The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-13

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PHILADELPHIA, April IL.
Full reports Of ihe deering family murder,
SHOW h 70 have been one OF the most heEri-
bic bntcheres Of the age. The Ffess r.
puet1u Aytlat <hs body sf the nsO4lless md
those OF her four children were found in one
corner Of the barn, near Q small clubhouse,
which communicated together by . hole
through which the remains Of the murdered
victims wure brought to view. II seems a.
though the bodies wcre thrown into one heep
|p11 NELL, and then covered overNifA diftAnd
hay The unfortunates were most terribly
mangled about their heads. A new, sharp
and bloody axe g w.a found in E p:
5s.a Ss.n Of used ' 6 .'d do sne nse1 blood, esS
work. All of the victims sesm 70 have besn
struck on the left SIDE Of the forehead just
above the eve With the heel u tho axe, and
then with the blade Of the murderous weap-
on. The demon finished his horrible work
by cutting the throats of oil one of the little
boys was 30 horribly cut that his head drop
ped off when his body was lifted up. The
other boyNxhen discovered bad his right arm
crooked and partly raised a though attempt
ing to ward of the blow that sent him to eter-
nifty. The mother ves defending her baby
fromth attack Of che demon when she was
mercilessly struck down. The babe had re-
ceived an awful blow on the upper part Of the
breast, near the shoulder, aimoat severiug
one of its arms, and also another sharp cut
on the side of the head. Probably the most
correct Of the theories expressed is ths1yn
this dreadful work was done on Saturday
morning, during the absence Of Mr.. Deering.
His body and that Of Miss Heating, his
cousin, was found alongside Of the barn not
far distant from the spot where the others
were discovered. The bodies Of Mr.. Deer,
ing and Miss keatipg were covered over with
hay, with one Of his feet partly sticking put.
A little boy aeed fourteen years, wke also lived
with the family, and worked upon the farm is
missing. 1t is believed he was also murdered
and his body thrown into deep we'll or one
Of the many bitches that abounded in that
section of country. The wells on the prem
ises were partly searched last night, but no
bottom could be reached. The bitches in
the vicinity of the house were also examined
without discovering the body Of the missing
boy. The search is being renewed with vigor.
The Ledger says the more the murder is
examined into, the more interesting it ap-
pears. 4 mother and her four children are
batehered, il is supposed, after being entlced
from home. and without leaving any marks
Of the helish deed behind, and then upon
the arrival of the husband and niece, for
them to have been dealt with in the same man
ner and still no spot of blood found in the
house or yard. is indeed surprising. The
only rational theory that we have heard is,
that upon the arrival of Mr. Deerng and his
neice he discovered that his family was not
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leaving the house, was met by the murderer
and slain. The neice then, it is thought,
| followed her Uncle and was in turn killed in
the same manner. unfortunately it appears
that the name of the supposed murderer is
not known by any of the neghbors, nor can
any DESCRIPTION of him be given. 1t is only
known at present that he was a German h.
borer. The excitement in regard to this
horrible murder, in the lower section of the
city is intense.
An additional victim to the horrible
tragedy down the neck was discovered this
morning. The body Of the missing boy,
Coneias Cory, was found under haystack,
with his bead smashed in with hammer and
his throat cut The clothes Of the supposed
all over with blood. The Butletia gives the
i
sin: A German named Anthony, or Antoine,
aged twenty eight to thirty years, height FIVE
feet eleven inches, very muscular, light conn
plexion, light hair, slight moustache and
goaaee, pimples on the face, ronnd shoulder
ed, walks slowly, taking long strides, speaks
imperfect English. The police are making
every effort 70 arrest the murderer.
The following i No most accurate discrip-
ton, the detectives heye ret been able 10
learn Of the supposed murderer Of the Deer
ing family. His name Was Antoine, last
name unknown; be is believed to have been
in the army, he was formerly from Brooklyn;
he is Ave feet eleven inches high, twenty five
years of age. round shoulders, po side
xhiskers, light hair, and short thin light
moustache encliDed to cnrl Ct theends. has q
downcast look, and weighs I75 or lS0 posnds,
and he is loosely made, AID has shutting
gate, he has no thumb on the right hand, he
speaks broken English; the property missing
consists of two revolvers -one large Apd one
small, mnsket, shot gun, clock, froek coak
six black silk vests, black pants, brown over
coat, pair of long outside boots, two $500
dollars compound interest notes, one twenty
dollar ditto; two gold rings, one set with a
purple stone; one gold chain with long links
and chesed bar at end and four SO pieces.