The sun., 1871-09-14
JoRs HARp ER,s anEAr soRnow.
Particulars OF the Murder Of MIR. Harper's
Brother ard sistor-Two Colored BOYS
under ArrosL

Particulars OF the Murder Of MIR. Harper's
Brother ard sistor-Two Colored BOYS
under Arr,sL
IRON, he Cincinnati Commercial
LEXINGTON, KY, Sent. 1.-THE people Of Lex.
ington, and in fact OF Flye,te and Moodford coun.
ties, werG startled this morning by the rece oton OF
the int hgencs ot ncst cruel deed OF bluod that
had been esnetrated during the dark nours vt tho
nigl,. The Old ana 'eeOle brother o. John Harper
the nwner OF Lonatelow, was murdered in his bed.
aud his scarcely less irh"m and aged sister vas cut
nnd hncked with Ratchet until there Is no hopo u
her recovery.
1ne two h; ;ot'ers Jot n and Jacob, and tho sister
III thoth, have lived in the same house totether IT.
most since iniehcy. They are all between seventy
i've ami III ht' wears OF ace, and "a none OF then
ever married or furncd ias'ing friendships, or Gu Il
ted telr loss ttritv kinsoiS in their youth. they
have been CONSUMED to srrt Of roctal isoaton In
their old age. and clLJe tenderly and anectionatey
TO each other for tnat reason.
Their hore IS about four'esu miles nom Iexnz
ton. Here they have an estate OF eone turteen or
hiteen hundred acres " the ricnest land in Ken
lucky, c,jv the reputation OF being worth over
halr million. aud live In the piarcst md mott
economical mlnner In an, old ve.tier..eaten
house, that cannot be said TO be much more tnat.
shelter.
Here It wa. that the uur Ter was committed here
II was tliat Jacob and hi8 sister rotired Gt th'ir
u'ullly early hcur last evening, and here it was that
the old m,n was this morning. 'ound cod 11d stid
cruel wounds.
John H1rper was At LEXINGTON, lookn. a'ier is
1ice horsos; or he, too prolarls, ~ouli have begn
victi n. The OH people were tne ony occufants
of the house--the &c wants sleeping In little
frame house, soma hfy or sixty feet back o. TIE
The murder vas NOT Discovered urfil those ser.
wants went 10 tho houae ahoui halrpast O'Clock
60 get breakfast. The doors beng all eccarey
locked, ard no one answering the lou and OFT
repeate suumons the people becJme alarmed AMI
burst into the house vito axes.
room l,y the BODY Of tie old man. nunr diagonelv
ser".- the bed, besmeared with darS coaruaed
was clencted, ns u ho had made struggle FOR Il e,
and ore cot ne 'rly touchihg the Il or thowet tla.
lie was tring To risO when he wla fun: back to die.
| TIE bedcothes we're saturated with blood md on
tie pillow that had hard y been pressed were TIE
| crimson outlires o. a natcnet
| Tho sister wac found by tne terrified oored poo
pc, Yin1 s'riEht In led, covered VITA ol I, aud
sll bleeding from hve horrible noun IL in the neid
| 1Ieso Wounds had evidently beta made with the
| 5 me INSTRUMENT that had been used uuoh MIR
| jacob; Out in ~, case. hoNever ONLY but eni
o. the hnc iet was used. On Miss ri 1ahcih'e M
protected lead tho sharp edge tad d,sccn LED SOW
| eral tmos. The old lady wss cod and unconscious,
| bot show ed a Ins OF some remaining vltaty
| The neigh Orhpod was mnediateY aroused. an /
| II was ot loar before the whole country around
was s9prised Of tho drcGd'ui occurrenos A score
0i ntn s;nOI IeLiS 10 - 10 Almost - l.ugtl. 10
aupre en- the Perpetrators oi tue foul deed, tut
| tie mvslerious aud sinrui1r circumstances o. the
aG1r prevented the adoption oi an.t iinS iae set
| ued tie"ry as 10 the van OF Tue murder or the
object nj tie murderors a.d nobody knowing whore
10 look for TIE G. ANIMALS 1t VAS long time eiore
| anybody looked. eniIs tLougnt tie oject was
| plunder, uthsrs revenge.
