, 1866-04-17
THE PHILADELPHIA TRAGEDY,

Inter Defn1IN-TIle mfHAiNx Boy Found
appearance OF the IIouAe--Art1ctes |
Stottn-Bloody Clothing Found-Pe- |
cultaritseH OF the Murdcrer-The Cor.
oner,A Lury-Post Mortem E1amlna-
t1un OF the Bodies.
rFrom the Philadelphia Presa, April 1s,n.1
TIE BODY OF TIE MISSING nor FOUND.
The Pres reporters having CLEANED many
Interesting (acts In connection with the de-
plofable calamity, present the following In |
tcrestmg and thrilling narrative:
The police officers, having been reinforced,
yestez1ay morning ut gu early hour recon-
meoccd the work OF searching for the dead
body oil the boy, us no idea Of his having been
implicated in the deed because Of his absence
being entertained by the etneials. The drain
ing bitches were carefully examined, while
other searchers were examining deep well
ten o'clock, 4 eliot OF blood was discovered
alongside OF d ditch which runs alongside Of O
hay lick, containing eight or ten tons Of hay.
The search was now renewed with great r1g-
or, and at a quarter before ten O'Clock Officers
Kep1er and Mitchell, OF the First Division,
found the body of the missing boy under the
hay rick, located about flre hundred yards
from the barn wherein the slaughtered re-
mains OF the family Of Nr. Deering were
found.
The hay-riek had already been pretty well
searched Twice, without elect. 4 third trial
TnS GAnC HhtCA f~lb1EA u buNCCsSs 4AE 10Af
was pretty well In under the hay. Upon
making e1ose examination Of the corpse it
was asccrtuiued that death had been pro-
duced pretty much in the same 'way as that
Of the other victims The left portion Of the
forehead was crushed In, and the throat was
cut; the back part Of the head was also broken
In. The. work Of death WIS committed by
some enc who probably has knowledge Of
hog killing. which Is done first by blow On
the head, Immediately followed bT cutting
the throat. On The upper part Of the right
breast was wound inflicted By prong Of u
pitcttork-
The most plausible theory IN regard to this
murder is, that the boy was working across
ditch, near the layrtck. with q pitchiork a
clot Of blood was found at this place. The
assasEin, having Killed him, Used the fork to
push tl!: body under the hay as far as pos
stblc. Near the huyrick is plank bridge,
which spans the draining ditch. Under this
bridge, where the plank rests upon the Garth,
the boys cap WIS found. It was tlotted with
blood aud cut in the back part. This blow
wns probably struck from behind, while the
lad vas at work, As thou:h The murderer TaE ssr
was barm1ess, inofensiyc one, an apprentice
to afr. peering, having been tndentured to
him nearly seven years ago, By the Guardians
OF the Poor. AL Who knew him gave him
the cbarat ter OF being very Innocent Lad,
Which at once set aside among intelligent in
hand in the massacre.
APPEARANCE OF THINGS INSIDE TIE Dwell
LING.
The latencEs of the hour On Wednesday pre-
vented us from gfying more facts In reference
to the house md its internal appearance. We
passed through all the rooms during yester-
day and took few notes The house Is L
shaccd, two. stories in height, aud has three
rooms on each floor, all Of which appear to
be about the same size. On the lower floor
the various articles were not much disarrang-
cd, but everything seemed to bare been upset
n The upper tioor. The bedding was seat
\. tered about, bureau ransacsed, 9 large box
broken open. and different things scattered
Ill around. Asbonaet, shawl aud Ints, belong
ing to Mrs. keatfnG, were found upon the
chi1d's crib, where she no doubt placed them
after her return from New Jersey. The dishes
in the kitchen cupboard remained undisturb-
ed. Several sticks Of candy lay upon man-
tle-piece In this room, which It Is supposed
Mrs. Keating had brought home Tor the little
ONES. The room adjoining the kitchen was
nenily carpeted and wns no doubt used a. q
sfttnE-sooin. A cradle stood by the stove.
In unfinished quilt OF patchwork lay upon
oue Of the chairs" On another was newly
Ironrd shire, q pair OF pafts and cap.
These belonged to one OF the boys.
jacket and pair Of pants, no doubt Sunday
suit OF one Of the boys, were hanging against
iar, abont two-thirds filed with pickles. In
the front room was an ,old-faahioued clock.
abo11t six feet In height. The top Of this had
been removed and placed upon the floor, no
doubt for the purpose OF asccFtainlng If any
money was secretel there. 4 door led from
\ this rom to outside Of the house.,
Tie Investigation showed that the murderer