The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-12
The DeerGold Tragedy--Arrest Of
a Suspected Man Statement Of
Mrs, Roosa

A Columbus dispatch sintcs that ~
army dcscricr has been arrested thcrr ~
susp G on of being The murderer Of th'
Rposa fln,ly nt Dccrf'ld, Warren Co.
IN the 26'h uii.
NIrs. Roosa. Whosc wounds, ~ we'll a'
those Other daughter, frances, are still
regarded MS mortal, had reg incd sufficient
c,mposurc and trrnelh Yesterday tC
Give the following connected account o
th' bloody trug dy:
At 3 O'clock the lmily n tired n'usurl
The mother. with Frances, ten ycurs old
and Harry, two years old, occupied rnt
b d; Alice, fourteen years old, and Net
ti", eigh,. occupied aiolhcr room; and a
bircd man, Jesse Crusin-, sle?t in the
kitohcu. (fhc htutc ia situated mile
rrum Decrfcld AID half luic from the
nhr leading to L'banon) II was per.
hars onc o'clock when Mrs. Rooso wa
lwakeurd. aud suw man in his shirt
.lrtv's ana stocking feet, with lnnp in
one hand aud hatchot IN the other, COM
nr into her ruouL SC did net r'cpl.
n zc him, hu, knew II was not ler lu,
band. She ntcrwurl learned that "a.
hired nan, J ssc Cousins, had bciorI
this been assaulted aud let for dead
The hrnd immediately struck her on th'
head with his hhclet, stunning hri
almost 10 inscnsibility, but &e sprung
out OF bed ard fell on the hnur-hc re-.
prnhag his blows ON her head aud brcast
urtil she lay almost scns"lcs.. H. then
cnolly slaughtered the helpless children,
Frances AID Harry. ~ h. thought, hu
thu latter cn,y was killed. He then
urutd d lia bio, DIV slcps 10 the room
where Alice and Nrltic were sleeping.
ilc dr ,ggtd A ice cut Of hol. nud told her
to get him nll the muncy in the house.
She went t. her mothers room, urd
here Witnessed the horrible spectacle
presented by the mother tud her sister
and brother, bnthcd in their blood Hrr
mother tuld her where The pocket book
was, which abe ~, and tOok to the mnn
telling him that was all they had, and
mat he could have everything they had i
ho W, uld only spare their lives. H.
took the pocket book which contained
9iSS 81 isl iSio g 81 ba5 6ny yhtG htGc E others ri"
While he WIS doing sn lulc Ncllie can,
10 the door to see what was goin. on
when hr tnld Der to go back or he w,ult
kill her. She hurried away and bid her
self IN tho bed clothes aud was not dis
Iurbed. The uWdcrcr ihCn went back
To Mrs. RuuFa, who meantime was cpu.
srous cCough to koop still, and lcignng
death when he hooked over her under the
hrlicl that she had cxpir,L She, how.
ever, saw him leave the house be going
oul o the window, on the sill ol which
were the bloody tracks of his leci,
Ancra fearful md horrible susprn.,
uf half an hour, Mira, Rosa heard III,
breathing aud moaning orlhr hired man
aud ventured to coll him. He unswrrlt
that he was d, ing, aud 'uld not come 10
her relril. lic lived until near morning,
when hn bro INC still in death. Tie
child, Nritic, however, ercpt irum her
hiding place, Hm d the blood, the dead
aud the dyug, she watched until morn.
lug. when she ran down TO the nearest
nelghhor's Mr. Scott, aud told what had
happened MIS-. RINsi and Frinecs at
once received ell the attention and rrlieI
tha, could be given. The man Cousins
was found sitting up, dead IN chair. A
coroner. inquest was held the SAM day,
which resulted in nothing so lar AZ the
author Of the hendish murder Is cOuccrn,
ed.
M one can Imagine that any sane or
sober man could commit such inhunsn
brutpity for the sake ora lutte money;
aud therefore, for humanilys sake, il
must b. supposed the mau was partially
crag d with liquor, and his crime viii be-
tray him sooner or later. lfthe murders
were committed ior purpose other that
must have bee n the case Il
the man wus sane and sober, elsc why
did hc Mt take all that was given him.
and search fnr more, and Why kill the
hcl clIlr,s chid two years old--,hen lu'urc
operations, connected with this transac'
tion wit belruy the criminal IN due timr
Thr husband, John NJ. X uso, in cnjunc
ton with the CcnuW Cnnmlsslouers
"ilrr reward o, $4,000 lor the de,Octiot
and conviction Of thc murdcr'r
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