The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-12-22
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Metre Asssulfs Cirl. Murders
Victim. Her Fstker ard
!. Mace. Thea Bus,ns
Bodies-
HoRaIBH caM N GRANVILLE

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soansy. was The ss~ne eS tie crime.
and ye-nixhf Nathan MoatAgas. .
negro. la n The State pealEsnskary
charged wiih eximInai assault. tAs
mursier of hls victim. Miss Matte
Sanders. her fasAsr. ]. 7. Szn3erx.
and niees. Irene oserson. and srsea:
tho latter crime being added In .
futile attempt 90 conceal the fcgmsr.
! The homs was completely aesreyed
+ By fre.
The crime aas committed abeut
10 o'clock Monday night. and - soon
as the facts became known in the
/ neighborAood . posse quickly gath
cred and y iynchlng was narrowly
averted. sheriff =. ". Wheeler e~eap-
ing with the neKrc and carrying him
&c Durham. arriving there this morn
( Ing at O'Clock.
Mr.. Sanders yesterday morning
j took his wife To oxford 60 vtsit
friends. Returning to his home DO
/ assisted n neighbor in killing hogs.
Ills daughter and granddaughter
were also at the killing. as VAS the
/ negro. who helped In the work.
Shortly after the members Of the
i family returned 20 their home last
/ night. the young girl vas attached
and from the appearance % tho
ground the girl pat mp hard fghs
for her life. Blood was found al
around the house. and the knife u.at
/ the negro had used during the day
+ was found covered with blood. The
bodies OF the three were found hud-
died together IN the eharred ruins
Of tho heme.
The first alarm given the neigh
bors OF the awful tragedy was when
+ they saw the house ahlaze. They
hurried to the scene 20 assist IN ex-
tinguisning the flames, when 10 theis
horror they saw that one OF the
darkest crimes In the annals of the
State had been committed. posse
vas soon formed and Sheriff Wheel
er was notified. He hurried TO the
+ home OF the negro and found him
! there bathing. He vas hustled into
a buggy and carried at breakneek
speed 10 Durham for safe-kesping.
The negro Is about 30 years old.
/ A large crowd gathered a. the
scene Of the triple murder this
i morning Mr.. Mr.. Sanders vas q
man about so years old. He was q
weli-to-do farmer. and the citizens
OF Granville County held an indigna-
ton meeting today.
| Prisoner Broush. Co Raleigh
Durham. Dec. 2a.-Beeaase threats
poured In from all sides against Ne
than Montague, charged with assault
and murder Of Miss Matte Sanders.
the murder Of her father. J. T. SAM
ders. and her niece. Irene oysrtou.
] Sheriff Harvard this afternoon
rushed the negro across the country
In an auto and be In In the State
penitentiary tonight
Suspicion fell upon Montague IN q
remarkable way. He had been help
ing In the overton family, who mar
rfed a daughter of Sanders. TO butch
er hogs. and the girl was there.
/ While At work upon the slaughtered
animals he was seen with the same