Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-09
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
ARsbbcr Beats ChIIA - Death with
RIblo-Tw0 ether Children Tcrri'
bly, Beaten and Loft fer Dead

ARsbbor Beats . Gala - death with
RibIo-TWo ether Children Terri.
bly, Beaten and Left fer Dead.
From the hadboa (1nd) Courier, March 9Th.
Ashort time since q Mr.. Todd, residing
on Bear Greek, half mile northwest OF
Paris, Jennings county, Indiana, eighteen
miles from this city, sold his little farm
for $3.50. On Wednesday last 7th inst,
at the hour of two o'clock in the after
noon, Mr.. and Mrs. Todd, having occasion
to 60 out into the field for q short time,
left the children in the house together.
There were three OF the children, aged re-
specnvely two. four, and ak years. The
parents. of course, suspected no danger,
and all their money, etc., was left IN the
house. In half an hour, however, they
returned. and were horror-stricken TO hnd
all three of the children stretched upon
the floor, as II IN q dying condition, and
weltering in their -blood!. Immediately
giving the alarm to their nearest neigh
bors, it spread until the people Of the en-
tire vicinity were out in arms, on foot and
on horseback, securing the country in
search OF the hell-deserving author of the
horrible crime. The superstition is that
the primary object Of the fend in human
shape was robbery. but after taking the
money and such other yaluables as he
wanted, he feared, perhaps, that the Oldest
child might be q witness against him, aud
therefore deliberately knocked them all
three in the head. Mr.. Hammel stopped
at the house of mourning after the occur
renee. He says he found the children in
q horribly mangled condition, and the
attendant physician had given it rs his
opinion that neither Of the could recover.
From the Madison Courier, March 10th.
We yesterday gave an account Of a rob-
berry at Paris, In which an attempt was
made to murder three littls children. Last
evening. aiters our paper had gone to press.
Mr.. L. w. Hudson, who lives near Paris,
called and gave Us some additional partic-
ulars. The father Of the children 10 Mr..
William Todd. The youngest child has
died from the injuries it received, but the
other two will probably recover. Late on
the evening Of the murder, the Oldest child
recovered sufficiently far to be able to tell
the name of the author Of the terrible act,
who was Immediately sought but are ar
rested. His name 10 Wash. Sage, and
during the Winter he had worked for Mr..
Todd. The children on the day Of the
tfagedy came in from their play while the
parents were out in the field, and found
the scouAdrel ransacking the premises. He
Immediately seized q Bible lying near,
with with he knocked the smallest child
in the head. He then graspsd . smooth.
ing-iron, and either with IL or a 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 his
home. three.quarters Of a milo distant,
where he was arrested. Upon being taken
into custody he made . full confession.
In searching for the money he found two
pocket. books-ons small one, and q larger
one filled with papers. He took the last,
but left the 6rst, although II contained
the money! The prisoner had a prelimi.
nary trial on Thursday. at Paris. before
Squire Jones, and was recognized &c
Court. He is now In Jail at Vernon
where Mr.. Hudson say him yesterday.
We learn from various parties that Sag,
has always been a suspicious character
and generally considered q bad man. HI
is a married man, about thirty years old
and a son of John Sage, formerly Of thil
county. He was q terror to the neighbor'
hood when living hare. aud il believed &c
be the n who attempted to kill Wiley
White sone time ago,,though no posidy,
evidence could be found against him. A
another time he and another desperate
named Mccartney were arrested by officer,
McLeland and Littlejohn, for baru-burn'
ing, or destroying hay stacks. 1 ~