Evening journal., 1910-08-20
GRUESOME DISCOVERY
MADE BY BAKERS AGENT

and receiving no reply suspected some
thing wrong Noting the shutters on
the south side of the house bowed,
Neal opened it and climbed through
the window. A little black and tan
dog belonging TO the Casey's jumped
at him in play, and aside from this
incident Neal was impressed and even
frightened by the intense silence.
He went upstairs TO Investigate and
the sight that met his gaze when he
glanced into the bedroom of the aged
couple almost froze the blood in his
veins. He stood paralyzed for the
moment and them fed from the awful
scene.
Neal ran to the home of w. II. Dan
zenbaker, earby, and told him of the
double murder. Mr.. Danzenbaker
did not 20 into the house, being sat
isfed with the awful details of the
murder as Neal had related them. He
kept others from going into the house
until the arrivan of Deputy Coroner
James T. Chandler and Chief Of Po-
/ lice Black about $50 o'clock.
Brother Hasiens TO Scene.
Joseph w. p. Casey, a brother Of
/ the murdered man who lives across
/ the pike from his brothers store,
/ however. insisted on entering the
house despite the advice of friends
who thought the sight would be too
much for him. Casey entered the
house and was almost overcome by
grief when he gazed npon The bloody
faces of his brother and sister-in-law.
He had to be assisted from the place.
Other brothers and sisters Of the
murdered groceryman shortly after
ward appeared and remained about
the premises until the bodies were re-
moved 10 the morgue here.
The club which the murderers used
had ben twisted from a wild cherry
tree. 1t was about three feet long and
weighed several pounds. One end of il
was besmeared with blood. Deputy
Coroner Chandler has possession Of it..
The thieves must have come pre-
pared to commit murder, the fact that
they brought a club with them attest
ing to this belief. In the store was a
hatchet and other weapons with which
the couple could have been killed. Be
cause of the fact the authorities be-
lieve that the aged couple had been
deliberately killed while they slept.
The murderers hust have been giants
in strength as the club had been twist
ed off a tree and not cut
Couple Retired Early.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casey usually retired
early in the evening, generally be-
tween s and O'Clock. Joseph Casey,
, the brother living opposite the store,
noted that the store was closed and
the lights out about $50 o'clock last
F.-I,k al ~. &c urffn hut
r the folks across the road had retired
early He also noticed that the store
, was not open at the usual hour this
/ morning, but suspected nothing and
, did not know of the murder until
Neal discovered It and called Mr.
Danzenbaker The latter sent for
. him at the American Bridge Works
O 1T was a terrible sight" said the
brother in speaking of the affair to-
4 day. Il cannot even imagine who
: could have committed so terrible a
/, crime. am satisfied, however. thai
: it was somebody who knew of my
. brother and his habits"
: Murderers Leave No Clue.
) The murderers did not leave I
v trace behind them upon which thi
4 authorities could work. Patrick Ea
s gan, a section foreman, in the emplol
o of the Pennsylvania railroad, how
= ever, caused a stir when he found
G table cover an old coat and a wo
mans undershirt in the tunnel whicl
q crosses the railroad tracks at Clay
: mont, this morning.
v Along the tracks also was found
n candle which had been used. 1t wa
o thought that these articles had bee
3 taken from the scene of the murde
by the thieves, but none of the rela
tives of the murdered couple coul
n identify them. A brother of the dea
~ man did not attract much importanc
- to the find and said the articles foun
y in the tunnel probably belonged I
II some Italian of whom there ave
: number in that locality employed
N stone quarries.
10 Casey's store, as everybody in Bran
Is dywine hundred calls it, is locate
" along the Philadelphia pike betwee
of the old Claymont railroad station an
" Naaman's creek road Here Mr.. Case
,s conducted the store for nearly fort
years and at one time he was engage
ar in the coal and wood business whic
1t he sold to Mr.. Danenbaker sometin
)r ago.
le No Strangers Seen.
IN NO suspicious characters or stral
gers were seen about the place yel
terday or last evening and the author
~ tiles have not even clue to wor
IT upon. The murderers left the shut,
It, bolt and hatchet they used to open ii
he safe, lying on the floor in front of IL
&. safe. Several eggs which were in
is basket on the sill through which II
r murderers left the house were broke
X These eggs had been collected i'm q
pt hen house by Mr.. Casey late gesterds
es Afternoon.