The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-03-23

"AH h5"S INV ,BVv1 bJuubt lph"b ~
will come of victorious. aWheneyer,"
said Postmaster General Dennison, al
cannot cooperate with the Union
party, ! shal resign my office and go
bono to Ohio.---Boston Transcript.
MOST DIABoLIcAL OUTRAGE.
Robbing at Paris, Ind, Gnd proba-
BILE Murder of Three Children--ThS
| Murderer Arrested-Indignatfon
and Excitement in the Neighhar-
4 hood. 5as ls s.aa 20 ftsrss m,se
The Madison COTrty Of the 9th inst says:
We harcjust received information from Mr..
HOruif, of Bruning'S dry goods store, (whoSo
informant is Mr.. L. +. Hsmuel, perfect re-
liable gentleman Of one Of the most iendish,
dark and damning deeds il has ever been our
duty to record. The facts ars related to rs
this morning by Mr.. HoruH, are Substantially
as followsl raaHg
A short time since a Mr.. Todd, residing on
Bear Creek half mile northwest of Paris,
Jennings county, Indiana, eighteen miles from
this city, sold his little farm for $3.50. On
Wednesday last. 7th instant, at the hour
Of tuib O'Clock in the afternoon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Todd, having occasion to 90 out into the feid
for short time, left the children together in
the house. There were three Of the children
aged, respectively, two, four and six years.
The parents ofcourse suspected no dam
ger, and all thor money, kc, was left in the
house. In haitian hour, however, they re-
turned, and were horror stricken to End all
three Of the children stretched upon the Aoor;
as If in dying condition, and welteriDg in
their blood Immediately giving the alarm
to their nearest nsighbors, it spread until the
people Of the entiEe vicinity were out, in arms,
on foot and horseback, securing the country
in search Of the bell deserving author Of tho
horrible crime. The suppoSition Is that the
primary object Of the fend in human shape
was robbery, but after taking the money and
such other valuables as be wanted, he fear.
ed, perhaps that the eldest child might be q
witness against him, and, therefore, delibe-
rately knocked all three in the head. Nc
Hammond stopped at the house Of mourning
after the occurrences He says he found the
children in a horribly mangled condition, and
the attendant physician had given itas his
opinion that none ofthem could recover
Our heart aches at the thought Of a hunian
being so totally depraVed and deVilish that
he could deliberately murder, in cold blood,
three little, poor, helpless, innocent children.
We cannot possibly imagine apunishment on
earth sufficiently severe to be inflicted on tho
perpStrator Of so revoltiEg deed Of blood.
The Courier of Saturday evening gives the
following additional particulars: ~ .li
We yesterday gave an account Ofa rObbs-
ry at PARIS, in which an attempt was made 10
murder three little children. Last evening,
after'Our paper had gone to press, Mr. L. W.
Hudson, who lives near Paris, called and
gave US some additional particulars The
father Of the children Is Mr.. william Todd.
The youngest child has died from the inju.
ries i: received, bu. the other two will proba-
" recover. Lats on the evening ofthe mur-
der, the Oldest child recovered sufficiently
to be able to tell the name Of the author
tho terrible act, who was Immediate
" sought for, found and arrested His
name is Wash. Sage, snd during the wintrt
he had worked for Mr. Todd The children
on the day Of the tradgedy came in from their
play while the parents were out in the field,
and found the scOundrel ransacking the prem
iSes. ''
He Immediately seized Bible lying near,
with which he knocked the smallest child in
the head. He then grasped smoothing irSn,
and either with it or pistol which be heldin
bis hand, he beat all three ofthem until he
thought thsy were dead, and then lsft with
his booty for his home, three quarters offs
mile distant, where be was arrested. Upon
being taken into custody be made a full con-
iessiou. In searching for the money he found
two pocket books-one small one and lar.
ger one iilled with papers. He took the last,
but left the first, although It contained the
money The prisoner had preliminary tri-
al on Thursday, at Paris, before Squire Jones,
and was recognized to court. He is now in
jail at vernon, where Mr.. Hudson saw him
yesterday. ...,
We learn from various parties that Sage
has always been a suspicious character and
generally considered bad man. He isA
married man, about thirty years old, aud son
Of John Sage, formerly Of this county
He was terror 10 the nelghborhood when
living here, aud was believed TO bsthe one
who attempted 70 kin Wiley White some time
ago, though no positive evidence could be-
found against him, Al another time he and
another dssperadO named Mccartney wsre ar,
rested BY officers McLsland and Lit.lejohn for
barn.hurniDg or destroying hay-stscka Me-
CARNEY was convicted and sent 70 the psni-
teurIary, but Sage escaped Though believed
a.. ~ goiifvl nv havina witneaaea "a aWeaf