, 1865-12-28
THE TRAGEDY AT BATTLE
!. CREEK.
Further Details of the Triple
Child Murder.
THE MOTHER CONFESSES TO THE
POISONING OF HER TUREE-.
CHILDREN. >.
Startling Revelation Of Superstition,
SuGeffu. and Crime.
A COMMENTARY ON MODERN sPrft-
ITUALISM.

they should be correctly informed cnucernfnnr
1t. II 10; with this cnd in view that The follow
ing narrative Is given Of the facts md circum-
stauces.. and the mart acted by the different
persons concerned in t1,is enid ,h1ooded crin,a
as ia, 90 IL vot ,no.r,, fr,,,, ~ s~a.s.,s..,"
- ~ .A' ~ - - n1u"n Au" 'ue eAa.nnauon
thns Ia! nao' we shau sta'e nothing but
facts, as they werc brought outaan evidence.
leaving each one to drpW what fufercnces they
nav. On the morning of Saturday the 1sth
inst n wns occ,dcnta1,r atscnveroa tha,
.' 'S u1seo'e1oa .nat
were lying IN snanty on the ont
skirts Of. the town. And Us the person
who discovered them saw the children ot
NAV Int a fcw davs hcfnrc that c,rcr,,,-
f Taso ao,,os,aa <.,;,. 49, 80, ~ IT.
s'ane' Gu eon"seteu Will LUG !ac' o. toeaf sud
den dcatl, lndnceo suspicion OF foul play.
He gave the Information to the proper au-
thoritics, Corouerss iury wos mt once siitn-
-oo,,ed and ,,r.,ceoaoa r. +bo r,,,on .,a ~
sr...s..., ,fas ..,s. 49,. ,r1,' ~ "a
nAt'ou was ehte1eo iato' oPon lno eSatn-
nation the following facts were eieited:
The mother Of the Children. calling berse1r
a.-a s.rai Taai,.na 1.nana,, =, 1 s.s..e.s.. -.
A N 1 ~" Arp1as ta4.
was hef namc os hef nfss husband, aud That
she las since been married TO man BY the
nome nom 81 te9nafa VINO Is stu s nvn to
With har hor fan,;1,- cors;st,,,t - ~ es;i
~ 11 n.. a.. ~, 80, 'a. esus1sunS VI ufe cut
oten-,ne 'nIee no" oeaa whose ages were
respectively four, SIX and eight years, and
teen ycars. Wien She inst came hers her
means Of Ii. ing were quite limited. She rent.
cd a poor tencipent in the CITY and obtained n
livelihood the best she could,
srln1TuAL1sr CIRCLE.
Soon A1sel W eTn1ns nc,c1 uAn " INC
aaine o. Han'el .. bakct. VINO eaYs ne came
nom Aof1an. N TINS etase, aiso arrivea acre.
ne eumea a1e to :, oG spl1inai aoetos Or meal.
ine medlnm. uis netnod 81 aoctor1ng Is
ny makl1E passss oSs5 us patlents ana otner
hspa .e;th ~. s.s1a,J ~ ~ ~ ,i.. asts
hcT ever sIncc tak1nv cnni1oi NJ her nf."ir.
and as she saws. beln}nr her. He annears IL
hare had consiierable control aver her. ~
waN ns orrr thc rpst nf ffrnsfes Win s1,l,sa-
nnrnfST hecnme members Of The tamiiv.
some time. during tbe summer thev took Ia
another boarder about cnty-three years Of
eSearsa IN he occupation Of se1,inr books
md InnsIc. Ifzzfc has thc anpearance and
action of a wcak minded fanafic. She ia
th0rnurh believer In sp1riiuaIfsm y and
iii lie eruss nbsurdi.lcs connected With It,
soon after taking her they took II, another cirj,
Haruls. 1t appears that during the summer
Mrs. Hayil, and Dr.. Baker, Lizzie, and some
4imes fnc or two others held uspIritunl cir
clcs." These tleY continued every Snnday
md Wednesday night down 10 the time
Of the LAID catastrophe. Hattie Hannis
she went to live In the family. When they
took her In to live with them II WAS not as a
! 3oarder, ior she VILE too unwell to trork at the
time, and has 50 continued ever sincr, 20 she
eaSa. t'aI auey tvoh nef, an4 ~ ~ = un.e
rics Of me-. to .sdevrlop" ns "test med|um.n
The Dr.. seems to have had great hope OF
promised 10 do all he could to "deyclop,'
are assured she did "devclop'' with exceeding
rapidlty, though not In the direction Of work,
sp1n1rrA11sT unNr-
r,u ..,.ass,,a1 . ne,n-. n4 ~ I'M. I,.,-,
s 1ss asaans ~ o.'s n'iug III sall-
f.s, ~ ~ sn;., , u !, a.,,,..r
% them Tat there here was vas S' bot Of FLOW low nalshI %
}us. ~ 9use luz s g Ra!a Q, ~ cnIy,
ur,;aa .q -o,nd and ,TEnrs nv s. IA ~ a1s d
1as,ad 1ber treasn-rs ho Entity ~ wy f,,tths-
Iold them they shonIi buy fhis mice II nro. ,s
,S.9 a.,a hn;fd T,or, d cnd H. 1hoea III
ifat they won1d find ricl Treasures there.
