Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-15

Arrested-Hnsii ignatiOI, and Excitement
iii tie Neishb0rsiOOti.
From the Madison Courier of the 9th.l
We have just received information from Mr.. Eoruf,
Of Brunings dry goods store. (whose informant is
Mr.. E. f. Hammel, a perfectly reliable gentleman
of one of the most fendish dark and damning deeds
it has ever been our duty to record. The facts as
related to as tns morning by Mr.. Uoruf, are sub
stantially as follows:
A short time since Mr.. Todd residing on Bear
Greek, half mile northwest of Paris Jennings
county, indiana eighteen miles from this city sold
his little farn Tor $3.50. On Wednesday last, III
Instant at the hour OF two O'Clock in the afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Todd, having occasion to go out into
the heid TO" short time. left the children in the
house together. There three of the children
aged, respectively two, four and six years.
The parents of course suspected no danger and all
their money &c., was left in the house. In half an
hour however, they returned, and were horror
stricken en- to find al three of the children stretched
upon the oor as If in dying condition. and welter
ing IN their blood Immediately giving the alarm to
their nearest neighb0rs it spread until the people Of
the entire vicinity were out, in arms, on foot and
horseback, securing the country in search of the hell
deserving author Of the horrible crime. The suppo-
stlon is that the primary object of the end in human
such other yaluahles he wanted he feared perhaps
that the eldest child might be witness against him
and, therefore, deliberately knocked all three in the
head. MIR Hammond stopped at the house of mourn
ing after the occurrence. He says he found the
children in horribly mangled condition, and the
attendant physician bad given it his opinion that
neither of them could recover Our heart aches at
the thought of human being totally depraye and
devilish that he could deliberately murder, in cold
blood three poor, little helpless innocent children
We cannot possibly imagine a punishment on earth
sufficiently severe to be inflicted on the perpetrator
of so revolving deed of blood.
The Madison Courier of Saturday evening gives
the following additional particulars:
FURTHER PARTICULARS-ARREST OF THE MURDERER.
We yesterday gave an account OF robbery at
Paris, IN which en attemptwaS made to murder three
little children. Last evening, after our paper had
gone to press, MIR. L. W. Hudson. who lives
Paris called and some additional Darticul0rS
The father of the children Is Mr.. William Todd.
The youngest child has died from the injuries it re-
Late the evening of the murder. the oldest child
recovered sufficiently TO be able to tell the name of
the author of the terrible act. who was Immediately
sought out and arrested. His name is Wash. Sage,
and during the winter he had worked for Mr.. Todd.
The children the day of the tragedy in from
their play while the parents out in the field and
found the ScOundrel ransacking the premises
lie Immediately seized a Bible lying near, with
which he knocked the smallest child in the head Il
then grasPed a smoothing IRON and either with it
pistol which he held in his hand, he beat all three
of them until he supposed they dead. and then
left with his booty for his home three-quarters of
mile distant, where he was arrested. Upon being
taken into custody he made full confession. In
searching for the money he found two pocket books
small one, and larger one filled with papers.
He took the last, but left the first, although it
tanned the money. The prisoner had a preliminary
trial Thursday. at Paris, before Squire Jones, and
vas recognized to court He is now in Jail at Yer
non where Mr.. Hudson saw him yesterday.
We learn from various parties that Sage has always
been suspicious character and generally considered
bad man. lie is married man, about thirty years
old and son of John Sage, formerly Of this county
He was q terror to the neighborhood when living
here and was believed to be the one who attempted
to xiii Wiley While some time ago, though no nOsi
tive evidence could be found against him. Al an
other time he and another desperate named Mozart
ney were arrested by officers McIIeiand and Little
John for barn-burnlng or destroying hay-stacks
Mccartney was convicted and sent to the peniten-
tiary. but Sage escaped Though believed to be
guilty. by having witnesses to swear falsely. We
trust he will get his deserts now,