The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-12-01
A TERRIBLE TRAGED1
Clinton Jordan's Wife Loavss ~,
Going TO Her Parents Home.
Jordsn's Overtures NJ Rcconciiistfon -
spurned by tho wife, whereupon NJ
Fatally Wounded Her Parsneov
Killed His wife and Himself. &

SEYMOUR, Ind, Nov. PA terrible
tragedy occurred Saturday eveplni
eight miles south Of this city. In VIVA
has been named the Heather natiet
Upon O farm lived an old pensioee
named Josiah Foster, with his fau1iir
Six years ago his daughter Anna mar
ried Clinton Jordan, young naf
whose parents reside in this city. HI
compile had many quarrels and had ~
arated number of times Nv
Last Sunday they had another 8 q
their family quarrels and Mcp1e9
morning Mrs. Jordan left the hou9A
saying that she would not live WI
Jordan any longer. She went 70 ~
house Of Mr.. Foster. q neighbor. Nos
day night Jordan NSu1 * kL
house, and wsnted to see bis wiY1s An
told Mr.. Foster (who answered a.
knock OH the door, that he wanted hi
wife TO come outside.
Mrs Jordan refused TO 60 outside
but went 10 the door and opened Il
just wide enough so that she could ses
him. lie demanded of her 20 como
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 of her parents, where she in
tended to stay. Saturday morning
Jordan went TO the residence OF
Mrs John Kane, a 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 II she would not live with him
they should die togethe-. 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 litchen 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 revolver, Cora,
whr is seventeen years old, seeing the
weapon, jumped up and started on, Of
the front door. Jordsn pointed his re-
volver at her and. pulling the trigger.
the ball entered her head back of the
right car. She died Instantly. xr.
Foster, aged sixty years, also started
for the door, and he was shot in about
the same place. but the hall lodged IN
his brain. Mrs Foster. who was sIt-
ting before the fireplace, was sho, b
the left side of neck
Mrs Jordan had gotten under tie
bed, and Jordan, who had also poclkt
knife in his hand. began stabbing sSr
in the arm and upon the hand, tie
third finger OF her right hand being a.
most cut off. He then shot her back 4
the rinht ear, the ball going cleas
through the head and out Of the ~
temple.
Having, rs he supposed, now OK
terminated the entire family, he got rrI
from the floor and, placing the revolver
At his left breast, sent bullet through
his heart The shot ignited his cloth
ing, and he fell back upon the body Q,
his liicless wife. His body is almosi
burned 10 crisp, and the legs OF his
wire are also badly burned.
After the shooting Mr.. Foster wa,
able to go out and give the alarm to a
neighbor named fon Coryell, wko rs
sisted him TO the residence of William
Powell, about quarter of milt
distant from the place of the Tragedy
Mr.. Foster was conscious when thcy
arrived there, and told the story OF tn,
terrible crime. lie died ut 1 o'cloe.