Fer this purpose Baker borrowed two hun.
dred and sixty dollars of the Merritt girl
about all the money she had-and bought the
| shanty, with but two rooms in 1t. One room
eight ltct wide by fourteen feet long, without
| window or door,. where the children and
Young man by the name Of Merritt, Ltzzie's
brother, who had BY this time made Ills ap,;
pearanee, slept. The other room was twenty-
were Two lounges and bed; this was occupied
MS the sleeping apartment OF Baker nud the
three woncn-they occupyin. the bed, he
one of The lounges.
pREpAnArloxs PoR TRAVELLING.
After tbcy were located here. thev still
tn, .c!,cies cn y and uattie coutin"a3 ~ w
TX Il III ~ ats a eoa1oaso I'LL ~ W
~ t;stE anu o. E = III wv ,tohqHHe.ns
,snS N N pains anJ ~ hnza, as 80 LII npm "
t1nrs,i;nc ana ,cstnr;ng s1e omJ sbopn1 1 ~ o.
uasei'!ns i ana leStn57nh, " aaa sao"1ng ne
Met,u the les9h oi ~ tlns ae.et2pmfs7nE f7
~ tnel Pan LOT .ueuis opeLol.on M!s. 1.3 How.
iaa4 WIS ~ testo1e, ana NY Is = tHAhlne
msaia" ~; nattie .Is,,5 10 aslonasn " her g1eat @
possl Ieu .l'eiop'usat ~ est
| fnsalhm ano tne paIt lne uoctor "as 70
ny Mas ~. so "eii ecttIeu, lu0usu " "As W
act as mouasef ana general dlfectoF, ana 10
| project fhe women, and lake good care OF Inc
| money maze.
THE CHILDREN AN OBSTACLE.
To titis arrangement the Doctor told Mrs.
uaviland there was one obstacle-the clild-
rcn stood Ia the way. mud thcv could not 70
away and leave them. neither could they take
them on tho travelling expedition. What Was
to be done? The "spirits" again came 10
| their relicf. During their Subsequent cir
cles" the mother OF the children, who. as al
| ready fntinated, processes TO be q talking
medium" Was Impressed by the spirits seF-
etal times that the three children which were
found dead the other morning Wonid pass
away before long,: She had no such impres-
sions in regard to the other .tWo children.
TEey were already Surely provided LOT ID case
sns should lcave tnem tc 60 tfaIeIMg. me
Oldest one nN psen ts xorAlnE .1 nos
wages N one 9l Inc hotels Of tne
place iof some tNne- ~ Nas only N
rega1a ~ 10 Ing s2nng9 ;at ana aose hetpess lasee
tnas sne EaS IT, tnfss tha. I'm psslons .
u one y, ~ ~ aaTaa t,,st ~ ~ ~
ut ine prompl41gg IS o.. o. some splsaI, p q H. course,
Sn tnIs sht1E tss Tssy .aan tme naIn
nsm Mu" ,rSr sae t1rst hssrd saEss H.,
Mangs III u.1er ts<rs,, a. te1n o's hn1,t s.
a saSJi;tr III aT4he .bsidren,S dest1, arervs
ata ~ },a ~a,.1 Wh.re nn Was Il Ill fanos,isr
Snd ~ rnrh S,d be talt m fhis sJ,h3ect and
vii, euch nos;tivcn.ss concern1nc ffeir 3enth
t,et %. a,,rrearcd frnm 4G,e }n.timnnv ~ 1rit-
asss ana.s a. aronsad tie snsnicson -; IL, az
o.,a,nt,. nn~s that ali WINS mi ric1;t inng hacnre
an9t1,ing nccnTTcd nfa serinus t,nf1,re. And
saIn r. fhsm eren went So far A. IN sar TINT
Sft1oen a1st5rer s1hnnld die he haa af.aaiv
aa;% nn,nri, r. t1,necf attention n him a. h,t.
sna na.ss.,t3aftr Iii, thesr aeoif, 1851
"s e'fS e,-rr,
DEATH W Tue SnAoa1N'
On tue day before Inc children were taken
siek, Wnlcn was auauny. Ihey M a.easa ~ tt,e tae
.ei1itnsI chnrc1, vsh,ch bas an esistenre IN
1his n1ace IN Monday iii three of the chit
Iren wcrss taken sick. md about the same