Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-14
snurrHrra ARorr rHr AXE.

Inc 0l0OQy axe, useO IN Inls case as inc
instrument of death, was found in the
yard in the rear of the house. 1t was
new, and sharp as q razor. 1t must have
been purchased very recently, and
body must have ground 1t since then.
These are points, however, that may be
useful in working up the case, and, with
/ several other points that it is not prudent
to name, may lead to the detection of the
murderer. The axe was bloody; in fact,
If was the only thing that seemed to be
stained with blood. 1t was taken in charge
bv the Coroner, who has carefully pre-
served its condition in the same n
in which it was discovered.
GENERAL sEARcH-sHIRT AND DRAWERS
FOUND.
As soon as the intelligence of the trag-
edy became known, a great deal of excite
ment took place among the people as the
news spread. The police-oficers, in max
ing a general search around the farm, dis
covered a shirt and a pair of drawers under
a haystack, about FIVE hundred yards from
the dweIling-house. They we've taken in
charge by the officers. These articles
were not very clean; they appear to have
been pretty well worn.
AMTsTERY.
It is strange indeed that there was very
| little or no blood about the bodies of the
victims, nor in the vicinity of the places
where the bodies were found. Diligent
search wss made by the shrewdest officers,
for these marks, with the view of ascer-
tanning, if possible, how or where the muir
ders were committed. But all efforts
tending to this result were made in vain,
and ofcourse the entire affair is involved
in deep mystery. 1t is thought, however,
that the mother and her children having
been murdered, were conveyed to the
barn and there thrown into a heap
as already stated. The murder,
must haze been committed out
| side of the dwelling house, and what blood
flowed must have soaked into the ground,
or been washed put or dissipated by the
rains which prevailed since Saturday. 1t
is evident that after these murders, the
hellish perpetrator of them not being able
to find any money in the house, came to
! the conclusion that MI. Deering must
have his funds about him, and therefore
waited his return. The desperate man
probably laid in wait in the rear of the
| house, and commenced the work of death
as Mr.. Deering and his cousin, Miss Keat-
ing, were getting out of the wagon. He
| then dragged them to the place where
| their bodies were found, as already de-
| scribed. The piece of meat that MI. D.
had purchased on Saturday morning was
| found in the box under the front seat of
the wagon. 1t was partly ~decomposed.
There was no blood discovered about the
wagon. Thus ends this part of the as
founding, wholesale murders.
TIL CONDITION OF hi CATTLE.
The cattle, between thirty and forty in
number, were in a pitiable condition. The
poor creatures were rsFenous from thirst
and hunger. They were attended to as
speedily as possible, and in such a man
ner as humanity dictated.
h PROBABLE MURDERER.
The person who Is supposed to have
committed the horrible deed is a German,
who has been in the employ Of Mr.. Deer
ing but a short time. He attended to the
cattle and horses, and assisted his employ
er in various other ways about the place.
He had been there so short a time that
none of the persons on the ~neighboring
farms had the least acquaintance with him;
| III 4dCLr Jul u u uuulDtI Va aOLuGTS WIN
resided near, and with whom we conversed,
moi one of them could give anything near
a full description of him. But it seems
that, without doubt, he was about twenty
i've years of age; that he wore a nous
tache, and weighed about $50 or 40
pounds. Some said that he was tall,
with dark hair and moustache,
while others said he was of me-
dunn size, stoutly built, and
with light hair and moustache. 1t was of
! general belief that the man had been in
the army, but as to the regiment he was
connected with, or n yother facts tending
in that direction, not one appeared to
have the slightest knowledge. A pair of
light-blue army pants were found in the
house, which, it is believed, was the prop
erty of the German. A pair of shoes,
covered with mud, were also found in the
house; these, also, it is believed belong to
the same person. As the shoes Of Mr..
Deering were missing from his feet when
the body was found, it is supposed that
the German put them upon his own feet
and left the old ones in the house where
they were found. We could find no one
about who had seen this man around the
place at q later period than Friday morn
ing; at that time he was seen by a young
man who resides on Jones lane, about
a square from Mr.. behring's house.
The German was then engaged at work
near a ditch, in company with his employ
er. Since that, as far as we could learn,
no trace of him is known. 1t is q fact,
however, that neither he nor his body
were visible in the neighborhood yester-
day. We are not able to give any fur
Their particulars about this man at present.
The detectives, who were on the ground at
the earliest possible moment, set to work
to ascertain some clue as to the where
abouts of the supposed murderer. Not re-
ceiving any plausible description of him
they have but few facts to assist them in
ferreting out the affair. Further devel-
opments will no doubt be brought to light
to-day, and some that may assist in point
ing out the perpetrator of the deed.
AREwARD OFFERED.
Last evening Mayor MeMichael very
promptly offered a reward of 81, 900 for
the arrest of the murderer Of the Deering
family. His Honor will probably COM
municate officially with Councils to-day,
who will, without doubt, largely increase
the amount it being limited with the
Mayor to the sum offered by him.