Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-26
DEEDS OF BLOOD.
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MURDER rSery"hetc
4 fearful tragedy, 10y which ''i'n,n.;
three, aud, perhaps, Iour lives "'I' 'T',, -,
bIutally aud iieudishly taken, ''Vui,i,I ~,
Lacuna, n. H., at au early honr suuYa, , y,
morning. Tho murder was uHcnN'Itu J."
the following manner Shortly MIer "NI
o'clock the ringing of bells aud 't''S ~
fire awOkcucd the slutpiuE cur ,u'' NV
thoy woro soon hurryirg g. the h'us' W
James Ruddy, half u mile from 'ne W,T'
office in the northeastern pAii Z" '"
village. The flames had been eNt'u+n'S"'"
before the arrival Of the irn dtp'i, Ui'"I
aud it was found that tho IRE h'u u''n
only an attempt to cover mp tue h'u''''"
act of the assassin.
Ruddy was a respectable man "i H.sn
descent, forty four years oI age WI" ms
been employed for year IA inc SN N'''s
at Laconia. He bad lived in town i"r /"
great period. aud his family consisted ,u,S
If his wirc. aged Thirty six, aud q child
eighteen months old. Thomas Samon' an
Euclishman, thirty-slN years Old cooN'
who has been employed IA various noun
tain houses during the summer, was an
acquaintance of the Rudiys. lie has oo'n
married, but separated from his wife, ana
has uf late been occupying the upper part
of house IN the lower tenement o' "h'Vh
lived John Ford aud his wife
Samon has been dIukiug hard at lNc
and was seen by uCighbnr On saturday
night taking down a ClUthcsllne III totu :
yard. Later he took a trunk un Nheel-
barrow and wheeled Il about mhe
through the village, finally stopping ~
Ruddy's house, where be went IN ana
stayed sometime. II appears he engaged
a room aud board for u short um', aLu
soon after the trunk was takcu To hts
room. Ruddy returned hOme from work
AT his usual hour uu Saturday evening auu
during the night everything was qulc''
though il is said lights were seen moving
about 10 the house by the uCighhors.
soon after O'Clock on sunday morning
). :. Andrews, who lived near Ruddy =
house, was awakened by blood curdlIug
screams. lie reused his SON and they
FASTENED To the spot, where they found
Mrs. Ruddy on the ground under the front
window, through which she lad spruuC,
foarfully manglcd. She exclaimed l1ck
me up, | am cut 10 pieces
She was taken to neighbours directly
opposite but became UNCONSCIOUS before
she could tell the cause uf Der wounds.
Andrews telephoncd for the chief OF police
aud doctor, and Ou their arrival MT q rear
door If Ruddy's house was burst open. \
torrent Of flames poured out, but they
were soon subducd, and the officers enter.
ing the kitchen found on the floor the
bodies Of Ruddy and the child, both hur
ribly cut and covered over with a feather
bed which had been soaked with Kerosene
and fired
Near b. in bed room wss the trunk
Samon had brought and the body ut \
woman which was ideutlnGd by John Ford
who soon arrived. a. that OF his wife. Tue
bed clothes had beeu piled upon her body
aud covered with oil, ard ueaT by was the
Kerosene can nearly empty. Ford dsciar, q
that the trunk aud the wheelOarTO" on
which it had been brought were his prop
erty.
An examination showed that one of the
womau's legs had been chopped OIL and
the limb tied to her body with GlOtheIiue.
Mrs. Ruddy's ante mOTtem statement was
substantially thus
40 All went to bed about 9 o'clock, but
at o'clock SamDu came out and went
into the kitchen. My husband also went
out and saw my husband hanging over a
chair. SamUn came at ne and began
striking me with the hatChet.
" lie then went iuto the front and killed
the baby. tried 10 get out the back
door, when Samou struck me asalu. iay
quiet and Samou got the baby's body aud
brought it out and began putting feathers
aud straw over us. | ran to the front
window and jumped through the glass. .
\ verdict was rendered against Sam0u
at the cOroner's inquest.
Inc Murderer Arrested.
SamoD, the Lauuia murderer was arrest
ed near Plymouth, y. H., sunday at .
o'clock, by Manson Brown, who passe,
him on the road aud hearing by telephou,
Of the murder, with a description Of the
assassin, went back aud took HIM iutC
into custody. There is much excitement
and threats OF IyuchiDg the prisoner.