The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-27
DARK DEEDS.
THE ANDERSON TRAGEDY.
Facts that are Stranger than Fiction.
The Scene of the Mowson Murder.
1NrrRytEw WITH THE MOTHER.

TIE HISTORY eP THE MURDER or ALbsHl
NowsoN AS PAR AS KNowN-THE BROTHER
TuorsFr TO BE THE GUILTY ONE, AND HIS
MOTHER THOUGHT TO BE AN ACCOMPLlCh-
SIZE ~ RELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN coGNlZANT
OF SEVEN MURDERS DURING HEB LIFE
THE INVESTIGATION At ANDEkSoN-ihE
HOUSE OF MRS. MowsoN AND Aom - -
LOOK ED INsIDE-A DREAkh fhACS' III HON
DEEDS OF VIOLENCE.
special Correspondence Of the Sentinel
ANDERSON, IND, Oct. %. 1874.
The recent Perkins murder in CINCINNATI
was said to be the most outrageous and un-
natural one ever committed. The Mowson
murder st Anderson is developing into an
affair more diabolical by ten-fold than the
Cincinnati one; and what is still worse, the
one of which 1 speak is put an
opening into long years OF crime. huIhors
too strong to be thrown aside on the grounu
of excitement over the late murder, are Pill
ing up, to make this woman's lie one 'uae
has been connected with dark deeds 1Or
wears past. Your correspondents arrived
here this morning and found large num-
her of citizens about corners dlscu Sslng
the murder of Albert Mowson that
has laid quiet since last July. A gen,
eraI compliment was paid the Sentinel
on it's excellent special telegram of the af-
fair in this mornings paper. Public opln-
ion was but one way, and that was. tnat
crime for which they were being held under
guard in the Stillwell House. The follow
ing
HISTORY OF THE FAMILY
learned from neighbors and responsible
people of Anderson. OF course some parts
of it are but rumors based on those facts
which will be given in mentioning incl
dents. Enough are known TO be true TO
make a most astounding catalogue OF crime.
Mrs, Mowson was born and raised in Madi-
son county. She Is now nfty-seven years of
AGE and has had nine children oY her
two husbands. Her first husband was a
Mr.. Hoppis, poor farmer, who lived
within q few miles o. the present homestead.
HoPPIs DIED
many years ago, and the rumors in regard
to his death being caused by her seems only
to have originated in imagination. She had
four children by this man, two boys and
two girls. They are scattered over the
country and no one knew just where, with
the exception of one daughter, who also
married man named Hoppis, but afIerward
became
Low-DowN sTRUMPET,
and isnow supposed to be living in Kansas.
This.girl's husband was
BEArEN TO DEATH
with a club on this i'll fated farm seven years
and a man named Clark was found
guilty. of the crime and
HANGED FoRIT.
9nerumor is, that Mowson on his death bed
a few years since,
CONFESSED THAT HE KILLED HoPPIs,
and that Clark was an innocent man
once, and rumOr has 1T, thai
HE KILLED THIS CHILD.
Tire old woman was married to Mewsor
nearly thirty years ago, aud by him had FIVE
children, one of whom died as stated above
Mcws0n died four years ago, and the pbysi
-cians say that they left him one evening
almost well, but on returning the rex
morning
FOUND HIM DEAD.
One of the daughters had an illegitimGtt
child one year ago this fall, aud on the same
night it was born il was found on the outside
OF the fence
cHoKED TO DEATH.
An inquest was held and tbs jury found bel
guilty but she escaped justice and has no
been seen since. Shortly before this tn,
body OF a man was found in the road run
ming by the house with
MS SKULL BADLY. FRACTURED.
No cluo to his death was ever obtaineS
or even his name learned. And
now comes this most horrible of all
THE MURDER OF TIE BOY
vino 10 said 70 have been the
only good one in the family by all whc
knew hin. The other two children by Now
son are Tom, the one arrested who is q
years OF age, married and lives idly in Henr,
county. and a girl about seventeen who il
still living with her mother. The abov'
is a condensed statement of facts and the
runners founded on them FoGr of the cases
are proven TO be foul work and the balance
look suspicious.
AfDsr some trouble an interview with
Mrs. Movsson was obtained by your cores
pondent. in company with Mr. Lee NJ
Trees. She said that she bad been sick dur
ing the night and did not feel Ike talking
After little conversation on outside topics
She told in parts the following: 'I am nC
more guilty OF Abbie's murder than you are
Trees. You know he was going with thai
Emmy Lane and did not Ike him to do it,
He said he was going away that night of
THE nth OF JULY
and told me to leave his clothing at Toms
house, over in Henry county, aud he would
ge. them there. From that time didnot see
him again until he was taken OUT of the well
don't remember whether Tom was home
that night or not, or whether be was home
for week before or not. OF couEse II
would not do for me to say, and have it go
in the paper that say the Lanes did that
murder. 1t is NV opinion that they die it,
end now trying to put 1t on TO nae. Why,
what would want 10 kill him tor. Don't
you know that l would be Left alone If he
was gomez Do you suppose that " wsnted to
be alone? Why, young man, am no more
guilty than you are. Yes, L
did deed him the property
but it was not recorded. It made Tom mad
because he thought Abbie would marry that
Emmy Lane, and then they would drive us
all away. 1 took the deed away from him
and burnt it up about a week before the
night hs went away. Now what have told
you is about what told at the inquest.
can't talk any more, for every time L open
my ewes NV head faala % fhnnul it would