The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-14

piece of bloody carpet was the lifeless body
OF Mrs. Forman. The kitchen table upon.
which set the remnants of q neal
was drawn over the body TO help conceal II
from view. The boy stopped
started on the run 10 the residence of Jacob
Cooper, who resides some fifty yards south
east OF Mrs. Freemsn's The boy at oDce
told his story to Mr.. Cooper, and
in short time the news had spread
over the entire settlement and in
less than an hour 100 horsemen had conezs-
gated at the house. The old ladies head was
wrapped in the carpet, and under This was
wrapped an sproH, which was saturated
With blood. Her head wns Al
most severed from the body,
and presented a most gastly appearance her
gray locks were matted with blood, and the
scene caused several ladies to faint On tbs
spot: Search was Immediately made for
Lucinda and her
DEAD BODY
was found in the orchard, about thirty rods
from the house; her head had teen like
wise wrapped in q calico spxoD
and large bunch of ha
had been thrown over her body. Upon un
wrapping the head a deep cash acre S. the
left tide of the face, from the ear
to the chin, was found, the wonnd
an ak. There were signs there that hor-
role struggle had taken place, and that the
murderer hsd done his work after a battle.
Her remains were carried into the house
and laid alongside of her dead mother. It in
hard 10 tell whether the murderers received
any pIunder or not, but the only evidence
that the house had been ransacked was rht
mussed-up condition of the beds.
WHEN THE DIED WAS DONE
&c INV H,,t 81, L.
one had slept in them on Thursnay night II
Is thought hat the hOrnble Gine-
was committed just before dusk Thursday
evening, as. from the position of the body
Of Miss Lucinda when fonn6-
IL Is sure that she Was
on her way through the orchard to the paS-
ture TO fnd the cows. as a bucket full of
corn was sitting near by her dead body
THE VICTIMS.
Mrs. Foreman was a most estimable Lady
OF about egbty-six years of sge and has
lived in Pike Township for 2 numbsr
of years, and was dearly loved by ali who
kueW her. Miss Lucinda was fifty-oDe years
OF age, aud always was open-hRndel
TO the poor, and was much liked by all
THE WOUNDS.
Coroner Maxwell yeter6ay afternoon
made q close examillr n OF the fatal
l.
laoies, with the following result: The
daughters wounds are described as fol-
lows: A cut three Iches long extending
from the .hiddle Of the chm ont TO near ihs
angle OF the left jaw; then one and one-5zH
inches obliquely downward; thence bozS-
zontaiiy one inch to the thyroid gland The
cut extended backward one inch
Back of the left ear was N
cut one inch long and one half inch In
width, down 10 the skull. On the back Of
the head to the right of the center is = czzz
three-quarteTs of an inch in width and eDe
and onehalf inches in length. On the Isxt
side of the skull, and almost in the Saras
corresponding spot, was a wound " hiEa
seems TO have been made with come
irregular instrument The left ear Vas
badly bruised, and the upper part of the
ear was almost cut off. There we're two
eccbymosed spots in the left temple. None
of the cuts seemed to have fractured the
skull, but they all extended to the bone
There was small splinter of bone cnt or
broken off The chin.
The wounds of the old lady are described
as follows: A cut extending just below the
point of the chin 20 the left jaw, five iDTheS,
and to the right three and One-hslf il ebes,
stopping one-half an inch below ths tight
angle OF the jaw. There is bruiee ever The
left parotid region one half an inch il 6iHzH-
eter. A cut two and One-baN inahps IN
length, very deep, over the left EzrOtiR
artery. This was the wo1nd which killed
her.
THE MURDERED AADIES
have resided i'll Pike Township since 1852.
Mrs. Foreman was eigtsy-slx years old at
the time of her death. She was bonn in
Pennsylvania. and was of German 5escenf-
She has had nine childreD--five bCys and
four girls, the names OF whom are William
H, John NJ, Charles F.. Milton, Susan,
Sias, Lucinda, Caroline and Henry all OF
whom survive their mother, except
Caroline and Lucinda. Lucinda, who was
murdered on Friday, was ffty-eight years of
age. She was born in Ohio, always had
such an affection for her Iaother lhet She
never married, and her many acts Of kind
ness to her aged mother have won for her
warm place in the hearts of all who liyeiz
and about Traders Point