The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-20
Horrible Tragedy near Philadelphia; =.
A whole Family Murdered.

'hst., near Aiiaue' pnla, IL Oen2 no 1885
thar the murder in cold blood, of family
Of seven persons. The family was that of
a Mr. Deering, and consisted of his wife,
nelce and four children. A boy by the
name Of Cary, living upon the farm was
also murdered, making the eighth victim
Of this inhumao massacre:
.... .... Philadelphia, April IL
A terrible crime in the lower part Of
this city was discovered on the llth. A
family of seven persons had been nur
derel. - Christopher Dsering, bis wife,
neice, and four children, on Mr. Deering's
farm, at Point House road and Jales' land
The body ofthe mother AMI those OF
her four children were found in the cor
ner of the barn, near a small clubhouse,
which communicated together by hole
thro' which the remains Of the murdered
victims were brought to view.
1t seems as though the bodies wsle
thrown into one heap, pell nell, and then
covered over with DIRT and hay, ...a
The untorlunates were mcst terribly
/
A new sharp and bloody axe va. found
in the rear of the dwelling, which had
been used to do the bloody work. .t
All Of the victims seem to have been
struck on the left side Of the forehead just
| above the eye, with The head Of the axe,
| and then, with the blade Of the murderous
weapon, the demon finished his horrible
work by cutting the throa,s OF all. ..
One Of the little boys wa. SO horribly
Gu, that his head dropped off when his
body was lifted up. The other boy wher
discovered had his right arm crooked and
partly raised, as though attempting to
ward OF the blow that sent him into
eternity.
The mother was defending her baby
from the attack Of the demon, whom she
was mercilessly struck down The babe
had received an awful blow on the upper
part Of the breast near the shoulder, al
most severing one of lie arms. and also
another sharp cut or the side Of the head.
Probably the most correct of the theor-
les expressed is that all this dreadful work
was done on Saturday morning, during
he absence of Mr., Deering. His bod,
and that Of Miss Keatcg, his cousin, were
| found alongside Of the barn. not far from
the spot where the Others were discover
ed The bodies Of Mr.. Deering and Miss
Heating were covered over with nav A
! little boy, aged fourteen wears. who lived
upon the f,rm is missing. It is believed
| he was also murdered aud bis oody thrown
into a deep we'll or one OF the many
| bitches that abound in that section Of the
country. The well on the premises was
partly searched last night, but 10 bottom
could be reached the bitches in the vi
without discovering the body Of the miss
| ing boy. The search is being resumed
this morning with renewed vigor.
The Le0ger SAYS: s. The more the mur-
der is examined into, the more astounding
it appears A mother and four children
are bu'chered, it is supposed singly. after
being enticed from home. and withou,
leaving any marks Of the helish deed be-
hind, and then upon the arrival Of the
husband and neice. for them to have been
! dealt with in the same manner, and still
no spot of blood found in the house or
yard. is indeed surprising Tho only ra>
| 'ional theory that we have heard is, that
upon the arrival of Mr.. Deering and his
neice, he discovered :hat his family were
not in the horse, and started after them
and after leaving the house was met bv
the murderer and slain. The neice then,
it is supposed, followed her uncle, and
was murdered in the same manner"
An additional victim to the horrible
tragedy down on: :he Neck. was discovered
this morning. The body OF the missing
boy, Cornelius Cary, was found undr
hay stack with his head smashed in with
hammer and his throat Gu. The clothes
of the supposed murderer have been found
They are stained all over with blood
STILL LATER.
Philadelphia, April l3
A man was arrested a, the corner OF
23l and Market streets this morning, who
cvnfesses 10 have committed tie murder
of the peering family. He states .ha, he
was assisted hv a companion whom he has
described mirutsly to the authorities.
Search is being made for his accompIice
The man arrested is named Antoine
Ganter lie formerly belonged to The 6lh
Pennsylvania cavalry. The prisoner s,a>
ted that on SATURDAY., at IL O'Clock. be
killed .he boy Cornelius Cary, while he
was on the hay stack, but that another
man, by the name Of Jacob Yander. for
merly Of the 11th Pennsylvania cavalry,
killed the rest ofthe family.
The annol ncemeh. Of the arrest OF An
tone Ganter. created intense excitement
throughout the city. The news spread
like wild FIRE. and threats of vengeance
against the prisoner wa. heard on every
side. An immense crowd assembled
around the police station at the state
house, and threatened to lynch the pris-
oner. A cousin OF the murdered family
wanted to take summary vengeance upon
him, and the prisoner wa. finally removed
in safety to the Moyamensing prison.
Mrs Dolan, the grandmother Of the
Deering children, fully ijeu,iiss the pris-
onsr As the man employed on the farm,
and also the articles Of clothing be had Oh
when he va. arrested, IS relorzins 10
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