Richland beacon., 1876-06-17

We copy from the New York sun cf JH"e
7ra the following particulars Of a mos; AorrIbc
tragedy, enacted by an unnatural and !iendl,L
sou and brother:
E.sTuX, June 5--Thc Poisoning Of tie
LarCs lHu.i'y wl,cu la, been the su1yecI oi
conversation IN tins cUutaIuuily Ior the Last
tlITee or four days, proves 10 Ue sliange
tragedy.
Martha Latos, the murdered man, reside
iu,t below Haudilo EDDY, about four miles
IRON this place. HE IauIiy consisted OF
hliHs- I, has wl!c, sN children AMI Moses
Schug, who Loarlrd with Lim. Allen, IL.
eldest son, and the alleged murderer, IGu-ut
school nj small place called Schpruntnwu.
about hail way between his home aHi Ea,i0l.
On V edneS'tay Of last week he al not come
home uuui evening. TiIe family sat down
to supper together, and were ali ia good
health aud spirits While the meal wae IN
progress two or more Of the victims spoke OF
I.Ic pccu lar taste Of the coffee Gut Alien rdi-
cucd the ldea and toD!, or pretended to iaka
swallow OF ii himself Almost as soon a.
the meal was over all who had partaken oi
II were taken violently sick. - soon as
possible neigh5orius puysiciln was called
IL: who AT once told lLc.u thcy were suffering
from the effects OF some KIN! oi poison. ~
some cases'the efforts OF The phy sicIalIs proved
successful, but ia oihers death cnsutd Mrs
Larus died about \. NJ ca Thursday aua
her husband al about | O'Clock OF the same
day. Next came Moses Sciug. who died on
Friday afternoon. At this wrltn; all OF the
rest are living, but il 10 more l!lau likely that
t|o Of them cannor last very mnch longer
THE INQUEST.
On Thursday jury was impannelcd by the
coroner, aud large number OF witnesses were
examined. Unril Saturday iuic or nothiug
was elected that would throw any light what
ever upon the cause of the tragedy or it, per-
petratur An examination of the coffee pot
which had been used at the fatal meal re-.
veaied the presence of large quamiiiy Of
white sediment This was carefully anla
wed, and asccftaimed to be arsenic After "a
very thorough search it was found that on
Monday, Tuesday or "Wednesday Of has, week
some one had purchased four and onc.half
ounces Of that aliicie at drug store ia tins
pace.
The druggist, feeling certain or ability 70
identify the person TO whom lac had ,u!d the
poison, was taken 10 the house in which the
Glurler was committed, and the result was
lha', upon beiaa confronted with Alien C.
Lar1s, he recognized him as tie man who
lad purchased the poison His testimony
lgir no doUbl as To the identity of the party
Since a bottle Of tooth powder purcha>cd at
the same time Was found III the room Cccu-
pied by the suspected man.
The additional important testimony eictcd
during the examination on Saturday was. that
the desk belonging to Martin Laros wa.
broken open. aud the money which it cons
,aiucd was gone, and that the trunk used by
Moses Schug wa- rii.rd al the same time and
ms money taken from 1t The theft Of tie
money ltit no doubt as TO the motive for the
murder. The testimony OF the physicians to
their belief that Alien Laross sickness was
feiened, and the druggists Identification of
him the purchaser of the poison, convinced
the cCruncrs jury that he was the murderer.
aud they gave verdict accordingly. Alien
denied all knowledge of the crime.
THE sCHooLMAs1ER cONFEssEs.
A warrant for his arrest was served upon
him 10y an officer who, accompanied by an
other, proceeded 10 search hls room. They ?
had been there Lut short time. when, Alien
sat up ia bed aud said. Il did 1T The room
was lhen cleared of all except tie two officers
and neighbor, and in the presence of these
the murderer made his confession. He sail
that lac had procured the poison anI placed it
in the coffee pot; that he had taken the money
on the same day IAat the murder was com.
mittcd, and that the REASON for committing The
deed was that he wanted tA-E all dead, so that
he might have the use of whatever there was;
that hc knew he had done wrong, and that
he wished Gods people To pray tor him. He
told the officers where they would find the
money, and an examination Of the spot whicl.
he pointed cut disclosed IA place where Tie
earth showed tina, it had been lately disturbed .
After digging about eighteen inches the oiii.
GERS game upon TWO pocket books. which .
were found 10 contain about $3.50, IN, sum
for which Allen Laros had planned TO send
iarIer, mother, brother and sister into eternity .
When he was taken 10 the carriage, aui in
passing looked upon the bodies of his vlctlns,
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