The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-11-03

The confusion attendant upon thl, Demonstration,
John Connor moved TOW ards the door Al the ,sms
S,s:' N b. T,s'SS wS:n Boy %
De" a." pistol i.l,ed and pulled tho trigger, bus
Ss iso ca. ..s,n only nspled Recovering he .s:pou.
hill" The ball entered the mouth Of Fiiissr.,d.
6cs H .S essa upUn 10 se., he m,S md
shlle IN the srhstse Of his duty th. oompsnio, ~
ofioer iilli !OlOsipi connor. Assistance 1 % nov AZ
INea rom the 24th Ward station house. Ofiec--
o. Conncr, and eonSsyed ,bem 70 ~ sns .s,an bo.
lilI ssn captured Connor, who ple.ded for perm.-
him while in hi, fathers house he e.caped hy iesp
s mo,G mGm me ,eeGnS .oIy slndow ofeel, Hi ard
he crossed. ON this side OF The bpdse he VA. asatn
ssptured He was disguised In an enormou, pair ~
remark that the ofcer, would haze .c.sa ns 'Ss
bad they beon placed In the same po,iIon.
Tho Double Murder In sangsrrcId. w.
Details Of the tragedy at ssnser6eld, opedac,..
on Tuesday last, reach us by mail. Tho bloody aeet
vas committed upon What In ths, locality, 1. known
/. the "Loomis Homes,ssd,"s farm Of .hou, ,ou,
hundred seres and upon which the Is,mi, .n,lv
had resided for nearly forty year,. The fact. in
connection With the horrible affair are substantav
n follows.
Bets cen one and two o'elock on Tuesday nornirs
lm the hmliy, consisting Of hr.. LoomiS NJ
,u1ieny assicned By the ,ound of stpan,e loot,
issuing from the Kitchen. Tho murderers, for sues
sy Hr0yeS rsm 70 q BE- ae1. heard " spfoseS
upon the ground floor. upon reaching which one OF
tue intruder, called out, Go! up Wash -s van.
immsdi.,oiy .ners.rd % aw..s" ''s .a heard 'Ts 70
enter the lltehen In his stocking feet. Tue me n
the room Of Cove another Of the family, 70 whom
they repeated the summons "Govs, get up, We wans
responded 70 by Cove, who also was shortly afief-
wards heard to enter the kitchen. No sooner had
compinied with tue sound Of blows, and the cry oS
murder, murder" was heard, and the iest OF tn,
son sprang from their beds and rushed 10 the hieb
en- door, but here they we're met fom the inside bv
Inih.n, az Sho With pistol. a. the present.
Meantime me death strussls vent on in the room
,con rn sSss ,rus .pss.,ss ,s. ny, fndins nss % the
tile street TO summon the neig hbo several OF whom
we're soon aroused. but no, until too late, for when
had dsp.rle ed having accomplished their vori Tpon
entering the kitchen most shocking sight vas pre-
which flowed from several shssty cuts upon ths
body aud pistol wound In the mech. lay Cove,
Win agrNin oas, containing io~ oats, which hal
been saturated With some inhsmnabls auid, ami
NhIcn va on hfe, y ing Oh his body. Several aru
n!ufsted IN similar manner, and on fie-
WIN the aid OF the family the dance vete coon eH-
search an now Sns lSn ,e0'ea aT 20 s,o,hr
vs. hhally ionnd In the woodshsd In an Unconscious
sste VoNeien Nlsh biOod ana n possible pres mt
more ,hOckinE appearance than his brother, h,s
,hull behg broken m several places and his taco 40
badp beAten anu dishgured that by his countenanCs
thel Neto unable W recognize him; his eyes weis
swollen nom the blovs ho had received, anu his
tire lace terribly laceIs,ed. lie remained in an
uncon cous state until his death; which occurred IN
sn- hour subsequently,. hcarcsly had tins second
victim been Iemovsd TO his chamber when a new
calamity vas discovered. The large barn opposite
the house was discovered 70 be on me. storo, 10
~A., Nth vast amount OF inh.mablo material, th .
bundins a. sosn burned to the ground. anu with
persisted saven valuable horses. "Wasb" loomis
WAS abous lofty years OF age. and Grove 10
some thirty live. Both we're small men, bu, strong
horrible uerd has vel been made public IL is init
| nated, however, that the character Of the LOOMS
family vas by no means beyond reproach. hs
Coronsr's inquest will probably throw sonIe light
upon the mys,ery Members Of the family ,Ipies
| themselves Ms confident W To able To ideAtIy soms
OF ~. as,sisnIs, whom they think there we're Ne
| or tiI.