The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-24
THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
The Most Shocking Crime Ever
Perpetrafed IN Texas.

~ ScW uavS Sxo Suc DAZOO utspssCues
contained the brief announcement Of hor-
rible tragedy At Hockey, Texas. The fol-
lowing details Of the affair xe take from
the Hous;on 7asgram:
The history Of u crime that surpssses
cve' siainx yea h>--S - !. ne ."".is Of
blood, is substantially rs follows, 10 far -
could be gather d from the testimony Of the
neighbour and Of Mr.. Lynch himself:
Three weeks ago the wife Of George
Lynch. Who l. represented by the people Of
Hockey, tn be an honorable, uprigh, and
good citizen. died, leaving a little child to
the carr Of her husband. Besides this little
motherless infant, the family. . most re-
spectacle one. consisted Of several other
children. ranging from the ages Of ,wo
years upwards.
Mis-. Carrie Lynch, . handsome Young
girl, v>aAA eldest and in her .even;eenih
year. and young lady enjoymssheAixheaa
esteem Of her scquaintances. Her sister
L.eaaA uas aged abuut twelve. aad their
little brother Jernme, vas niLe yesn I'D.
On the night Of the murder the ismily
al rriired as usual and sleps in the same
apartment. Il Vas IN old fashioned country
log house with an L, containing kitchen,
servants room and dining room. Lynch
himself slept ON = pallet IN the middle Of
the room, With his young child beside him.
Three other children sler, on bed in one
corner, three more ON . couch alongside the
vail. Miss Lynch slept on lounge in .
corner, near the brick chimney.
All the doors had been locked except q
rear door. It ~as past midnight A lamp
burned ON the bureau. The whole family
we're wrapped in siumber. Lynch himself
vas asleep. He uas awakened BY pistol
sho, and ball piercing him in the brrass.
He dropped the child from his arms and
spranx up. Before him in the light Of the
lamp stool a white man dressed in black
clothes and wearing . mask. The muir.
derer fred second time. this time hitting
hrs victim near the collar bone. He fell
unconscious and remember no more till he
found him elf out in . lane . fec yards
from the house and seeing his home in
flames. A neishbor, Mr.. Lsdon. here foun
and carried him To Nr. Weaver, . mile
distant.
The house vas totally consumed together
With Lynch's eight children- Their little
eharred bodies we're dug ont Of the smoking
debris before the inqness. The skulls Of
several we're found fractured. Near the re
mains Of Mis- Lynch hatchet vas found
and it, edge exactly 6,,ed deep cut in the
unfortunate Girl's skull. Hef body lay
near the position Of her couch. The bodice
after the inquest we're all buried.
Until the inquest Lynch did not know oil
the fate of hi. chil.lrea. A friead 1t hia
bedside said. George, muss noe tell you,
you have not Q child o. earth r. The
stretched man borss into team.
The theory Of this dark and dreadful
crime. and the one accepted in Hockey, i
the murderer vent tn kill Lynch, and afte,
the secoad Shot leis hin for deed. Then
To cover up The crime and prevent evidence
he seised the hatches and brained Nis
!. Lynch and the other innocent sleeper, and
then ses the house on Gre the more con
pletely to cover up the murdera.
| Someeima aso Lynch hsd n di6senlt,
v,sh young man named Boslvsse, IL
eoa Of seiGhbor rssid,sG Within 80 yard
Of hin. Lysch had him sssessed 10
drawing Gua on him. Il II bat spcoedin,
fact to asass that suspicion among TIKI
eisisens II the sesGhboshood and Hoekle,
openly points 10 The young mss.
AmoaG the peoPle Of Hockley Lest nigh
there was saruag talk 81 oobbing.
Dr.. Jaoisoa, Of Hockley, ssatss tha
Lynch nsy recover. He evidsatly reene
aised shs easaain. sed HE ssssiooey os,
end sheaA Aaag Aia highR thaa HanaG