National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-02
TIE QUzErUPL5xURDER
PARTICULARS :, q ys,n THE mAsruI

- = - + $500
PARTICULARS OF THE xEAkfUL
The New York Hraid contains the foIIouing
! hovv,hls dss.ils of the ouintr.,pie murder A.
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tuple murder - not an everyday occurrence
y any means, ana IN consequence OF report
q s.sgecy .. sasa es s s eas.nS .zxen
pace to-day caused great zeal OF excitement
TINS CITY. HE victims Of TINS drsadfci
guIcnery are John Hemnet, ais vie Agnes,
p saSa SSs1gnter Emms, egea Jour years
the eldest dsnsh.sr ~ - "a $3.50 IA. -. -,
eight years. The usrticulars on the trsecdy.
as far and As correctly Is can b learned dur
Ing the exeitement attending the discovery,
are as follows: s-s -
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| Iohn 49,. -
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shoat = SI,s s,d !. Ssis IN has ne Lsoanon roAd,
sitnatsd "a AZ ~ ovsriocI Me- W,.., lrvet NJ
Whsre Ina ,ovsrnmsns hoiis, . ,.s. IN,
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Thare q = grovs of nsaah tress n ~. y s.nes.
j fnont vhers the biossoms to-dsv xs,s ~, -
hnrsting. The grass Vac al the desnsst sb 49,
Of green, and the premises altogether shor.nr
I hrtf and "a rrNN
,. no'e 'A.-.' $50 ~ $500 100 -
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1880 ~, Hsrnns, :. =. 49,,
4 ENGLAND 10 1855. and was married some ten
years ago. Hs was considered well OF, and
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i sroso u.s. ~ IA 49,. $500.
pan Vi ininuius u'e o"A' Du''-''
THE BUTcBERT ON THE THRESHOLD.
Last night Hamnet and his wife had been
visiting at thu village Of Homestead, about a
| mile and half rom thar residence, and It
was in ali probabiiity ffteen minutes after II
O'Clock before they returned.s They must have
teen stricken down Immediately on entering
their house, as from the appearance Of their
bodies they had not yet laid aside their outer
wrapoJngs. Il Il possible that the murderers
werS In tho house on the return of the parents,
aud, finding themselves discovered, killed
them also IN order to escape. A bloody
Ratchet was found which fitted exactly to the
wounds on the head of the boy, whose throat
was also cut from ear to ear.
hoAsiss .As HOUSE AND .hs DEAD.
| Inere piank " tne story from inc Tine
the hamne.T fen homesseao w three o'clock
MS morning, Wnen tank Aekerman, = coai
diggeri was awaxened oy 9rignt ngnt beam.
ing " the Wlncowso OF ns oearoom: ne aroused
eoppenion ana they Doth nnrrieqto the scene
q tae nre. xnep teey errVeo the TOOL nsd
iatien 10, DUB the oricx wshs were Sill stand
ing, ana OUT through tns giassiess MinooWstne
glare OF peg OF burning Goals within gave
iorth an intense neat ana daxShng ngnt.
| no nVing souts pu. tnese two men nere tnere,
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upon eacn otneg speffhiess Win hol! "nen
they naa recovered nom the terror tnaI ior the
nonce nso almost paraiyled tnemi tney gave
the aiarml anu u = ieM minutes me hcighoors
lor mtes sIounu were pookIng 70 tns scsnS. "
soon became appSrels pa. ine o,eaa teats
tvn disco7erers were but TOO well Founded. The
slckening stencil Of burning bodies flled the air
and gay9 an indescfibable feeling Of fear 10 the
spectators.
,,.a,x,, o,,- mn, ,u,o,vn nrv,,ts
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II vas oagngns oeiore sne runs cooleo on'
ana then % soon Is possible searcn was com.
menced Tor podies. ne nrst body dragged
nom the RUNS was that OF farmer ham
net. IL was enarreo and almost UNI
recognila1le mass Oh human nesn. rortions
OF partially consumes clotnfng were, however,
sun, In places euRging 70 tne unconsumed 70
mains. Inc isce was nsckeneo ana enarrea-
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men's the horror OF the people was increased
upon me discovery and tne oragging out Oh an
otner oooy rom tno ruins. Ints was noosrs
cln.n, tne Apprentices, VINO was oaa!y osng-
urea. us risnt mana only was "nole' OUT
snrunKen ana snrSeieo.
Inc len arm was oisiocased q. the sEouider,
the member lying across me breast; Inc ieet
were entirety burned OF, the shin bones pro-
truding rom the burned and steaming mesh.
HE oa.bes Ssnino omen AZ those who gazed
upon the horrible spectacle. A third body was
believed to have been that OF Emma Hamnet,
tally unrccoguizable. The lower members were
entirely destroyed from the ends of the small
ribs, which protruded through the back near
the spinal column. A fourth body found was
that Of Agnes, the wife OF Mr.. Hamnet.
She was recognized by portion OF clothing
which were still ciinging TO the remains. der