The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-03-27
VICTIMS OF FIRE.
A Family OF Five Persons Orc
mated la Tennessee.
belief That They Were slain First by
Robbers-Home OF nm Town Farm
err Destroyed and 1--WE Chill
dren Perish.

Nashville, Tenn. March 25.-Partic-
ulars of what appears to have been a
horrible and brutal murder were re-
ceived here from Paradise Ridge
Wednesday morning. Jacob AIDE, one
of the oldest and best known farmers
OF the Ridge settlement, his wife, his
eldest daughter and son and a little
daughter of Henry Moirer were prob
ably murdered and their bodies ere
mated in AIDES house, which was burned
TO the ground The theory of murder is
strengthened by the fact that all the
bodies were found in the same room,
but scattered around over the space oc-
cupied by this room. II was first
thought that the old man was killed
for his money, as he was known to be
well TO do and always kept supply
of money on hand, but this cannot be
positively stated, as the old mans
money. or at least the ashes of what
was once big roll of money, has been
discovered in the ruins OF the house.
The dead are: jacob AIDE, Mrs. j.
AIDE, Lizzie AIDE, aged 20; Henry AIDE.
- years old; Rose Moirer, aged 10.
Jacob AIDE lived Is miles from this city
near the Cheathnm county line. The
house sits back half mile from what
Is known as the old Gainesville turn
pike.
The first Indication of the tragedy
was the fire which was discovered at
ten o'clock Tuesday night by Justice
L.. IL A.
AIDE place. He at once rode over to
the scene and found the house in ruins.
Finding no one near, Simpsons suspi-
cious were aroused. and upon closer
Inspection he saw the bodies Of several
people in the ruins. He went 20 work
at once TO rescue the bodies and sue
ceeded in getting four OF them out.
These proved TO be the bodies Of Mr..
and Mrs. AIDE, Miss Lizzie AIDE and
Rose Moirer. After this Mr. Simpson
rode around and notified number Of
the neghbors, and in short time quite
a crowd collected about the ruins. Hem
ry AIDE, the 13-year-old son of Mr.. AIDE,
was also missing. a search of the ruins
in the morning disclosed his body.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. AIDE, Miss
Lizzie AIDE and Henry AIDE were burned
TO crisp. The limbs and heads were
burned off, and in fact only a small mass
of flesh and bones remained. The old
man and his wife were rare horribly
burned than the others. The body of
Rosa Moirer was not burned so badly
as the others. The little girls legs
were burned off, one arm was raised
over her head and the hand of this was
gone.
Disposing of the robbery theory, il
is very hard 10 find motive for the nor
rible crime, as Mr. AIDE was n very pop
ular man and we'll liked by all his
ncighbors. The only enmity which
might have existed between him and
any OF the people living in that section
is that which resulted from Il charge he
made against a man who was arrested
in Cheatham county few days ago,
charged with stealing hogs from AIDE.
This man was tried before a magistrate
in Cheatham county and bound over to
the circuit court. There is, however,
no evidence against this man which
would in any way connect him with the
murder.
Ottumwa, Ia., March 25.-Fiye chill
dren Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Penrod AT
Lnddsdale. a little mining town on the
Wapello und Davis county line, were
burned TO death Tuesday night Three
were cremated and two died n few hours
later. They are: Harry Penrod, aged
ten years; John Penrod, aged eight
years; Minerva Penrod, aged six years:
Ross Pcnrod, aged four years; Blaine
Penrod, aged three years. The parents
Of the children took the Oldest child Of
the family. q son aged Il, and a baby
i'm the arms Of its mother, and went TO
religious meeting, having first put the
other five children 20 bed The school
house where the services were held, was
only 100 feet away from the Penrod
house. About nine o'clock an alarm Of
fire was given and Pcnrod, with the
other occupants Of the schoolhouse,
rushed out TO find his house in flames.
IL was impossible to enter the building
rs IL was crumbing when Penrod
reached H. The childrens bed was by
he window, however, and Penrod burst
the window open aud succeeded in pull
ing the eight and four-ycar-old boys
out. horribly burning himself in the
act. The two never regaincd conscious
ness, however, and died in short time.
The Others were burned until only
few bones were found i'm the debris OF
the house. The coroncr's inquest threw
no light on the origin OF the fire.