The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1867-02-08
Particulars Of the Murder aud Burning of
MIS- rage and MAS. Long at Valparaiso,
Indiana,

Particulars Of the Murder aud Burning Of
Mrs. rage and MAS. Long at Valparaiso,
Indiana.
A few days ago VIC gave brief &C
count of the shocking tragedy at Valpa.
raise, Ind, resulting in the murder of
two persons, whose bodies were after
wards consumed in the flames of their
dwelling. The following are the full
particulars of this affair: On Tuesday
night young man named Bushore, re-
turning from a dance about twelve miles
from Valparaiso, discovered the house of
Mr.. Benjamin Long, farmer, on fire.
Approaching the premises he discovered
leaning against the fence a woman clad
in thin night dress. Covering her with
his overcoat, he FASTENED to the building
and discovered two bodies burning there
in. He found that the young woman was
severely wounded, and carried her in his
arms to the nearest farm house. When
her wounds had been dressed she made
the following statement Mrs. Long, wife
of Benjamin Long, had requested her to
stay at their house on Tuesday night, as
all the men folks had gone away, leaving
no one in the house but herself and
daughter, Mrs. Emma Page, the wife Of
CLANCY Page, former resident of Val
paraiso. She had complied with the re-
quest of Mrs. Long, and had retired to
bed with Mrs: Page, while old Mrs. Long
slept in an adjoining room. About 103
o'clock at night she was awakened by
hearing some one pounding violently on
the door. Mrs. Long arose from her bed,
and turning up the wick of small kero-
sene lamp that stood on a stand in tho
room, neared the door, asked who was
there. The person replied "Page," aud
requested to be admitted. The old lady
answered that as there were no persons
in the house except ladies, he could not
come in. On receiving this reply, the man
at once commenced kicking the door,
which, yielding to his efforts, flew open
aud the next instant CLANCY Page stood
in the room. He did not speak word,
but pointing pistol that he held in his
hand at Mrs. Long, fred, and she fell to
the floor corpse. Mrs. Page, the wife
of the murderer, hearing the explosion,
and seeing her mother drop, sprang out
of the bed, and running forward, fell
upon her knees before her husband, and
with uplifted hands, besougbt him not to
kill her mother. The 6end, however,
took no heed of her words, but, catching
her tightly by tho left arm, partially
raised her from her kneeling posture,
then placing the muzzle of his revolver
against her breast, pulled the trigger, and
she, too, fell back on the carpet corpse.
Miss Rudolph, who had been an eye.wit.
ness to all this horrible scene of butchery,
pulled the bed.clothes over her head,
hoping thereby to escape the observation
of the Infatuated and blood thirsty Page.
In her efforts to conceal herself, however,
she unfortunately drew the clothes up too
high, leaving one foot exposed. Page,
who had come into the room where she
was ly ing, discovered her foot, at once
seized hold of it, and by main strength
pulled her from the bead into the room
where lay the bodies of his murdered
wife and mother.in law. Then taking
her violently by the arm, he drew her