The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-12-07


4 New uamp<hirc Family Murdered and
Chopped % Pieces and Their dwell nE
Fired % Hide the CrInse--The lsutcher
Arrc~tcd-rro~peet ~ . LynehinE a. tho
0rsnite state.
L>coxIA. ~. H.. Nov. =.
This morning residents were startled ~
the story ii q terrible tragedy, which &C.
CURED az four o'clock. y. >. Andrews. =
nciehbor 81 James Rudy. aged forty years,
employed III the Laconia Car-Works. was
alarmed by voman's screams. He aroused
his son and hurried 20 Kuddy's house,
whence the screams proceeded. They found
Mrs. Rudy. aged thirty-six years. lying
on the ground beneath the front window.
through which she had leaped. She was
bleeding profusely and said she had been
cut all % pieces. She was properly cared
| Tor. Assistance was obtained and thed
or Ruddy's house forced open. Flames
| burst forth and an alarm OF fire was
| sounded. The flames were quickly extin-
| guished and the bodies 81 Enddy and an
only child one and one-half years old were
| found lying on the kitchen floor, both cut
/ in terrible manner and covered with the
contents 81 4 feather bed which had been
saturated with kerosene and set on fire.
/ The bodies were 20 disng,red hy the danes
/ Is 70 10 nearly past recognition In the
bedroom was found in trunk the iiteless
body or Mrs. Ford. which was identi-
| fled BY her husband. One OF the limbs had
been chopped on and the detached member
aud remaining leg bound 70 he woman'@
body with clothes-line. The led clothes
had been saturated with oil and piled On
/ the body and an attempt made 70 set them
\ on lire, which failed
Mrs. Rudy. being questioned. said the
| crime was committed b, Thomas Samol an
| EngliShman. and an acquaintance ~ the
family. a cook BY trade. about thirty six
| wears Of age, with Ratchet Mrs.. kud-
dy's statement before the Coroner's Jury
was a. follows: We went 20 bed about
i nine O'Clock. Al eleven Samon came into
tie front room and looked ont the window,
saying he was nervous and could not sleep:
cot up and made Linn q cup or tea and
| went back 20 bed AZ one o'clock Samon
came into the front room and acted queer
". He went back into the kitchen and my
husband and got up end he also went IN
10 the kitchen. soon heard fall. and so
ing out found my husband hanging over
chair with his arms down. Sainon started
FOR me ana struck me with the hatchet on
the head. l grabbed his arm, hut he then
struck inc and threw me 20 the floor. He
went into the front room aud killed the
baby who was crying. While he was
there tried % unlock the kitchen door, but
no returned and again struck me on the
head. knocking me down. 1 laid PERFECTLY
quiet. He went back into the front room
and got the baby and then came bnck and
psirrd feathers and straw over u and went
out. | cot up and tried 70 open the front
window but could not I then broke pane
of glass and jumped through. He was very
nervous il the kitchen nearly all night.
The Ratchet with which the crime was
probably committed was found IN the
river.
II Is stated that samon took Mrs. Ford's
| body to kuddy'S house Saturday morning
| In 4 trunk. where IL remained until the
tragedy occurred The Corcner's inquest
| rendered verdict that the persons came 70
their death AZ the hands Of Thomas Samon.
The latter was arrested this afternoon near
Plymouth. He did not resist arrest. and
! GERS Suspicion being aroused against
. | Ford. husband Of the murdered woman,
thar he might be implicated In the affair,
he was arrested this forenoon and remains
| III custody. Several suspicious circufn'
stances tend 70 show his guilt
Az Fori's and Samon's there was no evi
dence Of Mrs. Ford's murder. and Il 4:
thought her death was accidental a
Samon's hands. and that. wishing - con
ceal the body, be took II 20 Kuddy's, think
} house during the night; that kuddy reiuS 2.
10 assist him, wnen the struggle cnsucd
The superstition il that Mrs. Ford die,
) either from strangulation Or drugging, y
she frequently INDUCED In strong drink.
, Samon viii Be brought % Laconia o.
Monday for trial. Great excitement pre-
walls. and fears are entertained that viz
. lance committee viii b. organized aud IN
prisoner Iynci.,. upon his arrival AZ tn
\ depot. A later report from Plymouth state
; that Samon denies all knowledge ~ the AZ
! fair. and bis arrest Is a perfect surprise
Samon has never been regarded - yiclou<
even when intoxicated. AZ a late hour ~
4 night Mrs. Enldy'~ condition was no worse