary little room is left for doubt; but upon
what particular individual rests the terrible
load Of guilt and responsibility, no one
knows perhaps but the guilty one sal his
maker. There is no evidence. that the man
Of whom mention is made above had any,
thing to do with it. But ..mu,der will
out"