The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-03
A VISIT 10, THE SCENE OF MEM /
0RABLE MURDER.

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Editor Visits the Old John Dixoh
Home Where Husband and Wife
Were Cruelty Murdered Dec. 14
| 1912-TerribIe Affair Known all
Over United States.
While Oh bur recent trip to Gleve-
| land county. we visited the Dixon
home. two miles from Fallston,
where on the night Of Dec. 13, 1912,
a murder occurred which for brntak
ity has not a parallel and which
flashed out over the wires all over
the United States the next day and
caused newspaper writer's from all
parts of the country to gather, take,
pictures, write stories and attend
the trial later. -. -.
twill be remembered that on
the date above mentioned. one OF
the coolest nights ever experienced.
Frank GLADDEN., q white man, it is.
believed went to the home Of John
Dixon a young married man, and
through some ruse DOT the head of
the house to DO to the corn crib.
Soon afterwards MIR. Dixon was,
knocked i'm the head with an axe.
and afterwards his wife who wassin
the bed with a one year old child,
received wounds from the same axe.
from which ~she died early next
morning. When daylight came the
mother although horribly wounded
in the head called to two passing
negroes from the window and told
them that something terrible had
happened there laat night. that Mi.
Dixon had not returned since he
left the room at 9 o'clock the night
before. It is believed that John Ross
one of these negroes went into the
room that morning and finished
Mrs. Dixon with the same axe, be-
lieying she would be able to tell
something of the murder the night
before. On the bed lay the one
year old child covered in its moth
er's blood and almost frozen TO
death.
Major Stroud, trusted enlploye
of the neighborhood, spread the
alarm and pretty soon the fatler OF
the dead man and other relelives
aeiahbers eatheeed Ihe hight
that met their eyes turns ones blood
cold in relating, the husband and
4 father with his head crushed by an
axe lay near the corn crib, dead for
sometime, the wife and mother al
most dead and not able to give any
positive information, dying an hour
{afterwards, the child almost dead
EFfrom cold.
Mr. Jerry Queen whonow lives al
the old home tells us this story:
Frank GLADDEN., white, had been
engaged in painting the John Dixon
home and Mrs. Dixon had I'm.
thouehtedly told him of present o1
$500. her husband had received
from his father, but which had been
deposited in the bank, however
GLADDEN. took notion to move from
the neighborhood and tod party
he was going to the Dixon home
| that night to get some money Dixon
was due him as he had to move
next day. While he was talking to
this party at his (Gladden's) home
Glad lens wife went into the yart
and remarked that she wished that
dog of john Dixon's would .qui
barking as it sounded like woman
cryine- facts were later brough
! out to show that the dog was no
I at home that night but was at tn
home of John Dixon's father. VIVA
made her make such a remark i
i the burning question? GLADDEN. on
" lived half mile from the DIX
r ems home.
Mr. Queen tells what John Ros
said in making his confession;
!. was passing along the road nea
/, Gladden's home when he accoste
It me saving that Dixon had som
S money and was going to get it a
a he would not pay him; he persuade
NJ Ross to accompany him and late
y mapped out the plan of attack. Ro'
was to stand under the darkness
the barn, near the water troug
~ with an axe ready, Dixon was to Q
hired to the crib to get some ches
4 nuts for Gladden., Dixon haviI
:. been 10 the mountains and Gladde
> fixing to leave early next mornln
= i When MIR. Dixon reached the seer
=. a. of murder tie started in the wrol
- direction and GLADDEN. asked nj
:. for shovel as he wanted to get
~ certain weed he saw near him as
~ - was good for rheumatism. AS N
- Dixon turned to get a shovel 10
= = AT a SIGNAL from Gladden's lante