The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15
AK1uFUcKY HORROR.
Burning OF an Entire Family ~ .
Rural Cabin.

The house in which Wiley Enhry
and his six sans aud one daughter met
their awful death. last Friday night.
wss situated about twelve miles south
Of CAney vile. in Butler county. aud
was . large two-story hewed-iog build
ing. ceiled inside aud weather-b'ar'lrsl
Outside. the house was built in tn
style generally adopted in this c"un-
try: that is. with wide, open hall.
that divided the eating from the
sleeping apartments. The family,
tweive in number, equipped the east
end, while the west end was used rs q
dining-room and c,ox-rooms. The
upper story of the east end vas used
~ sleeping apartments for The male
members, while the lower rooms were
used BY the parents. two grpwn-up
daughters and two smaller children,
for the same purpose.
Last Friday the father, with his
even sons, wac engaged iii dsy haul
ing saw-logs. and being greatly ia
tigued the family retird ~ rest earlier
than usual. About $50 o'clock the
mother Vas awakened by y sense Of
sullocation. and realizing the presence
Of fire she gave the alarm IL her Lus-
band. She says that, when she
.woke. the Hnr Of the sleeping-room
was covered with blue flames. aud the
apartment WAS filed with smoke, while
q disagreeable odor pervaded over
everything else. The door leading
up-stzirs wheret he boys slept, opened
into the parents sleeping room, and
when The father became aware Of the
danger, he ran to alarm his SOS, but
the upper room was then a SETTLING
mass Of FIRE, and as the door opened,
the flames. which were before confin-
ed, rushed nadIy out. and striking
their victim, be fell to the floor with
out . struggle. The mother aud
daughter had witnessed his terrible
death, and, grssPing . child each.
thew succeeded in making their escape
from the now rapidly burning build
log. 10 q few minutes after, the
house was completely enveIoped 10
flames, aud when aid did arrive it WAS
found impossible to save any "f the
eight victims that yet remained in the
burning building. A negro man that
lives close nv was the first on the
scene. and be SAYS that the cast end Of
the house had not yet caught on fira,
while the west end was being rapidly
consumed. He reports that as he Was
approaching the house he saw two men
running across field. and the report
i confirmed BY persons Of reliability.
Nothing remained for the spectators
to do but await the coming OF day to
search for the remains Of the victime.
Last Saturday morning tn. search
began, and the chsrred remains OF the
eight victims were exhumed from the
smoldering ruins. Three of their
hearts was found entire, without the
least sign of the terrible heat they we're
subjected to. while every particle Of
Aesh Was burned, aud the bones them
selves we're charred and blsckened.
Mr.. Embry had considerable silver
money 10 his possession at the time of
the burning. out in searching the de
bris only $40 was found, aud it be-
longed to the eldest sou. AMI when
was in semi-fus-d state.
Nothing definite can be ob,aineh rs
to the origin If the ERE, some sscr,hing
it to robbers in search "f b""ty. aud
others to the infamous Ku Klux that
still infesfs the wiids Of Bat!er county.
while still Others aver that it ~ss
purely accidental. I think it be-
hooves Butler to employ the best tx
perts they can 6nd to clear up lie aw-
full mystery. aud not till this is done
will the minds of the p.ople b. s,tis-
fed. The country IL in 3 terrible
state At present. aud if suspicion
should merely point /, any parties.
guilty. or innocent. :heis is no telling
what the consequences would be. Tae
young woman szved has had several
fits since her awful experience and.
- she is subject t. them, fears are en-
tertained for her life. The mother
has been in . semi conscious state
since the night of her sorrow, and
nothing whatever can be CLEANED from
her % to the cause of the calamity. or
her own share 10 the awful tragedy.
Another Cure for Small Pox.
A correspondent of the Stockton
(COl. Herald writes a. follows re-
garding the cure of small pox: II
herewith append . recipe which has