The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-04

ONE is ALREADY DEAD


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Parker, S. d, Oct. s.-Mrs. Harry Az.
collins is dead. her husband is II
zprecarious condition n their WI lit
tie children, aged 8 and s years. are
unconscious as the result OF the adj
ministration OF chioroforupsor1e time
during the nightsor early Mhis rlorrafsx.a
by robbers, who effected entrance TO
their farm nome near this city BY tcar-@
Z ing the screen from a wtnduw
B~loodhounds are onathe trail ofSl1es
murderous hievesssnd Sheriff Munday
4 and posse are In full. pursuit. =
The Collins horne Is situated threeI
miles south Of Parker. where the fam
lily. a prominent one In this (Furnerls
county, has resided for q uMb OF
years and where the eadso the house,
hold has acquired considerable prop
erty. being classed as n the
4 wealthiest farmers of the cornrnlsntty.
The family occupied sleeping apart
ments on Y e lower floor OF the house,
a young brother OF Mr.. Collins, Earle,
aged Z or 5 years, sleeping upstairs.
Makes Startling Discovery.
About 1870 this morning Earle heard
noises downstairs, but they were not
sufficient to effectually rouse him and
he went back to sleep again. not awakg
ening again until after daylight this
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stairs he saw the motionless forms oh
his brother and the slatter's wife in
bed and the two little children in the
same condition in a nearby cot.
Then came to his mind the conlmoA
ton of a few hours before and MOTTO
ing a broken window surmised that
had entered the home n
murdered the family, as all four We're
seemingly sleeping h sleep OF
death.
The boy rushed out to the stable
with the intention OF saddling a horse
and riding to town to give the 9larma
but the saddle horse was gone. He
Their thought OF the telephone andre
turning to the house tried to call up
the city, but the phone refusing to work
1t was then discovered that the wires
a been u z
Not Vet Dead.
Not knowing what to do the lad
stumbled to the bedside Of his brother
and in bending over tho PROSTATE form
discovered that there was still life and
he succeeded in rousing llirn to a semi
conscious state, but the man soon
iapsed into Inconsistencies again, be-
ing unable to recount any of the eN-s
periences OF the night before.
Leaving his brother, whom no
thought to be dying, and his brothers
wife and children, whom he supposed
already dead, the lad Earle hurriedly
mounted one of the farm work horses
and rode on 81 run the three miles tC
the town., where he secured Q physician
md gave the alarm to the authorltless
Returning to the farm horne with tho
boy, the physician found that Glrs.
} Collins did not need his services, foS.
she was cold in death, the cfilcroT7rm
having been administered in such guam
titles as to haye caused her death very
soon after the inhalation of the drug.
Doesn't Know Of Wife's Death.
Mr.. Collins was still unconscious, but
, the physician succeeded In rousing nm
again from his stupor, but he could
tell nothing of the occurrences of the
l previous night. and despite all efforts
soon went to s p again. the physician
, not telling him of the death of his Wife,
!, of which he Is still in ignorance. The
children We're next attended to. and
while they are very i'll. it is thought
: that they will recover, though grave
@ fears are entertained as to the recovery
of Mr.. Collins. :,
3 found tina the robbery had evidently
9 been committed by persons familiar
! with the house, as the whole house was
: ransacked and $500 which MI. Collins
had drawn from a local bank on Sat
urday, and which he had in his trousers
s pocket, was taken. besides his watch
: and Mrs. Collins wedding ring. and ana
t other which was taken from the dead
Y wonlan's fingers.
3 Rob Children, Too.
: The children's bank was broken opel
: and the pennies they had boarded were
:. taken and several articles OF siiverWare
? were also stolen. While searching the
premises for footprints or some clue
as to the robbers, the saddle horse re-
turned, saddled and bridled, the horse
j. coming from a southeriy direction.
a posse was soon formed and, with
Sheriff Mundy at the head and with
several ~bloodhounds in leash, took up
the trail of the horse, and nen are now
securing the country in pursuit of the
= perpetrators of the most heinous crime
ever committed in the county. 1t is
. thought that the robbers rode to some
station south of here on the Milwaukee
and ST. Paul road and caught a train
for Sioux City or Chicago, and the pc
lice in those and other cities nave been
appraised of the crime and will keep g
lookout for suspicious characters.
Had Sold His Farm.
Harry Collins has made money jr
Turner county and his property was
valued at a good figure. a few days
ago he received an offer for his hone
which he believed to be a good one anc
decided to sell and go to the new coun
try west of the river and take III
cheaper land. The sale was consum
mated and the money was deposited II
one of the local banks. Saturday ht
visited the bank and drew out 5000
Saturday Is always a busy day q
l. OIL ~ diA' ~. ~ - ~ gu III
a number OF men We're tanding arount
the bank at the time of Mr.. Collins
visit to the Institution. He was O
course seen to draw out some none,
and it vas generally known that h
had sold his property and was abou
to move it is believed that some of tn
bystanders thought he had drawn on
all the money he had on deposit there
which amounted to several thousan
dollars, and that it was then that tn
robbery was planned which eliminate
in 2 tragedy.
harvest hands, who worked for M
Collins and his neighbors during TIL
busy season and who We're more or les
familiar with the premises, are suspec
ed of the crime.
Excitement runs high in Parker an
the n~eighboring towns of Centervill
and Hurley on the south and Canistot
on the north, and search for the perps
traitors of the deed is on in the countr
In all directio from here, and shou'
the guilty parties be apprehended it wi
probably go hard with them. as there