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Tacoma, N. H., Nov. %. --ssn.ur, ~
EDglishman, aged 49, left his house Saot-
day, wheeling trunk which lie took 10 he
house Of al acq Hin,iucc. James RuidY.
He stopped there for TIC night, taking hi.
trunk up stairs. SHORTLY sitter 4 this mutn-
ing ntirhbJr WIS awakened by womai, S
screams proceeding from Ruddys house.
They found Mrs. Rudy lying on the
ground under the front window, through
which she had made a desperate leap. She
was bleedingprofusey and was unable to rise.
On entering the house flames burst out fr Jm
the doors and windows, but were soon rx
tinguished. The oficcrs found lying upon
the kitchen floor the bodies OF Rld ~ and
his infant child, both cut horribly, aII
both covered with the contents of a feather
ted which had been saturated with kerosene
and set alire. Both bodies were disfgured
by the flames past recognition. Ia the bed
room was found the trunk mt nioncd and the
body OF Mrs. Ford, which was identified By
her husband. One Of her limb. had been
chopped off and the detached mcmblr and the
reminding leg were bound TO tho woman's
body with a clothes line. TIE bed clothes
had been saturated with oil,pcd on tie body
aud an attempt made to set them arre,
which failed. Mrs. Rudy on being qugs-
toned saii tho crime was committed hy
Samon with a batchei. eve went to bed
the front room and looked out 1T the window
saying he WAS nervous and could not sleep.
l got up and made him cup of tea and went
back to bed. At 4 o'clock Samon came
down into The front room again and acted
queery. lie went back iuto the kitchen
My husband and then got up and he also
went into the kitchen. | soon heard a TALL
and going out found my husband hauglng
| over chair with his arms down. SimJu
| struck me with h tch.t on the head. |
grabbed bis arm but he then struck me and
| threw me to the floor. He went into tie
front room aud killed tho baby wbD was
crying. While he was there ! r ed to unlock
| the kitchen dpor, hut he c'urned aud again
struck me TN the hra'i, k,r,k,ng me down.
| lay perfectly quiet. He went ia X in,o
he trout room AMI got tue baby and
| then came back und poured itath, rs
AID st'Aw over rs ami Aeut out. | got W
| and ir'd to uIen tie tr Mt wit dow, but
| G uld moi. th'n bIok- a pA, "t gas ~ d
Jumped through > A hat, bet vim wrch tue
| crime was probably conlmitt'i was found IN
ne river. samoa WaS arrested W. hlittnOht
N The road b tween Lac"niu sud Plymouth.
He did not iei st arcs. There eng II eus-
piclOn avaiusr FJru, the hu>lsuIuf tie uILr-
dered woman, lie was also urr sled. Sevcr1l
suspicious circumstances tci d to show his
guilt Al Furl's aid Sauon's there was no
violence of Mr.. Ford's murder, AID it is
thought her death vas uccd,ntnl, at Samon's
hands that wishing to COS ceal the body he
took It down sals in the lfuuk ami
thence TO Ruddy's, whence pcihspshc could
carry it from ms house during the night /;
that Ru1dy refused to assist Inn, when the
struggle er sued. The suppostion is that
Mrs. Ford died either from s'rangulation %
drugging, as she frequently INDUCED in
stfoug drink. Great excitement prevails aud
Tears are entertained that q vigilance commit
tee will be organized and the prisoner be
lyuched. Samon is in Jail at Plymouth.
Hc denies all knowledge of the affair aud
and says his arrest was a perfect surprise.
Samon has never hccn regarded as vicious,
even when intoxicated. AT a late hour to-
night Mrs. Ruddy's condition was no wofse
Samon had boarded with Ford, but had
arranged with Rudy to take board at the
latter's house.