The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-11-30
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Clinton Jordan's Wife Leaves Him,
Going to Her Parents Home.
Jordan's Overtures Of Reconciliation Was
spurned by the Wife, whereupon He
Fatally Wounded Her Parents,
Killed His wife and Himself.

SEYMOUR, Ind, Nov. 27.-A terrible
tragedy occurred Saturday evening
eight miles south of this city, in what
has been named the Heathen nation.
Upon a farm lived an old pensioner
named Josiah Foster, with his family.
Six years ago his daughter Anna mar
ried Clinton Jordan, young man
whose parents reside in this city. The
compile had many quarrels and had sep
arated number of times.
Last Sunday they had another of
their family quarrels, and Monday
morning Mrs. Jordan left the house,
saying that she would not live with
Jordan any longer. She went to the
house Of Mr.. Foster, neighbor. Mon
day night Jordan went to Fosters
house, and wsnted to see his wife, aud
told Mr.. Foster (who answered the
knock on the door) that he wanted his
wife to come outside.
Mrs Jordan refused to go outside,
but went to the door and opened 1t
just wide enough so that she could see
him. He demanded of her to come
home, which she refused, and he then
asked her to come outside. This she
also refused to do, telling Mr.. Foster
that she was afraid to go outside for
fear he would kill her, as he had
threatened to do SO upon several occa-
sions Jordan left the house. The
next morning Mrs. Jordan went to the
home CT her parents, where she in
tended to stay. Saturday morning
Jordan went to the residence Of
Mrs John Kane, sister-in-law, and
stayed all day. In the evening he
wanted her to go to the residence of
her father and persuade her sister to
come and live with him again, saying
that if she would not live with him
they should die together. Mrs. Kane
refused to go, and Jordan left the
house. After leaving Mrs. Kane he
cut across the country to the residence
of his father-in-law, Josiah Foster, and
going in at the kitchen door he en-
tered the sitting-room, in which were
Mr.. Foster, his wife, Anna Jordan and
her sister Cora After entering the
room he pulled out a revolver, Cora,
whe is seventeen years old, seeing the
weapon, jumped up and started out of
the front door. Jordan pointed his re-
volver at her and, pulling the trigger,
the ball entered her head back of the
right ear. She died instantly. Mr..
Foster, aged sixty years, also started
for the door, and he was shot in about
the same place, but the ball lodged in
his brain. Mrs. Foster, who was sit
ting before the fireplace, was shot in
the left side of neck
| Mrs. Jordan had gotten under the
| bed, and Jordan, who had also a pocket
knife in his hand. began stabbing he,
in the arm and upon the hand, the
third finger of her right hand being al
most cut off. He then shot her back o.
the rinht ear, the ball going cleal
through the head and out of the left
temple.
Having, as he supposed, now ex
terminated the entire family, he got VI
from the floor and, placing the revolve
at his left breast, sent a bullet through
his heart The shot ignited his cloth
ing, and he fell back upon the body o
his lifeless wife. His body is almos
burned to a crisp, and the legs of hi
wire are also badly burned.
After the shooting Mr.. Foster wa
able to go out and give the alarm to
neighbor named Fon Coryell, who as
sisted him to the residence of William
Powell, about quarter of mil
distant from the place of the tragedy
Mr.. Foster was Conscious when the
arrived there, and told the story of tn
terrible crime He died at 1 o'clocl
Sunday