The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-01-04

EEOLnIuIE N assACEE AT DEER
FIELD, WAhsf1Ec co., OHIO.
Probably tlo gHott fendish aud cold
/ bloo,ied mntdcf which has occurred 10.
Olio cot ,cata, took place at Decrhcld -
stationon DE Little Miami Railroad, twenty
miiee Iinn Cincinnati Monday night
4 the 2Gth ofDrccmbcf. man, girl tour
teen years OLD, aDd boy two years Oh
were killed. aud tho nothcr Of tho chil
drcil, aud daushtcr ten years old are sup
posed to 10 fatally Injured The Cincin.
mti Gazette, Of Friday hst eys:
A visit yesterday to tho eceno Of Tho
h0rtiBib human slaughter, near Deerffeld,
on Monday night, rnables u3 to give the
following additional particulars:
In husband and father Of tho family 30
bruianyanl fatally assaulted arrived homo
! yesterday morning. llc had been absent
thrco weeks, in the layton fnstuo Asylum
for treatment Tor temporary insanity, and
was Brought homo Ivy his brother James
Roosa lie was rational when the news of
tho murder ut two of his children, anl tho
probable mortal wouuding OF his wifo and
ahotlgeT child was mentioned 10 him. lie
received the shock as might be expected OF
any man under like circumstances, aud pre-
served his sanity through the trying scenes
that met him vt homo. Tho idea that lie
could have escaped from the Asylum,
twcnty.sovou miles away, edtnmlted tho
terrible bu,chery, and returned aud re-cn.
tcrcd the institution without his absence
being known to any Of tho officers, Is al.
surd, and is abandoned by all but foolish
gnssips. -
Mrs. Rupsa, whose wounds, as we'll us
! NJ bAr Al Il, al pa.
garded as mortal, had rcganed sufficient
composuIe aud strength yesterday TO give
tho following connected account OF chs
bloody tragedy: w.
At 3 o'clock the family retired as usual.
Tho mother with Francis, ten years old,
and Harry two years old, occupied one
beds Mi e, fourteen years old, and Nottio,
eight occupied another room; and n hirod
man, jesse Cousins, slept in tho kitchen.
Tho house il situated mile from D1orhold
aud half II mile from the pike lea ling to
Lebanon 1t WAS perhaps ono o'cl jck
when Mrs. RoO5a was awakened, and saw
., a man, ia his 1lIirt.slcovcs and stocking foot
with lamp in one hand, aud u hatchet in
the other, coming into her room. She did
not recognize him, but knew it was not her
husband She stcrward learned that the
hirod man Jusso Cousins, had before this
iicnl Immediately struck her on tho head
with his hatchet, stunning her almost to in
sensibility, but she sprung out of bed aud
fell on the iluor-he repeating his blows
on her heal and breast, until she lay al
most scnscless. He taon coolly slaughter.
ed the helpless children, Frances and llar-
ry, ~ iie thought, but tho lattor only was
killed llo then turned his bloody steps
To the room where Alice and Ncttio were
sleeping. llo dragged Alico out Of bed
and told her e. got him all the mpney in
the house. She went to her mothers room,
and there with ssed tho horrible spectacle
presented by the mother and sister aud
brother bathcd in cir blood Her mother
told her where the poc&ot.bJok' was, which
she got aud took to the man, telling hiul
that was all they had, ami, he could have
everything they had il he would only spare
their lives lie took tho pockct.book
which contained only eight or ten dollars,
one dollar twenty. five of which ho left in
, II a. he threw it aside, cursed her, and then
slew her as lac had the others While he
was doing 80 little Ncttc eWDe to the
door to SOC what WAS going on, when he
told her to 20 back or ho would kill her.
She hurried away and hid herself in the
bod clothes and was not disturbed. The
, murderer then went back to Mira Roosa
who meantime was conscious enough to
keep still, and fegning death when he
looked over her, ho left her under the bc-
f, lief that she had expired, She however
saw him loavo tho house by means of a
, back window, on the sill Of which were
+. the bloody tracks of his feet,
After fearful and horrible suspense o.
. hall an hour, Mrs. Roosa heard the breath
| ing aud moaning OF the hired man, and
vontured to call him. Ile answered that
he WAS dying, and could not como to hti
J relief. llo lived until near morning, whel
hc bocamo still in death. Tao child Nette
) however, crept from her hiding place, and
amid the blood, tho dcad and tho dl ing she
watched until morning, whom sho ran dow
l. to the nearest neighbors. Mr., Scotts anC
r told what had happened. Mrs. Roosa, aut
Frances at once received all tho attention
i and rolief that could bo given The MAJ
q Cousins, was loundsitting up, dead, in
:, chair. 4 oDroners inquest was held tn
same day, which resulted in nothing so ia
u as the author Of the hendish murder is con
y cerned,
Is No one can imagine that any sane or SC
Der man could commit such inhunan bru
tality Tor the sake of little money; AND
" therefore, for humanity's sake, 1t must b
= supposed the man was partially craze
e with liquor, and his crime viii betray hii
!, sooner or later II the murders were con
mitted for the purpose other than robbor,
---As must have been the case II the ma
y, was SINE and sober, else why did ho no
take all that was given him, and search 70
10 moro, and why kill tho helploss child tw
IL years old.-then future operations, conneo
n ed with this transaction, viii betray tn
: criminal in due timo, The husband, job
- NJ. RooSa in conjunction with the Count
10 Commissioned, offer reward of $500
10. for the detectienand conviction OF the mu
ls deFer.
le Since the above account was writ en-,
r. soldier named Charles Koovor, a DESERT
from the 4lst Ohio Regiment, has been a
rested at Columbus. circumstances strong
- pointing to him as the authar of the blood
W. deed. The affair will bo thoroughly iuves
rs igated, and It is hoped that the pcrpctrat
e' viii be discovered, aud brought 10 speeC
y; punishment
m. Terrible Disaster Rt sen.
ho Nav York, Doc. 30.--Ihe North AmC
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