Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-20
& MOST FOUL MURDER.
Mp. Forrest and vie Killed.

, At the disc very OF q most foul and
atrocious murder wherein William
p. Forrest and his wife Lillian For.
rest and possibly their son. Joseph
Forrest we're brutality killed.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest and their
son aged about IS years. lived on Z
small farm IN Patuxent district Of
st. Mary's county. Their house
fronted The Three Notch Road and
was an old fashioned structure. q
story and-R, hall high. Their near
est neighbors we're from q I OF .
mile toa mile distant. They lived In
great retirement aud had little 70 do
with anyone. The last seen Of any
of the family alive was on Saturday,
the 9th. instant On she Afternoon Of
Saturday the 18th. Mr.. and Mrs.
Forests dead bodies we're discov-
cred lying In separate beds In an
upstairs room. with their heads
beaten to jelly and their bodies In
an advanced state Of putrefsction.
A colored woman Is said 10 have
gone 10 their HOUSE, 10 see II she
could not secure SONS ksat eggs to
set and could NOS fad any Of the
family around or secure admission
to the house which was closed.
When after sometime no one was
seen about the house. suspicious
| were aroused and DR.. J. o. King
and John Davis went over TO inves-
| tiRate. Further Investigation show
cd that back entry door was nm
locked and they enteFed and went
through the house. They finally
went upstairs and discovered that Q
door to room was closed and chink-
cd up with pieces 81 cloth. They
forced the door. and looking In to
the darkened room saw what they
thought was two bodies stretched
out 10 one bed and another body on
the other bed. The odor proved
that the bodies had been dead for
sometime and decomposlng. The
investigators closed the door and Of
once went to Hollywood and notified
Justice Joseph O. While. who ct
once summoned jury Of inquest
and went TO investigate the matter.
The jury was composed Of intelli-
gent citizens Of the section: IA. @.
Thompson. @. @. Thompson, Warren
Greenwsll. Claude Thompson, w. II.
Martin, Albert Wood. Jos. L. Colds
borough, Fred. O, Ponton. David r.
Dean. Clarence Alvey. John Davis
and Chas. ]. Martin.
Though strong. hardy men oil
we're sIckened by she awful stencil
shat met them whom they entered
the house OF death. Thsy vent 70
the upstairs room and entering u
found the windows down, covered
with blankets and pieces ofclothing
and light and air shut out FROM she
chamber of horrors.
On one bed was lying the body Of
Mr.. Forrest fully dressed and breast
downward. Bolster and pillows
and pieces OF carpet and grain sacks
were stuffed around the body as II
to hide II and the head was beaten 70
. jelly. even the face being mashed
and bruised out Of all semblancs Of
humanity 30 that IL was identified
a. having once been the face Of vii.
liam P. Forrest only by the grey
hairs mixed In the pulpy mass and
the half Of heavy iron.gray mous-
tache.
On the other bed, lay the body Of
Mrs. Forrest similarly wrapped up
and with bed covering over IL. She
too was fully dressed: one OF her
feet was hanging over the side Of
the bed and the other was bent up
and on the bed. She bad on gum
shoes over her other shoes. Her
head too Was so beaten and crushed
that 10 was nothing but pulpy mass.
Of bones and fiesh and hair and
blood.
The jury could not make . minute
investigation because Of the awful
horror Of the thing, butslight stains
Of blood we're found on the dark and
narrow steps that led 70 the death
room and there was o vessel thas
looked Is II Ii might have have been
used 70 catch the blood and pour IL
out. No sheets were on the beds.
There was just she bare bed ticking,
as II the occupants had been up for
sometime and the covering been
taken of 70 be aired.
Il was noticed that thsre we're
about dozen small dead chicks
around the yard Of the house and In
the kitchen was found box Of small
dead chickens which had evidently
starved 70 death because there was
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