The sun., 1894-12-17
THE LAKEWOOD TRAGEDY.
TRIED TO GER BLOoDHo UNDs TO
FOLLOW TEE MURDERBB,s IRlIE.

EOLBOW THE AUhDERbH'b TRAIL.
n Hstehst Usea - Kin Mrs.. shesrr.s- s-A
Her Dauehter- suspieiou Poi-ts % =
Discharged Fsr- Hana, sns the Motiv.
Is Relieved 20 Have Beeu Revenge
The Murderer Lsft His Tracks H. the
Mud About The Le.eiy Farmhouse.
JANEsTowN, N Y, Dec. 16.-The police and
Sherifs department are still At see regarding
the identity OF the murderer Of Mrs. winslow
Shearman and her daughter. Mrs. Clinton Davis,
yesterday afternoon. in a farm house near Lake
wood, although they are following up some
clues which appear quite promising. An effort
was made TO secure the service Of bloodhounds 8
In prosecuting the search, but they could not be
obtained and young hound which was tried
this afte rnoon proved to be Of no value for the
work. Owing TO the large number who have
trampcd over the premises since the crime. and
the fact that the murder or murderers left no
personal effects, IL Is doubtful whether trained
bloodhounds could have taken up the trail.
The house in which the women were MUIR
dered is situated on q lonely road in the town Of
Busti. two and a half miles from Lakewood. and
is quite distance from other habltations. No
better place could have been found for the COM
mission OF such crime. What lends additional
interest to the tragedy Is the fact that the two
women are the fifth Of the family to meet vlo-
lent deaths in the past week. the other three be-
ing the victims of . railroad accident on Dec. z.
They were driving across the track of
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
Railroad near Lakewood just as train
came around the curve at tremendous
rate OF speed. The buggy was smashed TO
splinters and the three occupants received In
juries which ultimately caused their death.
srha furer.I ~, Tho oId neopIs was held at LAKE,
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in the neighborhoud attended, with the excep-
,Ion Of the tyyo women who wore murdered
Mrs, Winslow shearman' the old lady was very
feeble. and her daughter, Mrs Davis, remained
n.'.l,. I'm, w ,. n'
Nihsiow shearmah' husband OF the ola iady' 10
AZ ;he funeral and cn ieornIng ~ ,hs ,,aesdv
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,,rtainsS T W tba. bs will, bo The . ns,t on. Of th.
sb.erm.n family IN ma. awav f,Iin,on Davi.
husband Of the other victim. was also 40 much
affected by the shock that IL was necessary to
conf,ne him IN a room under medical Attendance
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known to keep large sums OF money in the
mouse inns was uouotiess tne motive ior tno
crime as the house had been ransacked from
p 10 Oo.o IN hch nS sn rO, ,'' .no
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money. Tho crime was discovered at . O'CLOCK
Yesterday af,ernoon bv Rvron shearman .on ~
'e'".ua' 'e,hooh Wy ny ~" S"e"' h''h' ~" u.
the old lady. He returned from the funeral; and
on entering the mouse iound the p0dy
OF ms sister lying tace downward behind
the stove. In the Kitchen. Her head was
crushed and there were eight cuts
~ her skull. IN the dining room he
found the body or his mother lying by the side
Of the table, with Rashes on her face and neck
aud the skull crushed on top. Blood was
sp!ashed about the room and IA big pool sur
rounded the body. Mrs. Davis. notwithstanding
her awful injuries, was still breathing when the
nrst OF the neighbors arrived, but she diod In
few minutes. There were no evidences OF
struggle.
The women had evidently been taken un-
Awares and had no time to make any efforts to
escape. The weapon must have been a common