The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-05
TRAGEDY.
BY a VIRGINIA. FARMER
Who Il said TO tlavs Bssn Cux'd By L'qaar-H -Hs
Murders lila VIE and Three L,ssi. cAil.
drsr, SITS Fire to the loust, y
Aad rhsa Destroys Aln,sif. "a

terrible tragedy near Delaplalne, thii
county, Sunday, It seems the attention O.
the neighbors was called 10 tho residence
oi John Glasscock by tho appearance Of hi.
house being on Gre. When 1t was entered
and the fire extipguished, the body OF h!a
vile and son, aged Z, and baby child be.
tween, were jound dead and welteyisg in
blood from pistol shots, one each In the
wife and second and third child and three
in the oldest boy. IN ST4sf'9il9 q I'5121TT5E
Shortly afterwards a shot was heard in
the direction Of the woods short distance
Of and the body Of John Glasscock, him.
sell, was discovered. The deduction Is he
murdered bis family, reloaded bis revolver,
fired bis house to conceal the crime and
then killed himself. As soon Us the extin.
Ruishment Of the fire was told him his
crimes were revealed. g, y. }fHr
He was ason OF Thos. Glasscock who lives
beyond the Farqnhair line In Loudon coun-
ty, but owns more land In Farquhair and
pays moreiaxeain bis county than auy other
ono man. The vile OF John Glasscock was
q Miss Frazier Of Loudon, member OF one
oi the most respectable families. Glass
cock was given 10 drink, and 1t Is believed
was crazed by liquor. 5'5ag ASS
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY. 5J=,$
Following /, is an account Of the Eau.
quier county tragedy, obtained by spe.
cial reporter Of the associated pres: On
Sunday last John Glaacock, well known
and influential farmer Of Fauquier county,
Va, living near Dslaplaine station, Va, on
the Midland railroad, murdered his entire
family, consisting OF his vile and tLree
children, aud then committed suicide.
The first intimatlon the neiyhbors had that
anything was wrong ut Glasscock's houfe
was the appearance Of flame and smoke
through the windows Sunday morning.
Somepeople ran to the house with the in.
teution Of rendering assistance, but found
to their surprise that the doors and win
dsws were securely boltcd and barred in
side and the building, to ali appearances
was deserted. r. i'5s ~, IL 5. 5-l,
AS the .mea were making rapid pro.
Rress 1t was necessary 10 effect an entrance
at once someway, and the first comers
coon succeeded in batteriug down one Of
the doore, and eventually succeeded in put.
ting out the fire. NJ living person was
found iu the house, but on the bed in the
family bed room. over which coal oil had
been poured aud then ignited, were found
the dead bodies Of Mra. Glasscock and her
infant son, the latter greatly diefgured by
the flames. B 9TH had been shot through
the head with a revolver and the
murderer, as if to make sure Ct
the 3 death s Of Mrs. Gasscock, had
shot : her second and third time
through the body. On the flor near the
burning bed lay the dead bodies of two
other children, Rodney and Emily, both
shot through the head, and the former shot
also through the body. In a piece OF woods
overlooking the farm house, was found the
dead body Of John Glaescock, the husband
and father, who, alter deliberately murder.
ing his whole family aud setting fire 10 his
house, had gone to this piece OF woods and
committed suicide by shooting himself
with tho same revolver used in the killing
Of the Others. G...5, Y
TUE MURDERER AND SUICIDES DEATH.
1tnow appears that Glasscock, while Ia
boring usder sono hallucination, or tis Of
temporary insanity, drove away the ser.
want early Sunday morning, murdered his
family, poured coal oil over the bed and
set fire to it, fastened up the house and
then went to the cabin Of q neighbor and
pretended to be in need Of servant to
cook breakfast for himself and family. He
then returned, as his tracks in ths snow in.
dictate, to the vicinity Of his own house
and finding the tragedy had not yet been
discovered proceeded to the edge Of
piece Of wooda overlooking The farm, where
ho seems to have watched his burning
house until IL was entered and the fire ex-
tineuished by the neighbols. He then re-
tired a. few PAGES farther into the woods
and shot himself through the heart. r z
The murderer and fu:cide was the son
OF wealthy parents, and had very large and
influential family connections His young
wife, Mary Glasscock, was the daughter Of
Herod Frazier, formerly Of L ndon county,
Virginia, and now citizen Of Missouri.
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