The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-30
THREE MURDERED
A Mother and Two Children elsia
Near Richmond, Ado
OF TIE WOMAN HELD
Omcers On the Trail OF q Busy which Vas
seen Leaving the NsighbOTh0od ms
Great HuFTy-Ezcitoment o1
Ne!shbOTs Intense.

RICHMOND, No, Get ga triple
murder Tivaling in details the hiaeons-
ness OF the Meeks murder ia linn
county few years ago, was committed
on what is known as the Watkins farm,
sight miles northeast Of this city, Men
day night Mrs. Jesse Winner and two
Of her children, a sirl aged three years
and boy aged II years, were the vic
Tins. The husband AID father, Jesse
Winner, is q coal miner who works ia
the mines in this city. The only re-
naming member OF the family is a
deaf and dumb girl about eight years
old, daughter Of the murdered wom-
an by a former husband
A neighbor passing yesterday MORN
ing by the Winner home, a One.room
log cabin, discovered a body lying ia
the front yard surrounded by hogs,
and upon approaching found il was
the body Of Mrs Winner, and that the
hogs had been mutilGting the body.
After driving the animals away he
gave the alarm, and when the neigh
bors arrived they went into the cabin
and found the little girl lying in
pool of blood in the southwest corner
Of the room with her throat cut The
baby boy was found nearly under the
bed, its throat being also cut The
wound was almost exactly like the
one on the neck OF his sister,
Ali were cold in death and had evil
IDENTIFY been dead for some hours. IN
the cabin and about the yard were evi.
dences that a fearful struggle had
been made by the murdered woman in
defense Of herself and children. A
heavy northumberland chair Ia the
house had been split and broken in the
scufiie, and the pieces were covered
with blood. Mrs, Winner had met her
death in the yard, as a bloody ak and
a bloody fence rail lying near her testi-
fed. The murderer struck her a fear
tCl blow on top of the head, cleaving
the skull and cutting through one eye.
a piece Of skull and tufts Of hair were
found fully eight feet from The body.
On one Of cher hands was a knifs
wound, evidently made during her
struggle with her murderer,
Where the little deaf and dumb girl
was during the time Of the murderer
is not known. She was in the yard
yesterday morning, but as she cannot
converse in the sign language she is
unable TO make anyone understand
her. To those who first arrived upon
the scene she went through the mo-
tions Of using a knife across her throat
and OF pounding her head, and then
she pointed north, as If to indicate the
direction taken by the assassin, Act
ing Coroner Baber held an inquest
over the bodies and the jury re-
turned q sealed verdict, recommend
ing the holding Of Jesse Winner, hus-
band OF the murdered woman, He is
now in the custody of the officers. Sew
eral suspicious circumstances have oe-
Cured which convey the impression
that he knows something about the
murder. A report was current that a
single buggy had been seen before
daylight leaving the neighbOrhood ip
a great hurry. officers have a good
description of the horse aud buggy
aud are in pursuit Excitement runs
high and were the perpetTator of the
crime positively known he would have
trouble in securing his safety.