The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-05
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Awful Tragedy Near Pars-A Mother and Five
Children NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. iu tn Great

Awful Tragedy Near Paris-A Mother and Five
Children Observation-Disclosures in tn Great
CITY.
From the London Tel gra Jb, Sept. %.
An awful murder of woman and five children,
just discovered in Pantin few minutes from sPars,
is the event of the day, and causes great excite
ment among all classes. Yesterday morning pea
SAINT was beginning to harrow his field, when he saw
some stains of BIZ cd few steps distant from him.
Immediately following the Traces he comes to spot
which appears to have been newly stirred, and re-
moves spadeful OF earth, when, to his horror, he
secs bloody arm half unburied so frightened is
the peasant mt so unexpected an occurrence that he
drops his spade and runs to the Commissa!re de
Police as fast as his legs will carry him.
The crowd gathers, assistance Is called for, and
body after body is disintelred-1rst child OF I,
then youth Of IA, little girl four years old,
woman Of about 49, in a neat black silk Dress an
other boy Of H. and another again of 16. l leave
Your Imagine the horror OF all present at
the sight before them, the victims each bearing
three or four fearful wounds. Near the spot lay
common black-handle knife, with the blade broken;
but another instrument such as small hatchet or
pckaXe, must have been used as WELL The crime
was evidently committed but very few hours before
its discovery, but the murderer or murderers have
not yet been found, though there are great presump
tions against the father The whole family is sup
posed 10 have come there by a train on Sunday
evening" but up to the present moment their name
and residence are unknown. They certainly belong
to the bOUTGeOisie class.
The woman-who was found to be enceinte, and
who was cruelty wounded in the stomach-stllI wore
earnings a watch and chain, and all carried money
in their pockets Since yesterday morning the police
are investigating in every direction and surely their
penetrable mystery. Among the horrible details, it
is stated that, to all appearances, the woman, who is
supposed to be the mother OF the younger persons,
was killed by blows from an AK or hatchet, while the
others were stabbed repeatedly with knife and
doubtless more than one knife had been used besides
the broken one which was found the bodies.
The young children had evidently been attacked
while they were eating for in their hands were
found, tightly casped, pieces OF bread and sausages.
The youth of 16 must have made considerable
resistance for his clothes bore all the signs OF a
struggle and his body had been pierced all over with
stabS.
1t has been ascertained that the previous night
five tickets had been received from persons who had
arrived by the last train which was proceeding to
Paris and it is conectured that these may prove to
be the persons who have been assassinated. The
circumstance that there were only five tickets, while
six persons were found murdered, is explained by
the supposition that the youngest child may have
travelled without being paid Tor. Alter the bodies
had been seen by the Judge dlnstrucClon ana the
Chief of Police, who arrived ABOUT Midday tney
were placed in covered carriages and taken to the
Morgue accompanied by an escort OF soldiers from
the neghboring military station at AuOerVlllers,
which is situated about stones throw from the
scene of the murder, which is close to the railway
station at Pantin.
dered persons. 1t seems to be confidently believed
that the murders were not and could not have been
committed by person, but by gang OF assasslns
more or less Again, 1t Is argued tat the
bodies had been conveyed from the place Wnere the
actual murders We're committed, and buried in the
fields where they found. IL is conceived that
IL is impossible TO have massacred six persons, an
acton which could scarcely have been performed
without some noise, in the small space where the
bodies were found and in an open field. A seller
Of agricultural implements at Pantin states that an
ndil idual who seemed hurried and anxious bought
a hat chet from him on sunday, without making any
remark about the price. Two persons have been
arrested suspicion OF being concerned in the
crime