The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-03
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"Details u The murder ~ Hiram sellsf
900 mar Audubon SATURDAY moFp'na'
show That u was most brutal snh n's.
bcIIeal aiEalf. Eighteen yeafs ago 1ellsf.
son csms from ritisneld, III, and settled
on farm near Audubon lie has raised
0 famIIs of one boy and Ave girls Three
cf these arr married. some three years
ago . man from ufeene County namud
John smyIhe married one Of the Jcllsf'
sou girls. liz was q rough, drinking
character and soon succeeded In causing
. disturbance In The Jefferson family and
arrsslnx the mother and children against
the father. lie accused tbs latter with
the crime Of incest with one Of the girls,
and threats we're made by smytho and
others against the father. smythc moved
10 Carroll County about @ year ago and
Induced Jcllrrson's boy Cicero and Lucy,
the girl accused Of Incest, 10 leave home
and live with him. Frequent threats
against the life Of the old man have been
made by several relatives during the pas,
two years.
Jefferson was hfty-four years old, Grip.
pied aud not very strong mentally, but
was scrupulously honest and upright in
oil bis dealings aud kind husband and
father. Ills son Cicero and scnin.law
Smythe have so harrassed him that for
thu past year be has been partially In
sane. AZ times Of late none Of the chill
drcn have been at home.
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