Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-03
STATE ITEMS.

SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DIsrRIcr-We un-
derstand that Che Congressional Central Commit
tee has postponed the Democratic Congressional
Convention in the Seventh District to the Doth
of July. 1t will be held at Greencaste, as here
tOfore announced.
ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT The
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Elev-
enth Congressional District, has issued call for
a Convention to be held on the 18th day of July,
at Anderson, to nominate a candidate for Con-
gress, and transact such other business as may
come before it
-TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DIsrRIcr-The De-
mocracy OF the 10Th Congressional District and
the 10Th Judicial Circuit. will meet in Convex
ton on Wednesday, july Doth, 1864, at the vii
lage of Lgonier Noble county, for the purpose
of nominating candidate for Congress for the
10Th Congressional District ALSO candidate for
Circuit Judge. and a candidate for Circuit Prose-
cutOr for the 18th Circuit
The ratio of delegates for the Congressional
Convention, given at the last Convention, will
be as follows:
Allen county. ....-..3S hosciusko 80. 10
DeKalb. Noble .......l IA
Lagrange. ........ Elkhart ....l 10
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LA
In addition to the above. Adams and Wells
counties are included in the 18th Judicial Circuit,
and are entitled TO delegates as follows:
Adams county. IL Wells county. IL
Foul MURDER AND lNcEYDIARIsM IN ALLEN
CoUSTY.-The Fort Wayne Times of Wednes-
day gives the following particulars of shocking
murder in Allen county:
1t is painfully our province to-day to record a
deed that rivals the most hOrrid OF any in the
records of crime. Although the fact that it is a
crime which rests upon circumstantial evidence,
that evidence is SO overwhelming that there can
be no mistake about IT, The facts as told to Us
by Mr.. Stephen Vinot. residing in the neighbor-
hood where the bloody deed took place, are as
follows:
In the country, about four miles from New
Haven. in Jefferson township. this county, lived
old Frenchman, named John B. Botoit. with
his wife and one son. The old man WAS wealthy,
and was known to have large sum of gold in
his possession.
This morning early, a son of neighborng
farmer went iuto a field adjoining BoitoIt's
house. and discovered that the building had been
burned 20 the ground. The neigbbOrhOod was
at Onced alarmed and a large number OF persons
repaired the smoking ruins, and there evil
deaceS OF foul murder were traceabe A few
steps from the door they found the dead body of
the old lady, in her night clothes, covered with
blood, and with wound from pistol shot in her
left breast. and several gashes cut ia her arms
The old house dog stood over her, licking the
still warm blood from her wounds No signs of
the bodies of the old nor his son had been
discovered up 10 the time our informant left
They are supposed to have been burned and their
DO e. to be still among the ruins. The dog. ac-
cIrding 10 the custom of the old man, had been
chained 10 the tree near where the body of the
old lady lay-and the indications were that the
woman had gone 10 the tree 10 loosen him; for
there was blood upon the chain, and also upon
the tree TO about the heighth of her breast.
The house was some distance from any neigh
boring habitation, and the deed was done at some
hour after eleven o'clock. previously 10 which
the neighbors had retired
The murder no doubt committed by some
inhuman wretch in order get the old mans
money, and the house set on fire 10 destroy all
traces of the deed-;he perpetrator or perpetra
tors supposing that the bodies would all be con-
sumed, and the impression 90 out that the house
took ire and consumed the inmates in their sleep;
and il il probable that the old lady. though left
for dead had sufficient vitality and strength TO
get out of the house To the place where the dog
was chained