Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-12
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From the Hartford Post we gIsau the follow.
ing particulars a1di
EARLY yesterday. (Toesday) morning,
Mr.. Horace White of Oaklaud, Mancbes
ter, about oises miles from the city, was
awakened BY o ratllipg aud pounding on
the back door Of bis house Opqning the
door lie was met Gy Aite,t Star weather the
son Of o widow lady who lived near BY,
who excIsimed, come over to our bonse. |
don't know but oil our folks sie killed aud
the house is on Hre. Mr.. White irihpd.
ialely proceeded TO the s ark weather
house, which was occupied by The widow
OF Benjamin. Stsikweather, her sou AIberi,
young man of 25, aud q daughter, Har.
riot Ella, aged IA years He found The
building full VI smoke and Albetts bed on
6rc. Mr. White threw his bid out of The
wi0dow " aud hen pr oct eded up stairs where
The widow sud her daughter slept. The
smoke here was very think and on getting
iusu her chamber Mr. White fouod The b, d
on which l'y The iiiaugled bodies Of the
mother and daughter ali, iu a blrze lie
Lifted E la irom the bed aud found that sbe
was still alive. Af:er he had put her iu
the next room he took the booy of Mrs.
Starweather out Of the room an | threw
the bed cut OF Of the window. In hitting
the body Of The daughter, al nx covered
with blood fell 10 ID. floor. Wnh this the
bloody dead had beeu done, BY this lime
other assistance had arrived aud mar was
sen, for the doctor, but The girl died before
be could ufrive.
:; The bodies Presented a horrible sight.
Ms. S a'kwes,he 5 face was split en'irely
IL Two. across the bosei smashing the bones
of the aw aud cheek over the right eye an
other blow, OF the ax had sunk through The
skull into, the brain which flowed out
through The wound Two 0, her blows had
been given with the ux on tn head The
neck, chin aud throat were badly cut up
With large butcher knife, the wind pipe
severed, aud a wound in each breast, The
assas in had done his aork in the most
horrible aand complete manner. The
daughter had received blow with the OK
over he right eye. cutting il out and sun
dering the brow aud check aud cleaving
{, he skull A second blow had been struck
above i,a citing horrible cash, aud she
was also stabbed through the bosom with
knfe 1t was a most sickening sight.
The room was covered with blood, and to
gether with the smoke and the damnge
done by the 6fe, presented see. calcu
lated TO stir the ha, deSt heart
The excitemant in the village as the rews
of the horrible murder ran through the
cummun'ly vas intense. Crowds began to
flock around The house, aud were loud 10
expressions of regret for the poor victims
ard Of revenge upon the murderer.
From some suspicious circumstances Al
bert S'arkw q he, the son Of the murdered
womrn, is looked upon as the murderer.
lie is man Of wild aud reckless habits,
aud gives very contradictory statemen,
u ,he affair The chief of police question
ed h IN very close with the intention, If pos
sible. of getting confession from him. aud
,lthou b hs will not say he did the deed,
he will not deny It. He SAYS be was
awakened " hie it was yet dark by hearing
noise in the upper rooms. and proceeded
o see what il was at the head OF the
stairs he was assailcd by party or parties
O him nukuown, who knocked him down
ssirs aud met him again at the foot Of them
md they had scuffi upon the kitchen
aoor aud he was finally knocked dIwn sense
,ess. lie exhibited several q fsSh wounds
upon his body as evidence that The assail.
,nts tried ~ stab hin, but the wounds
IRE some what larger than the cuts in his
garments, in fact in some place .tle cuts in
mis- shirt do not go clear through. Iii,
shirt and pauts are also spotted with blood
He di l not go up stai's on recovering hi,
senses but rushed Immediately to Mr.
White house. When asked how he knew
the house was on 6re nnd his mother and
s ster murdered, be replied that he was SC
Impressed. In fact he was impressed 10 re
gard 10 many circumstances. He says
that there was $362 in money aud a no'e
Of his 10 his mo, her for 81 500 which be
gave upon her giving him u deed Of the
property, but this deed has not yet been
found. He claims tc have given it TO ih /,
lady who was 10 be mafried TO him 10 q
short time. There was no money OF. note
found ia the house. Albert al>o said be
gave a man named Green some large bills
to gel changed for hun a few days since
which G cen denies G cen was away al
he time the marder was discovered, and
il is said that he back door was left open
for him TO come in. in case be re;urued
He was as,onished upon hearing Of the
murder. Green was employed TO work
sbout the place, but had been ahsen, since
last Saturday,. Alber, has a bruise on thu
forhead WHICH be claima the assassin made
but it is not fresh wound. The bul che
knife which belonged 10 Albert was brought
out while he was being examined mud b,
quailed at the sight Of it. He says il wat
Kept IN he drawer. where the mopey was sale
TO be. The ak was generally Kept 10 tn,
wood house. Both were foard in The bet
where the body was found. Albert we
delivered in'o the charge Of the dcput,
sheriff and brough. TO this city where b,
was coufad in The j,il. aud win be examin
ed in a lew days He refused TO look q
the corpses alter they were laid out.
n'fsken all in all il is one OF the mos
coId oIooded mu, ,ders with which The cou.
maui,y y have been starlied for long N
aud demands that The most rged scrutin,
he used in the efforts 10 discover the muI
derer or muIderers ysas Seas el7sdg1ae
The disposal ma de Of Fords Tbeatr,
saws the WsshiDgton Republican, wi