The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-02

told TO make the Doctor understand where he
and rod. back to lis stser house MS mare
-. was about o'clock when my son aroused S,os
pstes aq WI. stsay eteted no
thought Of the dreadful. extent Of the crime
until hurried back with him to HIS home.
You know what found there. Across the
body o. The mnlstto. Willard ThompsoS, On
q pSG sons VIE p eoEen eT6 Sn So on
It's face, was the dead body Of my grand
uncon acious body Of the. negro, Henry Pier
son. boy had raised. who was known by my
70 my SON. who bsd eoeG eHa
BSss}Sa came ps,t Bgt there va,
day. We have always supported him, Lately
Person W died at O'clock this mofninr O' ms
The news OF the tragedy spread through
rapidly. and even O before daylight many
nelEhhors went to the house TO ofrer their
women cspe and cared for the marred bodies
the mfher and child.
Esch Tas toIp n to have been struck tTes
the worst intent OF the murderer. The women
did what kindly service they could e make the
bodies were removed to the home OF the elder
Then the law officials came. Coroner Henry
Adalr and Or. Reed. County Physician OF Som.
eTset county: arrived. and the Coroner impan-
eleu hJuTy OI IWelNo OF inc HhIneTeu helgnDOrH
Moore Baker told briefly the story oil the trag.
edy, Dr Hoegland told OF the wounds that had
baS saf death al es
which had caused the death o. Henry Pierson
verdict finding that the negroes had murdered
Mrs. Lucretig Baker and her infant daughter
by Moore Baker. in which case the verdict was
iustihable homicide.
OF the house and thrown in the snow. Then a
wagon came and carried them to the Middle
he bs " ts
Ali day LON country wagons came from miles
into the house to see the awful sSd ences Of the
crime. The axe. the gun. the broken pitcher.
insd and discussed for hours by some. while
others examined the signs OF unusual refine
the parior Tors OF the house Displayed. The mod
ern and fine piano. even the hot air heating
:Sc Ss sad sc5t %sh S
young wife had gathered about her. were
plainly objects Of curiosity md wonder to some
tho home 81 the elder Bassr. where the bodies
farmer Went There was Arranged d that he
funeral should be on sunday afternoon. In the
there TsE Sun reporter talked with Young 1;
Baker. In the story which has been told 1t is
seers the
ri do not know how many times / struck
him." said tho young farmer. All know
about that is that struck him only once. after
he fell. As We fought across the room after
had the axe / had to struggle with him be-
tween every blow, for he kept coming back at
me like an animal. his eyes big and glaring."
He struck the negro only once after no FELL
but the doctors found seven deep axe wounds
on the neRro's head.
The neighbors who remained about the farm
house until niehtfall were all Of the opinion
that It was the murderers' intention to kill all
the inmates and then burn tho house They
ascribe Moore Bakers escape in the first at
tack to the fact that Pierson left his axe he
hind. Either he became faint hearted. or else
some feeling more human than q murderer's
prompted him at the last. as he Thought OF tho
lifelong kindness he had received from the
The Bak or family 10 well known throug hout
Somerset county. John J. Baker. Moore's
father IL . large land owner. and lives In O
large well built three story house. surrounded
by many signs OF prosperity. The modern and
handsome home of the son ia ON part OF the
fathers estate There. too. large and WELL
built buildings denote the pros eroua farmer
Mrs. Moore Baker was the daughter OF
prosperous nsighboring farmer Andrew
Evans. and was educated In music, and other
accom- pills ments not usually taught farmers
daughtera She was tall. handsome. and OK
ceedingly fair blonde: about her husbands
age. She would have borne her second child
in June.