Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-24
MURDERED FOR MONEY
Another Tragedy ccurs In Sui
Ivan County, N. Y.
AGED MAN AND WOMAN Killed,
They Were Found In Their Home yVeIter-
ing In Their BLOOD, with Their Bodies
FiendishIy Mutilated--To Obtain 1886
the Deed Was Committed.

the Deed was Com 'nitteu.
MONTICELLO, n. Y, Feb. 24.-Sullivan
county has another murder to darken the
| pages of it's history. A double murder,
the most brutal crime that ever took place
in this county, was committed. Both Of
the victims are over so years of age. Jacob
! A. Moore and his heusekeepcr, Mrs. Jane
Raymond, aged 90, were murdered at their
! home, three miles north of Monticello, by
! first being shot with a 81 caliber revolver
and hen being cut and horribly mutilated
with a barn shovel.
1t is supposed that the motive for the
terrible crime was money, although they
were poor, and their only income was q
monthly pension of S12. A few days be-
fore Mr. Moore was murdered he received
three months back pension.
William Beehe, young man and a
neighbor Of the murdered couple, went to
the house with n basket of potatoes that
! he intended to give to the old people
After knocking and receiving no answer
/ he opened the door and was Mortified at
| the sight he lSeheld.
Lying PROSTATE upon his back on the
| floor, both arms outstretched, was Mr..
| Moore, his face so badly covered with blood
| that it was almost unrecognzable. Just
| beneath the left ear was bullet hole made
! by ball from 80 caliber revolver. Not
two feet away from him lay the dead body
| of the old lady, more terrible in aspect than
that Of the old man.
Murderer Used a Barn Shovel.
The murderer had taken barn shovel
and struck her just below the left ear, cut
/ ting deep cash about three inches long,
| which probably knocked her down, and he
| then struck her in the mouth with his
murderous instrument, lacerating the flesh
l. 1T
! bone The murderer then cut two big
gashes in her throat, and a number of 9th
er bruises indicate that she lay face upward
on the floor after the first blow on the side
of her jaw was struck.
Beside her lay handkerchief thicllly
covered with blood. The clothes of both
We're covered with blood, as were also the
chairs, while large pools of blood had
formed underneath their bodies.
! The stove, chairs and cots were hespat-
/ tered with blood and beaS. evidence of the
desperate struggle which must have taken
place. Beside the old man lay his cane,
which he had undoubtedly grabbed to pro-
tect himself. Two snots had been fired
from the outside. One had apparently
been fired through the door and the other
through the window, the latter undoubt-
eddy being the one which lodge in the old
gentleman's neck. The ball fired through
the door was found upon the floor.
The deed was probably committed as the
old people were getting ready t. retire for
the night, as the man had taken Off his
coat and boots, and the old lady had re-
moved her shoes and set them near the
stove. Shavings and kIndling were near
the stove ready for the building of the fire
in the morning, and the beds were undis-
turbud
The house in which they lived is a two
story structure. The first story contains
four rooms one of which is small bed
room. In this room they kept their trunk,
which had been burst open and the con-
tents thrown out as though in search of
money. One of the old mans pants pock-
cts bore bloody fngerprints, aud the in
side dooFknob was covered with blood.
The coroner has subp9naed Il jury. He
will hold an inquest today. The blood is
so thick on the victims that it is impossi
BILE to determine TO any certainty the full
extent of the mutilations.