Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-16
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A Woman Murdered by Her Hua-
band and SON One SON Lynched..

A Woman Murdered by Her Hua-
band and SON One Som Lynched.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Oct. I0.-a horrible
crime has been brought to light at Troy,
Ind, By the finding OF the headless body
Of woman ip oistern on the farm Of
Peter Bsoker. The body was nude. Tbs
head was found In q thioket q hundred
| yards from the ostern. This was late on
Wednesday evening. The body, which
was that Of portly womsn, weighing
about 100 pounds, aud Of about 40 years
| OF age, was yet warm when taken from
the water. There was deep cash below
the shoulder blade, as II made with an
axe, and a wound on the forehead,
evidently made with soms blunt instru,
ment. The body was taken to Troy, but
was not identified until yesterday, when
It was recognized Ss that of Mrs. Still
we'll Hiudershot, who resided on farm
II miles bhck of Troy.
neighbor OF Hindershot, while IN
Tell City yesterday, saw tue murdered
woman's husband. He alsO noticed a
valise marked sat. Il, flinders hot. !"
While the steamer DrOillafd was At Troy
last night q search warrant was procured,
and the yalise was opened, aud found TO
contain clothing OF the victim covered
with blood.
Warrants were immediately issued for
the arrest Of Stilwell Hipdershct, the
womsn's husband, and 7. Il. and vii
lism Hindershot, their sons. The old
man and his son William were arrested
aud taken TO Troy last night. The elder
son refused to come and defied arrest
Al increased posse was seat after him
and he was brought to Troy this morning
snd placed in jail. He Acknowledges
committing the crime himself, but says
his father aud brother had nothing &c de-
with IL.
The old mans testimony seems Il
throw the weight OF the crime upon him
self and his eldest sOn. The murder o
Mrs Hindersh0t srose from her refusal I,
eign away the farm, TO which she had |
deed In fee imple, which the father ant
son wanted to DISPOSE of.
Several hundred persons were presen
al the trial, and about noon an effort wa
made to seize the criminals and mets on
summary vengeance on them, but sh
: officers succeeded in sverting the attack
} TIE result of the preliminary trial VS.
the release Of William. The othe
! brother and the father were remanded /
jail.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Oct. 10.-At
o'clock the mob at Troy took the eldes
sOn out Of jail and hanged him to bear
. in the barn where the crime was CON
mitted. He made confession that hi
/ father shot his mother, and that he on
: her bead off with an axes at 10 o'oloo
= the mob passed through Tell City on II
. way to Connection, three miles above,
hang the father and the other son, VII
are in Jail there. The mob is 200 stronl
EVANSVILLE, IND, Oct. IL "A comm,
4 nication received by telephone at 81
O'Clock this morning from Casneltc
9 where Hindershot and his son, who 81
!, charged with being implicated
8 the murder of Mrs. Hipdersh
at Troy are confined says: The mob,tro
l from Troy did not come here last mig
. but mob OF about $50 people formed
y the Cgnnelton jail aud were very thres
!, ening but did not do anything, BEGAN
il they seemed to have no leader, and II
a nen- arrival of the mob from Troy al
la nnuraped than