Connecticut western news., 1894-03-01
ONE MORE TRAGEDY.
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 MONTICELLO. N. Y., Feb. M.-SullIvRn county has another murder to darkeu the pages of its history. A double murder, the most brutal crime that ever took place in this county. was committed. Both ot the victims are over 90 years of age. Jacob A. Moore and his honsekeencr, MrS Jane Raymond, aged %. were murdered st their home, three miles north of Moh.ioello, by first being shot with 32 caliber revolver and then being cut and horribly mutilated with barn shovel
 Itis supposed that the motive for the terrible crime was money, although they monthly pension of ti2. A few days be- fore Mir. Moore was murdered he received three months back pension.
 William Beebe, young man and . neighbor of the murdered couple, went to the house with basket of potatoes thRt he intended to give 10 the old people. After knocking and receiving no answer he opened the door and was mortified at the sight he bcheld.
 Lying prostrste upon hts back on the floor, both arms outstrctched, was MT. Moore, his face SO badly covered with blood that it was almost unrccognixable. Just beneath the left ear was bullet hole made by a ball from 82 oaliber 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 . Bmrn shovel
 The murderer had taken a barn shovel and struck her just below the left ear. out ting deep gash about three inches long, which probably knocked her down, and he then struck her in the mouth with his murderous instrument, lacerstin0 the flesh in horrible manner and breaking the jaw bone. The murderer then cut two big gashes In her throat, and a number of oth- CT bruises indicate that she lay facc upward on the floor after the first blow on the aide of her jaw was struck.
 Beside her lay a handkerchief thickly covered with blood. The clothes of both were covered with blood, as were also the chairs, while larg. poo.A of blood had formed underneath their bodies The stove, chairs and cots were bespat- tered with blood and bear evidence of the desperate struggle which must have taken place. Beside the old man lay bis cane, which he had undoubtedly grabbed to pro tect himself Two shots had been fired from the outside. One had dpparently been fired through tbe door and the other through the window, the latter undoubt. >dly being the one which lodged iu the old 9entlenan'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 to rvtlro for the night, as the man had taken of his coat and boots, and the old lady had rv- moved her shoes and set them near the stove. Shavings and kIndling were near the stove rady for the building of the fire In tho morning, aud the beds werc undis. turbcd
 The house in which they lived is a two story structure. The first story contains | four rooms, one of which is a small bod room. In this room they kept their trunk. which had been burst open and the oon- tents thrown out ss though in search of money. One of the old mans pants pock- cts bore bloody hngerprints, and the in- side doorknob was covered with blood. The coroner has subpnnsod jury. He will hold an inquest today The blood Is 90 thick on the victims that 1t is lmposai- blc 10 determine to any certainty the full extent of the mutilations.
 MIDpLErowN. N. Y., Feb. @.-Thc in- quest into the death of old Jacob Moore and Jane Raymond, who were foully mur- dered near Mon on Wednesday night, will begln at the Union House, Monticello. | tomorrow. Subpoenas have been served on several suspected parties, and new de- velopments are expected. Mira Halliday. who murdered her husband, Paul Halli- day, and Sarah !. and Margaret McQuil- Ian, IS confined la jail at Monticello. When told of the double murder, she evinoed no | interest whatever.
 MONTICELLO, N. Y., Feb 27.-The re- sponsibIlity for the murders of Jacob Moore and bis housekeeper last Thursday has not yet been fixed. Floyd Carr, who was arrested on suspicion ou Sunday after noon, had hearing before W. B. Nevin and was rcmandcd until Thursday next to await developments The bodies of the murdered people were buried