Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-09
FOUR KILLED.
Terrible Tragedy Enacted 10 a New
Jersey Home.
Two burglars Murder a Mother and He'
Babe-Both Brutes Killed by the Hus-
band After Most Desper-
ate Struggle.
NET A RLoopY FATE.

NET RLooDY FATE.
New BRUNSWICK, n. j., March s.
Wednesday night two negroes named
Henry Baker and William Thompson
entered the residence of Moore Baker
at Franklin Park, @ miles west of this
place. for the purpose of robbery. Up
on being discovered by Mrs Baker,
who was up with sick child, the rob-
bers killed both her and the child.
Mr.. Baker then shot one OF
the negroes dead and killed the
other with an AK Mr.. Baker was
reported to have had a large sum
of money in the house The burglars
effected an entrance TO the house
about midnight through the cellar
door In the rear and went through the
kitchen up the rear stairs To the
second floor.
Mr.. Baker, his wife and child slept
in the front room. Mrs Baker was up
attending to the child, and hearing
footsteps on the stairs she opened
the ..oor and saw Thompson, who
carried an AK in his hand. He rushed
at her with an oath and buried the
ans brains over the walls of the room
Thompson then ran TO the bed and
struck the baby with the AK, killing it
| instantly.
Mr.. Baker was horror-striclxen at the
sight of Thompson's crime, and with a
cry of frenzy leaped at the slayer of
his wife and babe. The black butcher
turned with uplifted AK from his
bloody work. and aimed blow at
| Baker but his aim was bad and the
point of the AK buried itself in the
| floor Then followed an unequal bat
tie between the two, the second negro
| appearing confident of his confederate's
success or dazed al the spectacle before
| him and not in terfering Baker, crazed
with the horror of the crimes he had
been unable TO prevent, attacked the
negro Thompson with the ferocity
of tiger. He tried TO secure the AK,
but Thompson was too quick, and
they both laid hold of it at the same
instant Both strained for the pos
session of the weapon and in their fury
they rolled and tumbled about in the
rivers of blood that ran from the body
of the murdered wife and that of the
baby, which had fallen TO the floor.
The contest was about equal for a
time The hands of both men were
lacerated into shreds by the sharp point
of the ak Finally Baker tripped his
opponent, and as the negro fell
the AK struck Baker in the face The
blood from the wound almost
blinded Baker, but he brushed it aside
and, raising the AK. brought it down
upon the head of the negro, who was
attempting 20 rise. The blow was a
true one, for the keen blade of the
weapon crashed into the head of the
negro almost at the center of the
crown and tore the skull asunder
down TO the bridge of the nose.
Thompson dropped like shot, his
blood mingling with that of his vic
Tins.
q Wrenching the AK from the head OF
the negro brute Baker made dash for
the other negro, who had started to
run away. Baker followed him in
close pursuit, leaving a trail OF blood
behind As the negro reached
the rear door of the kitchen, in
seeking To escape, Baker caught up a
shotgun from rack, and, pausing an
instant in the doorway, took deliber-
ate aim at the fugitive and fired both
barrels. As he recoiled from the shock
Of the gun he saw the negro spring
into the air and then fall face down
ward
How Baker managed to return To the
room where the murders and retribu-
At ba lNax
but his neighbors, who were aroused
by the report of the gun, found him
clinging to the chair when they rushed
over to learn the cause of the dis
turbance. Baker could not add
anything TO the story told by the hor'
rible scene they gazcd upon. Some OF
his neighbors took him TO his own
room and dressed his wounds, which
may yet prove fatal. while others made
an examination of the bodies in
the front room. All three. moth
err. child and murderer, were dead.
their bodies frightfully mangled
and indistinguishable in color by
reason of the deep dye that
covered every part of them. The body
of the negro, Henry Baker, was founc
in the spot where the bullets from
Moore Bakers gun had overtaken him.
The burglar was not dead, and the
neighbors were unanimously in favo,
of lynching him, but before they coulC
carry out their plans he died.
The coroner took charge of the bodie:
and held an inquest. The jury founc
that the negroes had killed Mrs. Baker
and her child GertruIe, and returned {
verdict of justifable homicide in the
case of the killing of the negroes by
Baker.
Insane Man Kills His Wife.
LIMA, O., March 3.-Edward Froid