The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-06

Three People murdered and an At.
tempt n de TO Burn Their Podie,



A nundrunlr murder or tho most afro.
riaus description occurred thr other day IN
thu ,illnoc Of Inrontn, N. II. Tho victims
werr lamea nndhy, Il carpenter, 10 sc,rs oil.
his little ann, Lawrence, and Il female visitor.
Tho Victims were either lclcairi or mutt
n'cd In M unnsamr'ed marnnr nnd thu
hu,lSe MnR SIT OH ne. Mta. Ru,ldy escaped
from tn building IN n dsitg condition nnd
viii mt survive Dispatches ir,m Lnconia
furnish TIL following iarti,uars " the
dreadful deed Tie Muddy inmil, acuricd II
little cottage IN the oatt K rts ~ the town. l,
wis about o'rieck When n memnl's piercing
screams startlcl the que, e'ahlorheod, Mr..
q, /. Andrews VIVA hte, IL reach the house.
A he rnn IL the build na Woman wounded
mil bleeding, rl, n asl through n window mud
Tell Nton thu ground al his Fec. II was Mira
kb,lds. ~ mn NIL tut 10 PIECES. Fer Coda
tHhe, take mn tomeWtcrs,' shn riicously
eried, Mr.. Andrews carried her 10 The
nearest house, nud, returning, found smoke
lNnilna f,am the windows. Tao hrrmc and
loits Wers unickl, c,llt Il, ara other nelah-
lnrs cnmr tot crs ur. nrrak nr into tho
dwelling they found otc ~ tho most f,tpl /.
inl scenes IN record. Two hcds were
blazing in hda'nn rooms, tho smsl "
k.f,scn. tellina plainly, cnongh the cause
ot ,hr nerre finn =. Tho Irr was SION ex.
tnenish,d mi then I, was sen that
human l. dis mutiirud aud charred
occupied the tsds, The budics Of Mr..
Ruddy nnd his mtan, sen lay in one
room, and in thu next WIS tho toiy Of a
MoMnn, Mr.. kuddy lay upon his hack. His
bend had heea partially covered by n tetrihlc
hloW. evidently from ah ny. l'pcn his body
wcrr other horrible waunia The hoy, on's
n YEAR c'd, had been hcheadcd by two blows
Ut tho same weapon The body IN the ncNt
room WINS TINT OF Mrs, Ford, salmon's tor-
Mef laaalHds. II was also frightfully mutt.
latei. An atiemp, had hcrn mudn ,o raek
the remains IN tthnh which stood near
by. IN factlita'a this ncndtsh dsl ositton
Of tho body tn lcss had lren
ehertcd un NJ the kncas Tho
neal and h, ,ly were 80 buddy burned that the
mined. fnthsr search rcvc, cd In the corner
II thu room n carpenters hroai.aN, which
belonged IL the Murdered man. II was
covered with blood AMI hair. and told
H. own story, ME- hnday was At
and for some time Il vas impossible 10 oh
tain ans c'cw 10 the horror, hut by great
cnot the physicians sucrc, acd in restoring
tho Il ing woman 50 thai she was able
10 speak few words ~ n time. In
ment VAS obtained. which apparently
,astens the crne On salmon. She sad
that tha, hc came To the house with n trunk
saturday nttetna NJ. and asked te stop over
nieM The Raass, knowsn him somewhat,
matte no Objection. 80, ccially since lie sa Il
that hts wife was oat ut toMn, He brought n
lail ~ him. Alter the evening hail teen
iasSel in ordinary ,nnNcrsat IN, the trunk
WIS sarrsc ap iato the hnck ro,m samon
sastns That lewonld ext IAN about II Ia tho
masa,ns, and then thry retired, Salmo, nj
hsasn r,a,n =, orrnr.tnp the htck ruoa. AMI
thss h.a4 H. ftf a a.
Saln IN WIS heard walkin about. ana Mr..
n lily went IN his room. A. he din not r..
nrs The wife 20 un AMI sooNd IN. Doh
| mn We're sitting IN thu l~d liking. AMI
thesr MA an AZ thew. lat v she heard them
~ into thu kit, hen. a little while after,
hontas samethmc ta,,, she IN to the kitchen
| AMI saw her husband Just driving his last
hreath, SAFFRON attacked h,r with tho az,
III, iaV III har lett hand at the FIRST blow,
! and thsn hnrying thu hclvc In her shoulder,
rolling hersa thu floor, just then the lit e boy
ssssd OUT. aud the murderer rushed IN Ia
su'et him, Said tho mothers ~ tcard the
hiaw which ri, ON him" Mrs, Rudiy Ivy
stu an tn. for ,cta ming death. while Sal.
lnen oaett nj, With he had brought with
him asec ~ and tho others, As on rs he
III li,sa il In thsl ,tom the house, She q On
mate her cape Investigation develops tho
lac thar Mrs, Ecrt had eccn k,llei NJ her
nWa hehse, picked I'm tho trunk. aud taken
over II III, kattay house, ami leafs to the Ne
stef that Salhca ctaoasortI to g&' Rudy Z
holm III aiSWstng " II, AMI whea reused
Kill him i'm os,ter ~ psrNcnt his s>cset he'
coming keowM salmon, who = ~ ,ca~s sd
aud n cook by ttals VAS arrested in rlNm
| push aaatng the aftcrron. Ito tod story
which. III Mrs Ra,lds TAD dssd might have
cleared him, hut hc had blood stains on his
| eleshins, and arl@arcd very nervous, Ito II
| Saic IN Jail, James Ford was also arrested
on sesrse,on ~ ,omrliclty IN his wtic's muir
| der, huk lopu'nr seelag aclni'> him.