The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-13
Terrible TraRedy-sA Mother I
Four Children Murdered.

PHILADELPHIA, April Full reports
of the Deering family murder show il
to have been one of the most horrible
butcheries of the age The press re
porters say that the body of the mother
and those of her four children Nele
found 10 one corner of the barn under g
small clubhouse, which communicated
together through a hole, through which
the remains of the murdered victims
were brought to view, 1t seems as
though the bodies were thrown into one
heap, pell NELL, and then covered over
with dirt and hay. The unfortunates
were most terribly mangled about their
heads A new. sharp and bloody axe
was found in the rear of the dwelling,
| which had been used to do the bloody
| work. ALI of the victims seem to have
been struck on the left side of the lore.
head lust above the eye, with the heel OF
| the axe and then with the blade OF the
murderous weapon The demon hnished
| his horrible work by cutting the throats
of all. One of the little boys was so
horribly cut that his head dropped off
| when his body was lifted up The other
boy, when discovered, had his right
arm crooked and partly raissd, as
| though attempting to ward off the blow
| that sent him into eternity, The mother
was defending her baby from the at
tack of the demon, when she was merci-
lessly struck down, The babe had re
! ceived an awful blow on the upper part
| of the breast, near tho shoulder, almost
se7ering one of its arms and also an
| other sharp cut on the side of the head
Probably the moqt correct OF the theo-
ries expressed is, that all this dreadful
work was done on Saturday morning,
during the absense of Mr.. Deering His
bodyjand that of Miss Keating, his
cousin were found alongside OF the
barn, not far distant from the spot
where the Others were discovered The
bodies of Mr. Deering and Miss Keating
were covered over with hay, with one OF
his heels partly sticking ont A little
boy aged fourteen years, who lived with
the family and worked upon the
farm, is missing. IT. is believed he
was also murdered and his body
thrown into deep we'll or one Of the
many bitches that abound in that sec
ton of the country. The well on the
place was 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 resumed this morning with vigor.
The Ledger says the more this murder is
examined into, the moro astounding it
appears. A mother and her four chill
dren are butchered, is supposed savagely,
r. l. frnp hnn1n WI h
out leaving any marks of the hellish
deed behind, and then upon the arrival
of the husband and neice tor them to
have been dealt with in the same man
ner and style. No spots of blood was
found in the house or yard, is indeed
surprising.
The only rational theory that We have
heard is, that upon the arrival of Mr..
Deering and his neice, he discovered
that his family were not IN the house.
He started after them and after leaving
the house was met by the murderer and
slain. The niece then, it islthought,
followed her uncle and was in tnrn Kill
led in the same manner Unfortunately
it appears that the name of the supposed
murderer is not known by any of the
neighbors, nor can descriptions of him be.
given. 1t is only known at present that
be was German laborer. The excite
ment in reference to this horrible muir
der in the lower section of the city is
intense
LATER.
PHILADELPHn, April i2-An add
tional victim to the horrible tragedy
down the Neck was discovered this
morning. The body of the missing boy,
Cornelius Carr, was found under hay
stack, with his head smashed in with a
hammer and his throat cut The clothes
of the supposed murderer have been
found, covered all over with blood
The Bulletin gives the following de
scription of the supposed assassin,
German named Anthony or Antoine,
aged 23 or 50 years: Hight, feet II
inches; very muscular; light hair; light
moustache and goatee: pimples on the
face. round shoulders; walks slowly.
taking long strides: speaks Imperfect
English. The police are making every
effort to arrest the murderer.
The following is the most accurate
description the detectives have get been
able to learn of the supposed murderer
or the DceTiOS IduIilN LIS hdlhC 10 al
tome: last name unknown be is be
lie7ed to have been in the arnlJ He
vas formerly from Brooklyn He IS )
feet eleven inches high: 25 or 23 years Of
age round shoulders: no side whiskers
light hair: short, thin, light moustache
inclined to curl at the ends has down
cast look; weighs i75 or 80 pounds he
is loosely made and has shutting gait
speaks broken English,
The property missing consists Of two
re7olvers, one large and one small: a
musket aud shot gun black frocb coat
and pants: brown overcoat a pair OF
long outside boots; two five hundred
dollar compound interest notes; one
twenty dollar ditto two gold rings, one
set with purple stone one gold chain
with long links and chased bar at the
end and four ten-cent pieces
From Canada Injecting OF the Cabi
uei-Miiitary Afairs-The Feniabs-
SANITARY Measures ia Montreal,
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