Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-16

From tle Madison, ,Iua-,I Courier of the sun.
A shoFt time since a Mr.. Todd, resid-
ing on Bear Creek, haif "a mile north-
west OF Paris, Jennings county, Ind,
eighteen miles from this city, sold Ljs
lilclc farm for S3jU. ON Wednesday lalsi,
: tu instant, at the hour OF two O'Clock .u
The afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Todd hav-
iBga aocca-i0n 20 90 out into the field for a
short time, lelt the children in the house
together. There were three of the chill
dren, aged, respectively, two, four, and
six years. The parents Of course stis-
IRclej 40 danger, and all their money,
cti., was left iu the house. I'm half au
hour, however, they returned, and
were horror stricken TO find all
three Of the children stretch ed
upon the floor as il i'm dying condition,
and welterine ia their blood lmmedi-
ately giving the alarm 90 their nearest
it spread until the people OF
the entire vicinity were out, IN arms, ON
foot. and on horseback, securing the cOun-
try in search Of the heil-deserving author
Of the horrible crime The superstition Is
that the primary object Of the iiend in
human shape was robbery, bat after tax
ing the money and such other valuables
as he wanted, he feared, perhaps, that
the eldest child might lea witness against
him, and therefore deliberately knocked
them al three iu the head. Mr.. Hammei
stopped al the house of mourning after
the occurrence. lie says he found the
children in a horribly mangled condition,
and the attendant physician had given it
as his opinion thai neither Of them could
recover.
From the Madison Courier. lg.Br
We yesterday gave AN account OF a
robbery a5 Haris, IN which am attempt
was made 10 murder three little children.
last evening after our paper had gone
10 press, Mr., l.. W. Hudson, who live,
near Paris, called aud gave On. some al
ditiOnal particulars. Ihc Gatuer Of the
children j. Mr.. William Todd. The
youngest child has died from The iniu-
ries 10 received, but the other two viii
probably recover. Late on the evening
Ui the murder the oldest child recovered
sufficiently far 10 be able 10 tell the name
oi the author of the terrible act, who
was Immediately sought out and
arrested. ills ualae is Wash. sage, and
during the winter bad worked for Mr..
Todd. The children on the day Of the
tragedy came in from their play while TIC
pareuG IN the teld, aud foqua The
couudrel ransacking The premises. lie
Immediately seized q Bible lying near,
with which he knocked the smallest
child in the head. He then gfasped A
smoothing iron, and either with It or =
pistol which he held IN his hand, he beat
all three Of them until he supposed they
were dead, and then left with his booty
for bis home, three-guaftsFs Of mile
distant, where he was arrested Upon
being taken into custody he made a full
confession. la searching for tle money
he fopnd Two pocket L0oks one small
one and larger one filled with papers
lie took the last, but left The first,
although II contained the money. The
prisoner had preliminary trial on Thurs
day. at Paris, before Esquire Jones, aud
Uras recognized 10 e0art. he IS now in
iail al Vernon, where Mr., Hudson saw
hinl yesterday,
We learn from various parties that
SAGE has always been a suspicious char
aeter. and generally considered a bad
man. He is a marned man, aboutthirty
years old. and a son Of John sage, for
msTly Of thia oounlFy- tie was terror
20 The neighborhood when living here
and is believed TO be the one who al
tempted TO xiii Wiley White sogae une
ago though no positive evidenee could
be found against him. At another tlme
he and another desperate. tanned Nc
Cartney were arrested by officers McLe-
land and llitlelohn, for barn-burning, ol
destroying hay stacks,