The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-20
BOTH FOUND DEAD NEAR THEIR HOME Woman'$ Throat Had Been
 Terribly Cut TWO SONS ARE SUSPECTED Awful Crime Is Unearthed at Schus- ters of Which an Aged Man and
 Young Wife Were the
 Victims.
TWO SONS ARE SUSPECTED

Selma, December 19.-(speciaL)-In- formation reached here today of the killing at schusters station, on the Lou isville and Nashville railroad. Saturday night. which closes a chapter in the history of that section near the Will cox and Monroe county line unparalleled for darkness in this day of morality and Christian living.
 The victims were MT. Jim Andrews, aged about 52. and his alleged wife who is said to be about % years of age. The man was found with several bullet holes in his body lying at the edge of the front porch of the house into which he had just moved on Monday last. The woman was found some thirty or forty yards from the house in the direction of the store which the couple had just opened at the place having moved from Me Williams, little place about two miles distant from schusters.
 Woman's Throat Was Cut.
 The woman's throat had been out and her head beaten in with some blount in- strument A bullet hole in her back WNaCi iidu pdsStu lHtOuEu itlt DpuJ was the cause of her death, however Within the house were bullet marks here and there and a piece of the post near where the old man had fallen had been clipped off by a bullet.
 There was report out at first that the old man had killed his wife and then himself but when neighbors reached the scene they found no weapon with which the deed could have been committed and the pistol belonging to the dead man locked up in the store
 A 15-year-old son is supposed to have been an eye witness to the tragedy, but before the coroner's inquest he refused to tell anything about 1t. He had been found hiding Tn an old brick furnace short distance off from the house. It is stated that after the inquest took a re- cess last night the boy stated that if he was assured of protection he would tell all he knew.
 Suspicion Falls on Sons.
 Suspicion has fallen upon two sons of the old man by former marriage, who were known to have arrived at schus- ters on the northbound train shortly be- fore the killing occurred What the re- suits were of the coroners inquest could not be learned at this writing. as there is no telegraph station at Schusters The inquest had not completed it's labors last night. ilsi Old man Andrews some thirty years ago married a woman and to them sev- eral children were born, among them the two sons suspected of his killing on Saturday night. By a mutual agreement they separated and Andrews lived with another woman for quite time. This woman has since died, but he left her and took up his abode with a widow who had several children, among whom was a girl in her teens When the girl became of age he married her despite the fact that so far as known. there had never been any legal separation from the first wife. This girl, who was about 22 years of age was the victim who was killed Sat- urday night
 Cause of the Rupture. The deeding of a piece of property at McWilliams station to her was the ause l of a great rupture in the family or the | old man. A few weeks ago he persuaoea | her to deed thewMcWilliams place back | to him, and in consideration thereon prom
 ised and did buy for her a house ana l store at schuster's The supposition Is that while the old man had the papers of the McWiIliams place still in his posses sion the end came. and the legitimate l children will come Into their own. l The career of the old man and the diff | ferences existing in his family have been
 known 10 all those of that section and his violent death was not a great sur
 prise. However 1t was not thought that the wife would share his fate. I