The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-25
CRIME
Quadruple Murder at Vincennes.
A Family Butchered While Asleep.
National Associated Press to the Star.

National Associated Press to the Star
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-Full accounts of
the murder of the Vansalet family, near
Vincennes, Ind, Wednesday night, show it
TO have been one of the most brutal IN ur
ders on record. John Vansalet who is a
French farmer, his wife and two children,
were found at an early hour yesterday
morning weltering in their blood, with their
heads lald open by the edge of a chopping
ak, IN their house, a short distance from
Vincennes. The first knowledge of the oc-
currence of the terrible tragedy was gained
| Dy nelghbor of the murdered family. A
farm hand named Provost, living with Van
salet, aroused this neighbor about o clock
Yesterday morning, appearing with only a
torn shirt and pants covered with blood,
and in hardly Ineligible English said
there had been terrible row at Vansalet's
housei that men came in and attacked
everybody, and he had escaped by jumping
| through the window.
After daylight the neighbors, with others,
| repaired to Vansalet's house and discovered
the two sons lying in their bed with their
heads cut open, the father lying in the
doorway which separated the boys room
from his, dead and terribly disfgured, and
IN the bed where he had left his wife to go
o iSoSu uC vi tle DOy >, HIS WIG Was lOuHu
butchered in the same horrible manner as
the others. An examination of the window
where Provost alleged he had jumped
through, showed it covered with cobwebs
ana set so firmly in the frame that it was
almost impossible to raise it. The excite
ment IN Vincennes became intense as news
OF the brutal butchery spread.
lhree axes and pruning fork were
found in the rooms. All of them had blood
on them, but only one axe bore evidence of
having been used in the bloody massacre.
1t had blood and hair on it. The others
only had blood on the sides-not on the
edge or poll. The two boys were discovered
In their BEDS their heads horribly crushed
and gashed. There seemed to have been no
struggle upon their part.
The old lady was ON her bed, with five
CHASTITY cuts on her face and head and one
across the throat, severing the jngular
vein, as if done with knife.
The floor ran with blood, bed clothes
were soaked with it, walls and ceilings
spattered with blood and brains; it looked
like slaughterhouse.
The CorOner's jury is in session this
morning, and strong hints are made of
lynching Provost, as all the circumstances
point to him as the murderer. He came
recently from France and could speak En-
glish but imperfectly. Vansalet had re-
Gently drawn 500 or more from the bank,
with which he intended visiting his native
France, and Provost, aware of this fact, is
supposed to have perpetrated this whole
sale butchery to secure the money.
NOW FOR THE PEN1rENTGARY.
BosToN, MASS, Oct. 25.-In the trial of the
Boston & Albany Railroad, at Dedham,
Mass, before Judge Colburn, on the charge
of manslaughter, in killing Anrietta Law
ramie, of Wayland, and Phoebe r. Bell
more, al Stakes Crossing October 4th, 1877,
by the collision of a train with the buggy in
which they were riding, the jury returned,
this morning, verdict of guilty The case
goes to the Supreme Court on exceptions.
COULD NOT BEAT THE COMPANY.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Oct 25.-John Hannes,
Station Agent of the Chicago & Rock Island
Railroad al, Casey has been arrested for
embezzling 81, 225 of the Companys. funds.
REvENGING HER DIsHoNoR.
LUMBERToN N. c., Oct 25-Yesterday
morning Miss Amelia Linkham entered
Rauche's Hotel and called for Mr.. Edward
Hartman, a Baltimore drummer As he
entered the room she arose from the sofa,
and, as he was shaking hands with her,
drew pistol from under her cloak, saying,
"You have ruined me and pll ruin you,"
and fred the ball taking effect in his stom-
ach. She then very cooly walked out, got
in the carriage and drove back home.
Hartman died last night. Miss Amelia was
a beautiful, modest and highly cultured
young lady, and distinguished graduate
of the Chapel Hill University. She was the
belle of the place. Hartman was a hand
some six-footer and very popular with the
ladies'. 1t is not known exactly where his
acquaintance with Miss Linkham began,
but she says that he promised to marry her
six months ago. The affair causes intense
excitemcnt