Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-04-03
WORK OF A FIEND.
An Old Couple Killed Near
Akron, Ohio.
VOTING GIRLS STRUCK down
The Daughters and Hireo "''
Attacked by the Brute-There
IS no Clue to the MIG
night Invader.

Atm late hour in the night masked man
entered the farmhouse OF Alvin M. o'one'
near TalImadge. few miles from AAron'
Ohio and in the brief space OF hall an noul
committed horrible butchery Nhen no
took his departure Stone and his wlte' oo'u
aged people. were lying dead in oed' norm
bly mutiated. and Ira Stillman' inc n.i'N
man. and Emma Stone. the eldest oi 'ni'o
daughters. were unconscious IRON 0''"'
dealt by the murderer.
The murderer entered the house by means
of ladder. which he raised to an upstairs
window. He first passed through the roonl
IN which Hattie and Flora Stone were sieeP~
ing without awakening them. Going quie'S
downstairs to the room in which MI anu
Mira Stone slept, he attacked them WITH
blunt weapon Of some sort hitting Dotn up,
on the heal They were probably renoereu
unconscious and possibly killed by the oiowS'
but the nend, not satisfied With tna'. Pto-
ceeded 70 mutilats their bodies with Enl'e'
He cut off one Of stones ears, slasheu HI"
across the face and stabbed him in the oacA'
Thcn lie laid Mrs. Stones cheek open with
the knife.
After satisfying his nendish desire down
stairs he proceeded to the room OF stilison'
nnstoirs The hired man heard the intruder
apparentIy. for he had arisen, when he was
dealt stunning blow on the head.
ATTACKED THE GIRLS.
Next. the murderer turned his attention 70
Emma Stone, who slept IN room by herseil'
When be entered her room she screamed
That awakened the two other girls who slept
across the hall. Hattie Stone arose to goto
her sisters assistance, but as she entered the
latters room she was felled to the floor by
blow on the head, but fortunately was not
rem lcrcd unconscious. Regaining her ieet'
she ran to her own room and locked the
door. Throwing bed-quilt about her, she
leaned from the window and ran through
the raia and mud to the nearest nelghDors'
quarter Of mile away.
After he had struck Hattie down, the
murderer returned to Emma's room ana
struck her on the head, leaving her uncon-
in which Hattie had left her younger sister,
Flora. when she jumped from the window.
Finding the door locked he battered it down.
Finding only Flora in the room, h9 asked
where the other girl was. When told she
had gone for help, he hastily left the house
and made his escape.
Hattie. with the blood streaming from the
wound in her head, managed to reach tho
neighbor's house, told her story and then
tainted. After she had been put to bed, the
| oeighbor calling for help, went to the
Stone House. There the evidences oi
the butchery were discovered. The only
nerson in the house who was able to speak
was Flora Stone. aged 16, and she was 50
badly frightened that she could tell nothing
about the murder except that the man VINO
committed it wore mask over his face
THE cRIME MYSTERY.
The crime is a mystery. There is no pos
sible motive for the murders, so far as can
be learned. Certainly the murderer was
not bent on robbery, for in bureau drawer
in Mr. Stones room we're two gold watches
and some money and nothing had been
taken, apparently.
The sheriff of Summit county was called
TO the scene of the murder early in the
- morning. and with posse of men searched
all day for clues to the murderer. NothI ns
. has been discovered. One man mas bee
- founi who says he saw buggy pass n. n.
house & ing in the direction OF the So
house and the same horse is believed
have Lcel found in the streets oil Kent =
! few miles east OF Tallmadge