Evening journal., 1894-02-24
MURDERED FOR MONEY
Another Tragedy ~ccurs In Sui
livan County, N. Y.
AGED NAN AND WOMAN KILLED.
They Were Found In rhoir Home woi,er-
ing In Their Blood. with Their Bodies
Fieudishiy afuiiiated-To Obtain s20
the Decd Was Commuted.

the Decd Was Committees.
MoyrIcELIo. y. Y, Feb. 2l-sullivnn
county has another murder 20 darken the
pages Of its history. A double murder
the most brutal crime that ever took place
Ia this county, was committed. Both of
the victims are over so years of age. jacob
A. Moore and bis housekeeper, Mrs. Jane
Raymond, aged 90. were murdered at their
home, three miles north Of Monticello, by
first being shot with 32 caliber revolver
and then being cut and horribly mutilated
with barn shovel
IL is supposed that the motive for the
terrible crime was money, although they
were poor, aud their only income was a
monthly pension of ST. A few days be-
fore Mr.. Moore was murdered lac received
three months back pension.
William Beebe, a young man and a
neighbor Of the murdered couple, went 10
the house with basket of potatoes that
he intended to give TO the old people
After knocking aud receiving no answer
he opened the door and was horriiled at
the sight he beheld.
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 unrecognizable. just
beneath the left ear was bullet hole made
by a ball from Il 82 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 n Barn shovel.
The murderer had taken a barn shovel
and struck her just below the left ear, cut
ting a 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
In horrible manner aud breaking the jaw
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 a handkerchief thickly
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 bespat
tered with blood and bear evidence Of the
desperate struggle which must have taken
place. Beside the old man lay his cane
which lac had undoubtedly grabbed to pro
tect himself. Two shots had been fired
from the outside. One had apparently
been fired through the door aud the otheI
through the window, the latter undoubt
eddy being the one which lodged 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 to retire foi
the night, as the man had taken of hi.
coat aud boots, and the old lady had re-
moved her shoes and set them near Tia,
stove. Shavings and kindling were neal
the stove ready for the building Of the fir,
in the morning, aud the beds were undis
turbed
The house in which they lived is two
story structure. The FIRST story contain,
four rooms, one of which is a small bed
room. In this room they kept their trunk
/ which had been burst open aud the con
tents thrown ont rs though in search o
money. One of the old mau's pants pocll
cts bore bloody fngerprints, aud the in
| side duorknob was covered with blood.
! the coroner h'is subrunaed jury. III
will hold an inquest today. The blood 4
so thick on the victims that it is impossi
| bile TO determine 90 any certainty the fui
extent of the mutilati0ns.