The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
a FAMILY DESTROYED
me Father, Mother, Son, Daughter and
Guest Probably Victims Of Murderers,
BODIES FOUND IN A BURNED DWELL ING
h'"rncd Ina the Most 1aorrib1c Srnn.
'ier--A Theory Tint They ware
iirst Murdered nnd Then De.
A''"yed In tho Flnnncs OF tic slulrd.
ihg-E"hbery Not Probable,

Nashville, Tenn. March e4.-1,articu.
lars Of what appears to have becn = I,o,.-
,lDie ana brutal muroer were rpreived
morning >' ~ tAAs
:, Jacob AIDE one Of The oldest ana hest
SHOWN Ialnlers OF the Ridge settlement:
ms wife. his daughter ana son AMI :,
.i.lle anughtcr Of Henry Moircr were
probably murdered and their boiiIe<,
cremated in AIDES house, which waa
burned TO the ground. 1
Td1o THEORY OF MURDER.
me theory Of murder is strengthened
Dy the Tact that all the bodies were
aoulm ,,..,, IN the same room, but scattered
arounu over tho space occupied by the
room. 1T was first thought that the old
man was killed for his monay. ns he
was known to be wcl-to-do, and alwava
kept u supply Of money on hand, hui
Mnether thls be true cannot be positively
Stated now as the old mans money. or
M M least the ashes OF what was once o.
DIG roll Of money. has been discovered
III The ruins Of The house. -.
TIIE DEAD.
JACOB AIDE.
MRS. JACOB AIDE.
Lin1IE AIDE. aged 20 years.
HENRY AIDE. 13 years old.
ROSA NEOIIeE3, aged TO.
Jacob Ade lived fifteen miles from th1a
t cry near the Chentham county line.
INC house sits back half O. mile from,
what is known us the old Clarlyesville
turnpike. 1t was q one-story frame
dwelling with five rooms-two rooms IN
front, With a hallway between. and three
rooms running back, forming an ell. OLD
man AIDE and his wife usunlly occupIed
the iiltst room III the ell, lust i'm the
rear or the front room, or Jjailor. There
was was only one bed In this room 1t was
III this room that all the bodies we're
found !'.ES7 "a 2 y, N,-s'& & y 49,
!, Ihe e'first Indication OF the tragedy yna
discovered at 10 o'clock last night by
Justice Simpson, who lives half q mile
from the Ade place.
SUSPICIOUS AROUSED.
Ihefe was g. sick man at MI. Slmp-
sons house. and about 10 o'clock MIR
Simpson went out to get some winter for
the man, when he saw thnt Atle's ho,,se
was on fire. He at once rode over to
me scene and found the house in ruins
flndmE no one near, Simpsons srspa-
clons were aroused, and upon a closer In
spection he saw the bodies Of several
people in the ruins. He went to work
MT once to rescue the bodies and succeed
GU IN getting four Of them out These
proved to be The bodies OF NIr. and Mrs.
AIDE, Miss Lizzie Ade and ROSA Moirer.
AFTER this Mr.. Simpson rode around
notlf1ed number Of the neighbors, and
In a short while quite q crowd had COL
lected about the ruins. Henry AIDE, the
l3-year-old son Of Mr.. AIDE, was also
missing, bltt his body could not be
round. 1t was first Thought that he had
escaped to the woods hut Il further
search OF the ruins of the house this
morning disclosed his body The bodies
or Alr. and Mrs. Adc, Miss Lizzie Adc
and Henry Ade were burned to crisp.
Hhc limbs and heads were burned off.
and In fact only q small mass Of flesh
and bones remained. The old man and
his wife were more horribly burned than
the others.
The purpose OF the murder was at
first thought to lbe robbery, but # this
be correct the murder was ill-paid fol.
his horrible crime.
HARDLY ROBBERY.
In searching the ruins Of the house
this morning an oyster can was found
under the place where a closet once
stood III Mr.. AIDES sleeping room. In
THIS can the remains OF what was evil
IDENTIFY n large roll Of money was found.
together with four dollars which had
been melted so that they were sticking
together.
Sheriff Clarke was notified of the sup
posed crime early this morning, and he,
with several deputies, went to the scene.
and they are now working on the case.
DisposinE Of the robbery theory It is
very hard to find q motive for the hor-
rtble crime, as Mr.. AIDE was q very
popular man and we'll liked by all his
enighbors.
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FR0sk THE OTHER SIDE.