The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-27
ENTIRE FAMILY MURDERED.
WIDOW Avn FotR CHILDREN
KILLED At DEXTER. NO.
Mrs. John T~stases nrd Usv Iw"
p1xs asa Tssa s.irts the yt~tfms-
Hease Set IN fire 10 Dessrey Evil

sT. Tl0rrg. srgral 9s "a ssSeeiag 90 tfss
yssszt- E5sxfafrf from Dexter, Mo. says
Ore 81 sne rsSsss as-seif4E crimes commit
tss 81 nasst seasfarw Missouri. vas tne
rnsFasy Aa4s sssaShE Is NFes g@tss Tsttsscsi.
wfxsssge ~ Wash Yafsafon. prominent
rssm az ghlE a43sssH sssd req faszr csai-
sy@a. esis5mzs r Es&ssss s@4s partially ftsksfs-
ssatea ~ sne tssssTssns ~ safsE nsfS@s wsFs~
snts~n miles saaG:4 ~ Hasi9eFs =. IT, Tes-
.a4uu sssf - Nash Tessafsu ~ ats nsst
wsse. is sasIeF ayrs.ss for ssae crime
Tbe u4sY4ag&d AZ iay@g were gw1 baTs
sre. two girls ranging sfs age from . 10
II gear. The Tetfateu family was iss1sl-
er4g2l fFs tie rygFgaEaSssstys Some tsr8s ago
Wash Tastataa. d mar ~ considerable
ysssa a. sized. lravinz an estate, the graf
e. part ~ wlagch ~ag s@caeafsssd 80 AFz
LATE Tstt478n hiH ses0sSd wife.
5etfAzofi. his ROT hy t5e ffrst Hlss =
sp.yasfsss: administrator. HISS fa1HsF
r1efss e;f fh* estate vas rot entirely 80
fsfaffsFy ~ 4sgx Tesssssr and as result
sryerss sgssaa we're brought Yesterday
l<sxssrr Mrs Testaton agreed 10 5sss.siss
tfss salts feF eassh confederation 81 Nss'
ARD To- eaae.s claims held upIn Lands be-
hanging 20 tsts ss1wfs i. E. Teif1tara went
h. has af@5ssEaos issrss isssae iz-t night 70
I'D 5gsHs matters. aus that Nas tn. last seen
og ire wsfsw and FER Children alive
About 8 o'clock sasaxs sisoss saw That the
TaftntGn kasse wAs on fire ard Ga teaen-
is.w fkaYp discovered yhe lrndses 81 the 1--WE
victims ls tina aart@s. FigeT1s2s efforts
oss in. psrs % tsassse present saved thsfa
frxfN total destruction. ~ H w2S ttse
tzsgses wsFe bNFfsSi past recognition. one
fs the rfasiayTs naa 4 bullet wound IN the
head. and half ttto sncfnsss skslis was
gofses
r. III. T.ssatnn was found IN the yard
with thirteen knife wounds on the head
end face. shanfnsfsss Inconsistencies It's
wounds are frsfflns. Teitafon tells mary
euntslxsfmg Hfesfes ~ siSs affair. bat Silks
10 the sfasensant that the crime " as ecfu-
nalffed By two uBknowu men. He says
that ha was talking with his stepfr9tGsT
aAsssaf this. pA ysnans Of 1850. for which he
siAuwea a receipt severed with biood. and
parEartsna So have been signed BY the
wie,1~. AneTi tlss rneu entered and de.
Yssas,tssd the money, He refused ta give
1t np and the men openNd fire. Al the
first fire Taksasan said the widow fell,
and az he ran into the yard he WAS cas
ard beaten lnto snaensshIity. lie CLAIMS
"a he ignorant Of all that followed,
The dead woman seems 20 have HAD n
press tss naeus thai something would hap
ifen 60 has. She spoke 1f this Ia = neiEn-
Dor yesterday. and told Of q mysterious
visit J IA Tetattsn made 10 the house
recently nj night
The eaFcnsr IL holding inquest this
afternoon TAsfe Is intense feeling against
TettAtan ard as there nayR been threats
Of iynehlna n:ads. the sheriff has taken
him tn n safe place. a knife and pistol,
Identified as the property Of Testaton,
have been reeovsyssi from the ruins,
Tefsmteu liz a member ~ the board OF
town trustees nf f3@ruse eight miles from
Maiden.