1he. esonomi.sl 2!9est perur02s habits OF 'as
| Tarpers were we'll known. TheS were known -
| hove haided no great wealth IN bonds and money,
Some idid thoy had sceu aulateo rs nuch as i2j)-
| OO1. AnG the impression was neral tuat hey
| scpt their treasure concealed about tbs hnusi !.
Against te theory OF tOOOery, II Was urged tLat he
| Louse mad MT been rlnsaekei a. robbers Ia quest
| OF hidden rcssure wouli have ransacAe0 II.
| Some OF tie contemporaries and Jureau drawers
bad been o. eDed AMI seirenad bus the places W ere
| the family real, keOt their Naluables were over
| looked, which Couid not dSve been the with
| thloves working upon premoditated plan. The
only moneY taSen was sbstractej from Mr.. Hsrper >
| watch loo. ~hic th' ugh seliom containing more
tuaa htie loose change, ne edreiuy pinnod at the
| Iop after deN0sitinE there.
IL IN not kncWn ~helher tie old man had any
| mohey on him At the tiue, bat from tne fact tnat
tue .bei"re-nissing pin was goue. II was sup
posed that he had, and that It was stolen. Besides,
| IL pluBder slone hai been the 1loc what WIS tue
necessity OF dcsptchiDg tne old iauy, VINO had none
aAnui har snc nss too 4nnab agste1 ultR- -c.n- ~
ton to have Given any alarm. OF in any way inter
tered With toe re )oery or murder Of ner brother
| size had become aNare oi itf
lie ronyeTs cOulu not ave feared ident hcaton .,
for there we're no candles In eilier Vi the rooms
snd 40 hghts were seen IRON OUTSIDE AGAINST the
theory ut revenge or spiie II was urgci tust tne
oid pc lle, u olsh Nery cos3 VI MI their dealings
were thoroughly fair aud honest ana too i"h u
ana inOLenslvu TO engehdtr uatred. So tue good
poople wuo 1ueked to tue old house ere pukzleJ
| lury Ctuid tILae nothing OF tie case Vlitcycr.
| IN" orohef OF ihe county care 400 heid an 10
quest but neither ie nor his jury could e,eir up tie
| mys,erY Tue TESTIMONY proved ntxt to nOthiug.
One OF the Witnesses ycung nerro by tire ntnlr OF
| Ntiiau FrVos. 90. hmsef iu'c roubo ny aou,rs-
dieung himself couple o. ZINES In the course oi
Md aud ritoer browbeatina acfoss-eKamlnatiln, a.
10 what clothes he had Nora tho day before, and
some other insrnlhclnt points, aud one of the ju
rors basing SUSPICION that In the secret "a
thee q verse sttemvrt naI htn seat 10 tue Yer
saiies iail 10. further eKamlnttiou
| tu-pciuh alsU attached To- another colored boy b,
| the n. me Of Tom scott, wnom old JoLu engaged Il
| work on the place ipr his BOARD and clothes ia,
| preceding turd y. aud who let nc farm earll
| the morning. tcott was tent 10 jail also. Neitde
| o. the bO,s Gac had reru atoms, sud really appea
100 yOung. dull-br iired, and inexperienced to nav
made tn sic wing of inr oceuce theV made to-da
| with tcan oncj On tuelr hands and q nin 10,
| coruse sill uubured Snd almost m ther sight
! 1urt tv seJt,h ior ,ie ctih.Ils Nti save - %
nhde Auj II VIII probably result IN the arrest ~ tn
men cmUlol ed about tue place, or so nethng NOR,
tsngib.e than appear against I &c swo boys now II
| Jal.
The fact that the hHtctet used WAS one that ha
| been hing scout tie kilcnen and ood house 10
sore tine would seen To indicate /, a. somtboJ
emp oved on tie premises dil tue deed II ~
| MURDER hai bee plotted hy outside and expert roo
| be.s, tney wCuI have been apt to tuer ow
| tools
Nc Hsrrer was buried In The lltle hui ying. -roun
on the p.cs at 8 U'ei'ck. rhe iniermont vas 10 al
| Y the isrm hanIs undnr toe superntendenca q
old john. anu ~i.holt religious exercises OF an
| knd.
The Old lady is easier to rEat. hut sul uncon
scious. 5 has tour r.c ures OF the skull! and can
| not nossO OlY