The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-08-17
PARRICIDE.
A Father and Son Engage In an
Angry Dispute Which Termin.
atGS with enc a Corpse and
the Other q ParriCide.
Jacob Rogers, of BrOOkileld Township,
Noble County, Kills His Father.

On Tuesday, August 9th, Brook
field Township, Noble County, was
the scene of astabbing affray ofa cold
1blooded nature. The participants
were Thos. Rogers and Son, two farm
ers, who had not been ON friendly
terms for some time. As is too Of
ten the case with father and son,
they carried their enmity to an ex-
treme degree, and the rupture ter
minated in a terrible tragedy.
To a reporter of the Noble Conn
ty Democrat, Mrs. Rogers, wife and
step mother of the parties engaged,
made the following statement:
MY husband and son went to
| 1Cumberland in the morning togeth-
er and arrived at home about two
O'Clock in the afternoon. My son
going to his home, which is about
one mile from here As soon as he
arrived home Jacob began to abuse
his wife, calling her bad names, and
accusing her of keeping company
with other men, and in his rage dealt
her blow which she resented by
lstriking him with stick of stove
wood. He then took his step-son
and started away followed by his
wife, who was trying to get the child
from him, which she accomplished.
Jacob then came to our house, and
began telling us about his wife. l
tried to quiet him, but without avail.
Thomas then suggested that they
1get the horses and take a ride. He
/ (Thomas) thinking that would at
tract his attention, from his wife,
They rode away and were absent
some time. In the mean time, Ja-
cob's wife came to our house. When
tthey arrived home and Jacob seeing
his wife here, began to abuse her in
a shameful manner. Thomas and
Jacob sat down upon the porch, ia
cob still talking about his wife, when
his father told him he ought not to
do'it. Jacobs wife came from the
room and stood in the door and made
some remark to Thomas, when ia
cob arose and made an effort to as
sault her, when Thomas stepped be-
tween them. At this demonstration
Jacob became furious and. with knife
in hand remarked that he would
kill any dd s-n of a b-h
that would protect. a -, meaning
his wife) and struck his father with
the knife. Thomas stood still a mo-
ment and then remarked, i am dead
and fell to the floor. l went to him
and tried to get him to speak but he
never said a word, and died within
ten minutes. | ran out on the porch
and told Jacob to come in as he had
killed his father, he then threw his
knife into the yard and came into
the house, when his wife said, "Oh.
Jake, you have killed your father"
when he said, Il am sorry, for !
did not intend to do it"
He was then. told by Mrs. Rogers
to go to the neighbors and ask them
to come, when he and his wife left
together.
The victim literally bled to death,
the knife having severed the femoral
artery. The porch floor, where the
dead man lay, was covered with his
life blood. Squire Dickinson held
an inquest on the following day, and
rendered a decision in accordance
with the facts as given above. 1t
seems that there had been trouble
in the family for some time, and
whenever drinking. the trouble would
often reach an open rupture. The
murdered man was 81 years old, and
had been married twice, Jacob being
son by his first wife.
After committing the deed, the
murderer left, and after going to
Muskingnm County, returned to his
home, which is about one mile from
the place where the affray occurre d
and remained there until Saturday !,
when he was captured and placed
in the Jail at Caldwell.
Ion Monday he was given ape
|liminary trial before the Mayor, who