The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-04
BLUEGRASS rIURD
The Family or Old Joaln Harper Killed
i'm their Beds-1he House Entered sun
day Night. and their Heads split Open
with n Hatehet

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Il With Hatchet III 5.s
\ IFrom the Louisville Courier Sept. III
The brother and sister of old Dir. job
Harper, the owner Of Longfellows was mul
dercd in their beds, at their residence i
Woodfcrd county just before daylight yes
terday morning. Who did the terrible dee
is not known. Mr.. John Harper and his oil
bachelor brother and maiden sister were th
only white persons who lived on the place
| Ihey were born there. and had lived ther
together until the youngest son was over =
years of age. ItWas an immense estate-on
OF the largest-and the owners the mos
wealthy farmers in Kentucky. It is abo,i
three miles from Midway, and fifteen mile
from Lexington, and adjoins the q III Alex
ander stock farm, and is in the heart Of tn,
bluegrass region. Mr.. John Harper was no
at nome On the fatal night. He had gone tt
the Lexington races, ut which the famous
honfeilow and several other of his horse wer,
to run. Mr. Jacob Harper and Miss Betsy
Harper were the only ones at home except
about twenty or thirty negroes, who are enl.
ployed upon the plantation.
Judging from appearances the bloodywork
Must have been committed about three
O'Clock in the morning. 1t was not discovered
until after sun up. Mr.. Jacob slept in a room,
adjoining that OF bis sister upon the first
floor. About halfpast five O clock the house,
keeper, anegro woman, went into the room
-of Miss Betsy. but noticed nothing wrong.
DuG she remembers of hearing the old lady
groaii once or twice; bit, as she was very fee
Bile, aud had been almost bel-ridden for i
long time, no particular attention was paid to
1t. A half hour after this, Mr.. Harper's man
servant went in to wake him. He first called.
and then took hold of the old mans shoul-
der, but still noticed nothing, except he was
unusually hard to wake. He then left the
room. The first discovery was made by the
woman servant, who, having gone to waken
up Miss Betsy, noticed blood upon the bed
clothes, and, upon looking closer, found that
the old lady's head and face were horribly
gashed, and that she was lying in IA pool Of
blood. The bed was literally besineared
with gore. The woman ran out screaming,
s'.u 'iio aiai IL was siVeh. Hofd Oh the ter
rible TRAGEDY was sent Through the neighbor-
hood and soon excited people began to flock
in from all directions. Mr.. Harper was found
with his head almost beaten to ielly and
ueau' :. -a,ss oe'sy was uheohclous, but still
~ o'ie was no. aeaa at noon yesterday.
Z A messenger was sent to Lexinton for Mr..
John Harper, and he arrived about o'clock.
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restieation was ;m,nes,;atalv nalertaron
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,nouoh to ta sten the o,,ilt .no, sayorol - t,,o
,olored e,nnIoyees.
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ins If was NOT the habit nt tho family r.
,een money about the hnusa Monev woo
lnaonbtedly.the object If tho ,nurdar b,t
whether the murderers Obtained anv or motifs
,ot known. 4 nocEet bool that Nh Haru,,aar
,enerally carried was MISSING from ,,;s bo.iy.
houoh nothing else ahont the l,ousa vac dis-
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